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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 10, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Michael Mallary, Berlin, MA (US);
Assignee:
Maxtor Corporation, Longmont, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 7/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 7/100 ;
Abstract
An optical positioning circuit includes an electro-optic positioner which positions an optical beam on an optical medium to read/write patterns of data on the optical medium, and a driver circuit, such as an inductive capacitive circuit, which drives the electro-optic positioner. The optical medium has a dimension along which the optical medium is moved, and each of the micropatterns extends along less than (e.g., {fraction (1/10)}th of) that dimension.