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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 22, 2000
Steffen Lehr, Villingen-Schwenningen, DE;
Thomson Licensing, S.A., Boulogne-Billacourt, FR;
Abstract
An apparatus for scanning optical recording media, having a detection unit with a photodetector and a reference voltage associated therewith, an evaluation unit having an input, and a connection disposed between the detection unit and the input of the evaluation unit. In such scanning apparatuses, voltage coupling is usually provided between the detection unit and the input of the evaluation unit. Such a coupling arrangement has the disadvantage that the two units must operate in approximately the same voltage range. In the scanning apparatus according to the present invention it is not necessary for the detection unit and the evaluation unit to operate in substantially the same voltage range. According to the present invention, the evaluation unit has a controller, that holds the input of the connection at the value of a reference voltage of the detection unit.