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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.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2005

Filed:

Dec. 07, 2001
Applicants:

Bernardus Hendrikus Wilhelmus Hendriks, Eindhoven, NL;

Jorrit Ernst DE Vries, Eindhoven, NL;

Sjoerd Stallinga, Eindhoven, NL;

Inventors:

Bernardus Hendrikus Wilhelmus Hendriks, Eindhoven, NL;

Jorrit Ernst De Vries, Eindhoven, NL;

Sjoerd Stallinga, Eindhoven, NL;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B007/00 ; G02B027/44 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An optical scanning device for scanning a dual-layer optical record carrier with dual orthogonally polarized radiation beams. The device having a spherical aberration compensation optical subsystem including a switchable liquid crystal cell of birefringent material for altering different optical paths lengths provided by a phase structure of stepped annular zones.


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