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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2008
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2004
Applicants:
Hong-kuk Kim, Seoul, KR;
Chul-ho Jeon, Suwon-si, KR;
Myoung-cher Cho, Seoul, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-Si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An optical pick up, including: a laser diode which outputs a light in response to an input current; a photo diode which receives the light and outputs a voltage; a digital potentiometer which adjusts the voltage output by the photo diode according to a voltage adjusting signal; and a controller which outputs the input current, sets a first reference voltage to be outputted by the photo diode according to the light, and outputs the voltage adjusting signal to the digital potentiometer according to a difference between the output voltage and the reference voltage.