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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2005
Applicant:
Dietmar Braeuer, Villingen-Schwenningen, DE;
Inventor:
Dietmar Braeuer, Villingen-Schwenningen, DE;
Assignee:
Thomson Licensing, Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to a scanner for optical storage media with an improved signal-to-noise ratio. In the case of an optical scanner according to the invention having a light source for generating a light beam for reading out data stored on an optical storage medium, the light source being modulated by a radio-frequency modulator, and having an analog-to-digital converter, which converts an analog data signal generated by a photodetector into a digital data signal), the radio-frequency modulator and the analog-to-digital converter are synchronized.