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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2010
Applicants:
Tohru Hotta, Okaya, JP;
Ryoichi Kawasaki, Isesaki, JP;
Inventors:
Tohru Hotta, Okaya, JP;
Ryoichi Kawasaki, Isesaki, JP;
Assignees:
Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Sanyo Optec Design Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An optical pickup apparatus includes: a laser diode configured to emit a laser beam; and an objective lens configured to condense the laser beam into a laser spot through which a signal recorded on a signal recording layer of an optical disc is read out by the laser beam, the objective lens having formed thereon a lens surface with a second numerical aperture for acting as a lens, which is larger than a first numerical aperture for forming the laser spot.