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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2006
Applicants:
Thomas Dean Milster, Tucson, AZ (US);
Jaisoon Kim, Kyoung Nam, KR;
Inventors:
Thomas Dean Milster, Tucson, AZ (US);
Jaisoon Kim, Kyoung Nam, KR;
Assignee:
Seagate Technology LLC, Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus comprises a lens, an alignment feature positioned adjacent to a surface of the lens, a detector for producing an alignment signal in response to a portion of incident light reflected by the alignment feature and a portion of the incident light reflected by the surface adjacent to the alignment feature, and an actuator for controlling alignment of the incident light in response to the alignment signal. A method of controlling alignment of the beam of incident light is also provided.