Optical disc drive
AssigneesHitachi, Ltd., Asahi Kogaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsKoichi Maruyama, Takeshi Shimano, Shigeru Nakamura, Akira Arimoto, Kazuo Shigematsu
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AssigneesHitachi, Ltd., Asahi Kogaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsKoichi Maruyama, Takeshi Shimano, Shigeru Nakamura, Akira Arimoto, Kazuo Shigematsu
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An optical disc drive using either one of a first disc (e.g., DVD) and a second disc (e.g., CD), is provided with a first laser diode that emits a shorter wavelength beam, a second laser diode that emits a longer wavelength beam, an objective lens, and a driving unit that holds and rotates the optical disc. The optical axis of the objective lens is inclined relative to a normal to the optical disc. The first laser diode is located at a first position so that the coma, which is caused when the first laser beam is converged on a data recording surface of the first disc, is minimized, and the second laser diode is located at a second position so that the coma, which is caused when the second laser beam is converged on a data recording surface of the second disc, is minimized.
An optical disc drive capable of recording/reproducing data to/from an optical disc, said optical disc being either one of a first disc and a second disc, a protective layer of said first disc being thinner that that of said second disc, comprising:
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