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US 8,230,452 B2Granted
Miniaturized disc drive containing DVD-compatible optical controller
AssigneeVMO Systems, Inc.
InventorsSteven B. Volk, Jerry E. Hurst, Jr.
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Abstract
A miniature optical disc drive includes a DVD-compatible optical controller and a cartridge load module designed to hold a cartridge containing a 32 mm optical data storage disc.
Claims20
A disc drive comprising:
- an optical pickup head utilizing a blue laser beam for reading data recorded on an optical data storage disc;
- an analog front end processor;
- a DVD-compatible optical controller for processing a signal output from the analog front end processor;
- and
- a cartridge load module;
- wherein the cartridge load module is structured to hold an optical data storage disc measuring approximately 32 mm in diameter.
3 more elements
A disc drive comprising:
- an optical pickup head utilizing a blue laser beam for reading data recorded on an optical data storage disc;
- an analog front end processor;
- a DVD-compatible optical controller for processing a signal output from the analog front end processor;
- and
- a cartridge load module;
- wherein the disc drive is adapted to read data from an optical data storage disc measuring approximately 32 mm in diameter.
3 more elements
A disc drive comprising:
- an optical pickup head utilizing a blue laser beam for reading data recorded on an optical data storage disc;
- an analog front end processor;
- a DVD-compatible optical controller for processing a signal output from the analog front end processor;
- and
- a cartridge load module;
- wherein the cartridge load module is structured to hold an optical data storage disc measuring 32 mm in diameter.
3 more elements
A disc drive comprising:
- an optical pickup head utilizing a blue laser beam for reading data recorded on an optical data storage disc;
- an analog front end processor;
- a DVD-compatible optical controller for processing a signal output from the analog front end processor;
- and
- a cartridge load module;
- wherein the disc drive is adapted to read data from an optical data storage disc measuring 32 mm in diameter.
3 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.