Galvo position sensor for improved track selection in...

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G11B 7/00 (2006.01) G11B 7/085 (2006.01) H04N 5/76 (2006.01)

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CA 1190644

- 47 - GALVO POSITION SENSOR FOR IMPROVED TRACK SELECTION IN OPTICAL DATA DISK SYSTEM By Paul M. Trethway ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE Disclosed is a radiant energy optoelectronic position monitor system which detects the angular position of a "galvanometer mirror" (beam scanner) used in an optical disk memory arrangement. Using a single infra-red monitor beam, angular motion is converted to linear displacement of an image on a detector cell so as to produce a corresponding electrical signal. This signal is presented to a processing circuit with an analog divider to normalize output scale factor. The result is a high gain electrical circuit for recovering output signals in an environment with strong magnetic interference. Such a position sensor is described as especially apt for use in a "three beam" laser optical system comprising a writing beam and two reading beams all incident on the same track of a rotating disk optical recording medium. One of these reading beams is incident on the track ahead of the writing beam so as to serve as a "read-before-write" beam, while the other reading beam is incident on the track behind the recording beam so as to serve as a "read-after-write" beam.

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