摘要 |
A pickup device can detect the frequency (pit length) recorded in the recording medium, and read out data signals from the optical disk at high S/N. Further, the data read speed is considerably increased since it is possible to concurrently read data signals from the tracks. In a pickup device, a linear light beam emitted from a light source is projected onto an optical disk through a condenser lens so as to form an image thereon, which is long enough to cover three recording tracks on a recording medium. Signal light reflected on the recording medium is imaged on a photo detector consisting of an array of detecting elements, and is detected and output by and from the photo detector. A frequency analyzer unit analyzes the frequencies of the detected signals. A computing circuit calculates the output values for each analyzed frequency. Accordingly, it is possible to separate the frequencies of the recording tracks from each other.
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