WO2010047021A1 - 光学ユニットとそれを用いた電子機器 - Google Patents
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- the present invention reads information from or writes information to an optical unit and an electronic device using the optical unit, for example, a medium such as a CD (Compact Disc), a DVD (Digital Versatile Disc), or a BD (Blu-ray Disc). It relates to electronic equipment.
- a medium such as a CD (Compact Disc), a DVD (Digital Versatile Disc), or a BD (Blu-ray Disc). It relates to electronic equipment.
- an electronic apparatus that includes an optical unit and reads / writes information on a medium such as a CD, DVD, or BD has the following structure, for example.
- the first light emitted from the first light emitting element for CD and DVD is sequentially passed through the aberration correction lens, the first objective lens, and the like, and then imaged on the medium track. Further, the second light emitted from the second light emitting element for BD is passed through an aberration correction lens, a second objective lens, and the like in order, and then imaged on a track of the medium.
- the configuration is as described above. In some cases, a relay lens is passed before the aberration correction lens.
- Patent Document 1 Such a configuration is disclosed in Patent Document 1, for example.
- the first light emitting element emits light having a wavelength of 780 nm for CD and light having a wavelength of 650 nm for DVD.
- the second light emitting element emits light with a wavelength of 405 nm for BD.
- the wavelength of the DVD light is shorter than the wavelength of the CD light, and the wavelength of the BD light is further shortened. This makes it possible to reduce the image formation on the media track in the BD rather than the DVD and the DVD rather than the CD, and the recording density is higher in the BD than the DVD and DVD than the CD.
- an electronic apparatus that supports any of CD, DVD, and BD includes both an optical unit that includes a light emitting element for CD and DVD, and an optical unit that includes a light emitting element for BD. .
- an electronic device corresponding to any of CD, DVD, and BD includes two optical units. This is because the light-emitting elements for CD and DVD and the light-emitting elements for BD are different elements because the materials used are different, and it is common to provide one optical unit for mounting each. .
- each light emitting element passes through an optical system including various lenses, prisms, etc., and is imaged on a medium.
- the optical axes of the three light beams for CD, DVD, and BD emitted from the optical unit coincide with each other, and further, from the exit slope of the light emitting element for CD, DVD, and BD to the exit surface of the optical unit. It is desirable that the optical path lengths match. In this manner, the optical system of the electronic device can be made common by matching the apparent light emitting points in the optical unit for the light for CD, DVD, and BD, which is desirable as a configuration of the electronic device.
- the optical axis and the optical path length can be adjusted relatively easily by providing a predetermined optical system for each light. Can do.
- the light emitted from the light emitting elements is elliptical when imaged on the media. I thought. If an image is formed in an elliptical shape parallel to the track of the media, it is considered that light hits the adjacent signal in addition to the signal at the target location, causing an error. In addition, if an image is formed in an elliptical shape perpendicular to the track of the medium, it is considered that the light hits a track adjacent to the target track, which also causes an error.
- the first optical unit of the present disclosure includes a first light emitting element that emits the first light, and a second light having a wavelength different from that of the first light in the same direction as the first light.
- a second light emitting element that emits the light of the first light emitting element, and the light emitting surface of the second light emitting element has a predetermined distance on the opposite side to the direction of the first light compared to the light emitting surface of the first light emitting element. are arranged.
- the light emitting surface of the second light emitting element is behind the light emitting surface of the first light emitting element by a predetermined distance (opposite to the light emitting direction).
- a predetermined distance opposite to the light emitting direction.
- the predetermined distance is preferably set corresponding to the distance between the light emitting point of the first light emitting element and the light emitting point of the second light emitting element.
- the difference in optical path length that occurs to align the optical axes of the first light and the second light depends on the distance between the two light emitting points. Therefore, it is preferable to set the predetermined distance corresponding to the distance.
- the optical coupling prism further includes an optical coupling prism that matches the optical axis of the first light and the optical axis of the second light, and an optical path length until the first light is emitted from the optical coupling prism; It is preferable that the predetermined distance is set so that the optical path length until the light is emitted from the optical coupling prism is matched.
- the light emitting point height of the first light emitting element is the same as the light emitting point height of the second light emitting element.
- the optical unit does not need to be aligned in the height direction, and the configuration of an optical coupling prism or the like for aligning the optical axis can be simplified.
- the second optical unit of the present disclosure emits the first light emitting element that emits the first light and the second light having a wavelength different from that of the first light in the same direction as the first light.
- a light emitting point height of the first light emitting element and a light emitting point height of the second light emitting element are the same.
- the first light and the second light are emitted from the optical unit with the same height without requiring adjustment by a prism or the like. For this reason, it is possible to facilitate the configuration, adjustment, and the like of the optical coupling prism provided to align the optical axes of the first light and the second light. That is, it is only necessary to adjust the optical axis in the direction perpendicular to the height direction.
- the distance from the predetermined reference surface in the optical unit to the light emitting point of the first light emitting element is the same as the distance from the reference surface to the light emitting point of the second light emitting element.
- the reference surface is preferably a mounting surface for mounting the optical unit.
- the distance from the reference plane in the optical unit can be used as the light emitting point height. Furthermore, when the mounting surface when the optical unit is mounted on an electronic device or the like is used as a reference surface, the two light emitting point heights can be made the same for the electronic device or the like.
- a third optical unit of the present disclosure includes a first light emitting element that emits first light, and the first light emitting element is mounted obliquely with respect to a predetermined reference plane in the optical unit.
- the reference surface is preferably a mounting surface mounting surface for mounting the optical unit.
- an optical coupling prism that aligns the optical axis of the first light and the optical axis of the second light.
- the first optical unit or the second optical unit at least one of the first light emitting element and the second light emitting element is mounted obliquely with respect to a predetermined reference plane in the optical unit.
- the reference surface is preferably a mounting surface for mounting the optical unit on an electronic device or the like.
- the light emitted from the light emitting element mounted obliquely with respect to the reference surface (mounting surface) can be imaged obliquely with respect to the track of the medium.
- the first optical unit or the second optical unit includes a base having at least a first inclined surface and a second inclined surface, and the first light emitting element is provided on the first inclined surface of the base.
- the provided second light emitting element is preferably provided on the second inclined surface of the base.
- the base has a triangular prism shape, and one of the three side surfaces of the triangular prism shape is a body mounting surface, and the other two side surfaces are a first inclined surface and a second inclined surface. preferable.
- the heat generated by the first light emitting element and the second light emitting element can be efficiently radiated from the airframe mounting surface via the base.
- the first light emitting element and the second light emitting element are mounted on the first inclined surface and the second inclined surface, the first light and the second light are inclined with respect to the track of the medium. An image can be formed, and the quality of reproduction and recording can be improved.
- the fourth side surface is provided so that at least a part of the top side portion where the first inclined surface and the second inclined surface intersect with each other is removed, and the fourth side surface may be a ground connection surface.
- the ground connection surface may be provided in this way.
- the first light emitting element selectively emits light of two wavelengths.
- the first light emitting element preferably emits light for CD and light for DVD.
- the second light emitting element preferably emits light for BD.
- an optical unit that emits light respectively corresponding to different media such as a CD, a DVD, and a BD can be obtained.
- an electronic apparatus includes any one of the optical units according to the present disclosure, and a first objective lens and a second light emitting element for the first light emitting element provided in a direction in which the optical unit emits light. Second objective lens.
- the optical unit of the present disclosure it is possible to realize an electronic apparatus that uses a plurality of lights (for example, light for CD, DVD, and BD) without mounting a plurality of optical units.
- a plurality of lights for example, light for CD, DVD, and BD
- the electronic device can be downsized.
- the optical unit further includes a relay lens provided in a direction in which light is emitted.
- At least one of the first light after passing through the first objective lens and the second light after passing through the second objective lens faces the first objective lens and the second objective lens. It is preferable to form an image obliquely with respect to the track of the media arranged in this manner.
- the second electronic apparatus of the present disclosure includes a third optical unit and an objective lens for a light emitting element provided in a direction in which the optical unit emits light, and the light emitted from the light emitting element is An image is formed obliquely with respect to the track of the media arranged facing the lens.
- the image is elliptical and the angle between the major axis direction and the track is 20 ° or more and 50 ° or less.
- the image is elliptically formed at such an angle, the effect of improving the reproduction and recording quality can be realized more reliably.
- a plurality of lights can be used by one optical unit, and the optical unit and the electronic apparatus can be reduced in size.
- more accurate reading and writing are possible by forming an image of light obliquely with respect to the track of the medium.
- FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an optical circuit in an exemplary electronic device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
- FIG. 2 is a perspective view of an exemplary optical unit of one embodiment.
- FIG. 3 is a front view of an exemplary optical unit of one embodiment.
- FIG. 4 is an enlarged front view of the major portions of an exemplary optical unit of one embodiment.
- FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram illustrating the arrangement relationship between the emission surface of the first light emitting element and the emission surface of the second light emitting element in the exemplary optical unit of the embodiment.
- FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a medium and light imaged on the medium in one embodiment.
- FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating another exemplary optical unit in one embodiment.
- FIGS. 8A to 8C are diagrams illustrating mounting of optical elements in another exemplary optical unit according to an embodiment.
- FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a case where a relay lens is provided in the exemplary electronic device of one embodiment.
- FIG. 1 is a diagram schematically illustrating a configuration of an exemplary optical unit and electronic apparatus according to the present embodiment that can write and read data on CD, DVD, and BD media.
- the optical unit 1 includes a first light emitting element 2 capable of emitting light at two wavelengths for CD and DVD, and a second light emitting element 3 for BD.
- the configuration of the optical unit 1 will be described in more detail later.
- an optical coupling prism 4 In the emission direction in which the first light emitting element 2 and the second light emitting element 3 of the optical unit 1 emit light, an optical coupling prism 4, an aberration correction lens 6, a long wave light reflecting mirror 7, and a short wave light reflecting mirror 8 are provided. These are linearly arranged in this order from the optical unit 1 side.
- the optical unit 1 and the optical coupling prism 4 are separately provided in the electronic apparatus.
- the optical unit may be configured to have an optical coupling prism, and such an optical unit may be mounted on an electronic device (that is, the optical unit 1 and the optical coupling prism 4 are combined to form a diagram).
- 1 may be an optical unit 1b indicated by a broken line in FIG.
- the first objective lens 10 is provided in the reflection direction of the long wave light reflection mirror 7 so that the reflected light is incident through the optical component 9 having a filter function. Further, a second objective lens 12 is provided in the reflection direction of the short wave light reflecting mirror 8 so that the reflected light is incident through the achromatic diffraction lens 11.
- the functions of the optical component 9 and the achromatic diffractive lens 11 are as disclosed in Patent Document 1 and the like and will not be described in detail here.
- the light that has passed through the first objective lens or the second objective lens forms an image on the medium 13 disposed so as to face the objective lens.
- the disk-shaped medium 13 that is one of CD, DVD, and BD is represented by one medium 13 for convenience of illustration and description. However, actually, any one of CD, DVD and BD is selectively arranged as shown in FIG. Further, with respect to the medium 13 in FIG. 1, a CD track is shown in the uppermost part (the side far from the first objective lens 10 etc.), a BD track is shown in the lowermost part, and a DVD track is shown between the two. Has been.
- the aberration correction lens 6 is moved in the front-rear direction by rotating the lead screw 6b by using the stepping motor 6a, thereby performing the aberration correction.
- FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the configuration of the optical unit 1.
- 3 is a view of the optical unit 1 as viewed in the direction indicated by III in FIG. 2 (viewed from the light emission direction).
- FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of the vicinity of IV in FIG.
- FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the first light-emitting element 2 and the second light-emitting element 3 mounted thereon.
- the optical unit 1 has a configuration in which a triangular prism base 15 is installed on a trapezoidal heat sink 14 and an outer peripheral protection wall 16 made of resin or the like is provided so as to surround the periphery. .
- one of the three side surfaces of the base 15 made of metal and triangular prism is used as a body mounting surface, and the body mounting surface (lower surface) is directly adhered to the heat radiating plate 14 or a heat transfer member is mounted. It connects to the heat sink 14 via. As a result, the heat generated in the first light emitting element 2 for CD and DVD and the second light emitting element 3 for BD is efficiently transferred to the heat radiating plate 14 via the base 15. Yes.
- two side surfaces other than the airframe connection surface connected to the heat sink 14 are 30 to 45 degrees with respect to the airframe connection surface, respectively.
- the inclined surface 17 and the inclined surface 18 are formed at an angle of
- the first light emitting element 2 is bonded to the inclined surface 17 and the second light emitting element 3 is bonded and fixed to the inclined surface 18 via a die bond material 19.
- a ground connection surface 25 is provided in parallel with the fuselage connection surface so that a part of the apex 24 where the inclined surface 17 and the inclined surface 18 intersect is removed in the vicinity of the rear end (FIG. 2). .
- An emission window 20 for emitting light emitted from the first light emitting element 2 and the second light emitting element 3 is provided on the front side of the outer peripheral protective wall 16 (on the side of the optical coupling prism 4 in FIG. 1). ing.
- an input lead 21 and a ground lead 22 are drawn out from the inner rear part surrounded by the outer peripheral protection wall 16 toward the rear of the optical unit 1.
- two of the input leads 21 are electrically connected to the first light-emitting element 2 and the second light-emitting element 3 by the thin metal wires 23 in the outer peripheral protective wall 16, respectively.
- the ground lead 22 and the ground connection surface 25 are also electrically connected by a thin metal wire 23.
- the first light emitting element 2 for CD and DVD and the second light emitting element 3 for BD are provided with the inclined surface 17 and the inclined surface 18 of the base 15. Respectively.
- the first light emitting element 2 emits light for CD (wavelength 780 nm) and light for DVD (wavelength 650 nm) from openings 26 and 27 (see FIG. 4 and the like) provided on the emission surface 2a.
- the second light emitting element 3 emits light for BD (wavelength 405 nm) in the same direction as the first light emitting element 2 from the opening 28 provided on the emission surface 3a.
- These three wavelengths of light are selectively emitted from the optical unit 1.
- the emission direction is preferably parallel to the lower surface 40 of the optical unit 1.
- the emitted light is supplied to the medium 13 via the optical coupling prism 4, the aberration correction lens 6, the long wave light reflecting mirror 7, the short wave light reflecting mirror 8, and the like.
- the optical axes of the three wavelengths are the same and the optical path length is the same.
- the emission surface 3a of the second light emitting element 3 is behind the emission surface 2a of the first light emitting element 2 by a distance D1 (the direction in which light is emitted).
- the optical axis is made to coincide using the optical coupling prism 4.
- the distance D3 between the opening 26 and the opening 27 in the first light-emitting element 2 is sufficiently small, for example, 110 ⁇ m, and it can be considered that the optical axes of the light emitted from the respective openings coincide. . Therefore, the following description will be made assuming that the first light emitting element 2 emits light at the midpoint between the opening 26 and the opening 27.
- the distance D2 between the light emitting points (openings) of the first light emitting element 2 and the second light emitting element 3 is, for example, 800 ⁇ m to 1000 ⁇ m. This is because the widths of the first light emitting element 2 and the second light emitting element 3 are both about 300 ⁇ m to 400 ⁇ m, for example, and the two light emitting elements need to be mounted with a certain gap therebetween.
- the value of the distance D2 between the light emitting points is too large to consider that the optical axes of the light from the first light emitting element 2 and the light from the second light emitting element 3 coincide with each other. Therefore, the optical coupling prism 4 is used to match the optical axes of the light from each light emitting element.
- the light coupling prism 4 is used to refract the light from the first light emitting element 2 and the optical axis is aligned with the light from the second light emitting element 3, the light from the first light emitting element 2 is distance D2. Will only go long. In order to eliminate this, the emission surface 3a of the second light emitting element 3 is moved backward by the distance D1 with respect to the emission surface 2a of the first light emitting element 2.
- the distance (dimension D1 of FIG. 5) of the output surface 2a of the 1st light emitting element 2 and the output surface 3a of the 2nd light emitting element 3 is about 1 mm, for example, it is not restricted to this.
- the light emitting point height of each light emitting element in the optical unit 1 will be described.
- the light emitting point height H1 of the first light emitting element 2 and the light emitting point height H2 of the second light emitting element 3 are the same.
- the height of the middle point of the first light emitting element 2 is considered as the light emitting point height H1.
- the distance from the lower surface 40 of the optical unit 1 is considered as the height of the light emitting point.
- the lower surface 40 is a mounting surface used when the optical unit 1 is mounted on an electronic device or the like.
- the optical axes of the respective lights become. That is, when the optical axes are matched by the optical coupling prism 4 or the like, adjustment in the height direction is not necessary, so one direction (a direction perpendicular to the height direction, here a direction parallel to the lower surface 40). Therefore, the optical axis can be matched more easily.
- the optical coupling prism 4 may be provided in an electronic device separately from the optical unit 1, or an optical unit 1 b including the optical coupling prism 4 may be used.
- the optical axis and the optical path length of the light emitted from each light emitting element can be more easily matched.
- the reflected light from the medium 13 returns to the optical unit 1 side and is received by a light receiving element (not shown).
- a light receiving element not shown.
- FIG. 6 is a diagram showing the medium 13 and the light imaged there.
- the medium 13 includes a track 29 on which a signal is recorded and a land 30 that separates adjacent tracks 29.
- the circle 31a shown in each track 29 indicates the signal “1”, and the ellipse 31b indicates that the signal “1” is continuously written. Further, a portion without the circle 31a and the ellipse 31b indicates a signal “0”, and a portion where neither a circle nor an ellipse is shown over a long range indicates a state in which the signal “0” is continuous.
- the light emitted from the first light emitting element 2 and the second light emitting element 3 forms an image on the medium 13 in an oblique ellipse shape with respect to the track 29. This is shown as imaging A.
- the slanted ellipse is partly because the first light emitting element 2 and the second light emitting element 3 are both arranged on the inclined surface 17 and the inclined surface 18 of the triangular prism base 15. To do. Further, when other components are further arranged in the optical system, the Fourier transform effect is also affected.
- Such an oblique imaging A has an effect of preventing errors such as the occurrence of crosstalk between the tracks 29. This will be described below.
- an image A having an elliptical shape oblique to the track 29 is obtained.
- adjacent signals in the same track 29 are not read.
- a margin of a distance d is created between the adjacent tracks 29, and the signals of the adjacent tracks 29 are not read.
- the effect of performing accurate and error-free readout is realized by forming the oblique image A.
- accurate writing is realized by similarly forming the oblique image A.
- the major axis direction of the elliptical image A with respect to the track 29 is 20 ° or more and 50 ° or less, and 30 ° or more. Further, it is more desirable to be 50 ° or less. Therefore, in FIG. 4, the angle formed by the inclined surface 17 and the inclined surface 18 with respect to the upper surface of the heat radiating plate 14 is set to 30 ° to 45 °.
- the method of realizing the oblique image formation A is not limited to using the optical unit 1 shown in FIG.
- any of the optical units of other embodiments described below may be used, or another method may be taken.
- any configuration is possible as long as light can be imaged obliquely with respect to a track on a medium. This can be easily achieved by mounting a light emitting element obliquely in the optical unit. Can be realized.
- FIG. 7 is a diagram schematically illustrating another exemplary optical unit 41, and is a diagram seen from the light emitting direction, as in FIG. 3 (however, components that are important for the description are shown, and a part thereof is illustrated). Is omitted).
- the optical unit 41 has a first light emitting element 45 mounted on the submount 43 and a second light emitting element 46 mounted on the submount 44 on the pedestal portion 42.
- a part of the upper surface of the pedestal portion 42 is inclined with respect to the lower surface 49 of the optical unit 41, and the submount 44 and the second light emitting element 46 are provided on the inclined portion.
- the second light emitting element 46 is mounted obliquely with respect to the optical unit 41, and the light emitted from the second light emitting element 46 can be imaged in an elliptical shape oblique to the track on a medium such as a CD.
- a medium such as a CD
- the light emitting point 47 of the first light emitting element 45 and the light emitting point 48 of the second light emitting element 46 have the same light emitting point height H.
- the distance from the lower surface 49 of the optical unit 41 to the light emitting point 47 and the light emitting point 48 is considered.
- the second light emitting element 46 is mounted obliquely.
- the first light emitting element 45 it is naturally possible to mount the first light emitting element 45 on a portion where the upper surface of the pedestal portion 42 is inclined. As a result, the light emitted from the first light emitting element 45 can also be formed obliquely with respect to the track of the medium, thereby improving the recording / reproducing quality.
- FIGS. 8A to 8C show still another example in which a light emitting element is mounted.
- the light emitting point 53 of the first light emitting element 51 and the light emitting point 54 of the second light emitting element 52 have substantially the same distance from the surface used for mounting each light emitting element. It is. In such a case, the light emitting point height 56 can be made the same by simply mounting the first light emitting element 51 and the second light emitting element 52 on the submount 55.
- the light emitting point 63 of the first light emitting element 61 and the light emitting point 64 of the second light emitting element 62 are different in distance from the surface used for mounting each light emitting element. For example, it is a case where one is mounted with junction up and the other is mounted with junction down. In such a case, the thickness of the submount 67 on which the first light emitting element 61 is mounted is different from the thickness of the submount 68 on which the second light emitting element 52 is mounted. The distance to each light emitting point is made equal. In this manner, the light emitting point height 66 can be made the same for the first light emitting element 61 and the second light emitting element 62.
- the first light emitting element 71 and the second light emitting element 72 are mounted above the inclined portion of the upper surface of the pedestal 75.
- the second light emitting element 72 is directly mounted on the submount 78, while the first light emitting element 71 is further mounted on the submount 78 via the submount 79.
- the two light emitting elements are both mounted obliquely, and the light emitting point 73 of the first light emitting element 71 and the light emitting point 74 of the second light emitting element 72 have the same light emitting point height 76.
- the light emitting points can be made the same height and the respective light emitting elements can be mounted obliquely.
- the emission of one light emitting element is performed in order to eliminate the difference in optical path length generated when the optical axes are aligned, as shown in FIG.
- the surface may be made to recede from the exit surface of the other light emitting element.
- the electronic device including any one of the optical units described above may include a relay lens.
- FIG. 9 shows that the light emitted from the optical unit 1 passes through the relay lens 5 after passing through the optical coupling prism 4. Thereafter, similarly to the case shown in FIG.
- the above-described optical unit and the electronic device on which the optical unit is mounted realizes downsizing of a device that emits light of a plurality of wavelengths, particularly, a plurality of wavelengths corresponding to CD, DVD, and BD, and can perform recording and reproduction of media. In order to improve the quality, it is useful for various optical electronic devices that are further miniaturized.
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図2等に示した光学ユニット1の場合、三角柱形状の基台15を用い、その傾斜面の2つにそれぞれ発光素子を搭載している。しかし、このような構成は必須ではない。以下に、本実施形態の他の実施例について、図面を参照して説明する。
また、以上に説明したいずれかの光学ユニットを備える電子機器において、リレーレンズを備えていても良い。図9には、光学ユニット1から出射された光が光結合用プリズム4を通過した後、リレーレンズ5を通過するすることが示されている。この後、図1に示すのと同様に、収差補正レンズ等を通過してメディア13に導かれる。
1b 光学ユニット
2 第1の発光素子
2a 出射面
3 第2の発光素子
3a 出射面
4 光結合用プリズム
5 リレーレンズ
6 収差補正レンズ
6a ステッピングモータ
6b リードスクリュー
7 長波光反射ミラー
8 短波光反射ミラー
9 光学部品
10 第1の対物レンズ
11 回折レンズ
12 第2の対物レンズ
13 メディア
14 放熱板
15 基台
16 外周保護壁
17 傾斜面
18 傾斜面
19 ダイボンド材
20 出射窓
21 入力リード
22 グランドリード
23 金属細線
24 頂辺
25 グランド接続面
26 開口
27 開口
28 開口
29 トラック
30 ランド
31a 円(単独の信号「1」)
31b 楕円(連続した信号「1」)
40 下面
41 光学ユニット
42 台座部
43 サブマウント
44 サブマウント
45 第1の発光素子
46 第2の発光素子
47 発光点
48 発光点
49 下面
51 第1の発光素子
52 第2の発光素子
53 発光点
54 発光点
55 サブマウント
61 第1の発光素子
62 第2の発光素子
63 発光点
64 発光点
65 台座部
67 サブマウント
68 サブマウント
71 第1の発光素子
72 第2の発光素子
73 発光点
74 発光点
75 台座部
78 サブマウント
79 サブマウント
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- 第1の光を出射する第1の発光素子と、
前記第1の光と同じ向きに、前記第1の光とは波長が異なる第2の光を出射する第2の発光素子とを備え、
前記第2の発光素子の出射面は、前記第1の発光素子の出射面に比べ、前記第1の光の向きと反対側に所定の距離をおいて配置されていることを特徴とする光学ユニット。 - 請求項1において、
前記所定の距離は、前記第1の発光素子の発光点と、前記第2の発光素子の発光点との距離に対応して設定されていることを特徴とする光学ユニット。 - 請求項1において、
前記第1の光の光軸と、前記第2の光の光軸とを合わせる光結合用プリズムを更に備え、
前記第1の光が前記光結合用プリズムから出射されるまでの光路長と、前記第2の光が前記光結合用プリズムから出射されるまでの光路長とが一致するように前記所定の距離が設定されていることを特徴とする光学ユニット。 - 請求項1において、
前記第1の発光素子の発光点高さと、前記第2の発光素子の発光点高さとが同じであることを特徴とする光学ユニット。 - 第1の光を出射する第1の発光素子と、
前記第1の光と同じ向きに、前記第1の光とは波長が異なる第2の光を出射する第2の発光素子とを備え、
前記第1の発光素子の発光点高さと、前記第2の発光素子の発光点高さとが同じであることを特徴とする光学ユニット。 - 請求項5において、
前記光学ユニットにおける所定の基準面から前記第1の発光素子の発光点までの距離と、前記基準面から前記第2の発光素子の発光点までの距離とが同じであることを特徴とする光学ユニット。 - 請求項6において、
前記基準面は、前記光学ユニットを実装するための実装面であることを特徴とする光学ユニット。 - 第1の光を出射する第1の発光素子を備える光学ユニットにおいて、
前記第1の発光素子は、前記光学ユニットにおける所定の基準面に対して斜めに搭載されていることを特徴とする光学ユニット。 - 請求項8において、
前記所定の基準面は、前記光学ユニットを実装するための実装面であることを特徴とする光学ユニット。 - 請求項8において、
前記第1の光と同じ向きに、前記第1の光とは波長が異なる第2の光を出射する第2の発光素子を更に備えることを特徴とする光学ユニット。 - 請求項5又は10において、
前記第1の光の光軸と、前記第2の光の光軸とを合わせる光結合用プリズムを更に備えることを特徴とする光学ユニット。 - 請求項1、4又は5において、
前記第1の発光素子及び前記第2の発光素子のうち少なくとも一方は、前記光学ユニットにおける所定の基準面に対して斜めに搭載されていることを特徴とする光学ユニット。 - 請求項1、5又は10において、
少なくとも第1の傾斜面及び第2の傾斜面を有する基台を備え、
前記第1の発光素子は、前記基台の前記第1の傾斜面に設けられ、
前記第2の発光素子は、前記基台の前記第2の傾斜面に設けられていることを特徴とする光学ユニット。 - 請求項13において、
前記基台は三角柱形状であり、
前記三角柱形状の3つの側面の内の一つの面が機体取り付け面であり、他の二つの前記側面が前記第1の傾斜面及び前記第2の傾斜面であることを特徴とする光学ユニット。 - 請求項14において、
前記第1の傾斜面と、前記第2の傾斜面とが交わる頂辺部分の少なくとも一部が取り除かれるように第4の側面が設けられ、
前記第4の側面は、グランド接続面であることを特徴とする光学ユニット。 - 請求項1又は5において、
前記第1の発光素子は、2波長の光を選択的に出射することを特徴とする光学ユニット。 - 請求項16において、
前記第1の発光素子は、CD用の光と、DVD用の光とを出射することを特徴とする光学ユニット。 - 請求項1又は5において、
前記第2の発光素子は、BD用の光を出射することを特徴とする光学ユニット。 - 請求項1又は5の光学ユニットと、
前記光学ユニットが光を出射する方向に備えられた第1の発光素子用の第1の対物レンズ及び第2の発光素子用の第2の対物レンズとを備えることを特徴とする電子機器。 - 請求項19において、
前記第1の光の光軸と、前記第2の光の光軸とを合わせる光結合用プリズムを更に備えることを特徴とする電子機器。 - 請求項19において、
前記光学ユニットが光を出射する方向に備えられたリレーレンズを更に備えることを特徴とする電子機器。 - 請求項21において、
前記リレーレンズと、前記第1の対物レンズ及び前記第2の対物レンズとの間に、収差補正レンズ備えることを特徴とする電子機器。 - 請求項19において、
前記第1の対物レンズを通過した後の前記第1の光及び前記第2の対物レンズを通過した後の前記第2の光のうち少なくとも一方は、前記第1の対物レンズ及び前記第2の対物レンズに対向して配置されたメディアのトラックに対して斜めに結像することを特徴とする電子機器。 - 請求項8の光学ユニットと、
前記光学ユニットが光を出射する方向に備えられた前記発光素子用の対物レンズを備え、
前記第1の発光素子から出射される光は、対物レンズに対向して配置されたメディアのトラックに対して斜めに結像することを特徴とする電子機器。 - 請求項24において、
前記結像は楕円状であり、且つ、その長軸方向と前記トラックとの成す角が20°以上で且つ50°以下であることを特徴とする電子機器。
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