patent · US6721262
Aperture stop for a flying optical head
13 April 2004
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This patent is cited by material in the archive, so it is indexed here by number, title and inventor. The archive holds no copy of its text.
Abstract
An optical head for performing optical data operations relative to a medium includes a slider body and at least one lens. Positioned between the slider body and the lens is an aperture stop for blocking the transmittance of light. The aperture stop includes an opaque layer that circumscribes a transparent region.
Provenance
- Collection
- Cited prior art
- Original PDF
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- Filed
- 1998-01-26
- Source
- Google Patents bibliographic record
- Granted
- 2004-04-13
- Inventors
- Nicholas Jordache; Ronald E. Gerber; Ghanim A. Al-Jumaily; Edward C. Gage; Lori G. Swanson; Seagate Technology LLC