A swing arm actuator for a small form factor optical drive

Knittel, J., Mößner, J. and Bammert, M. (2009) A swing arm actuator for a small form factor optical drive. Microsystem Technologies, 15 3: 471-476.

Author	Knittel, J. Mößner, J. Bammert, M.
Title	A swing arm actuator for a small form factor optical drive
Journal name	Microsystem Technologies (ERA 2012 Listed) (ERA 2010 Rank B) Check publisher's open access policy
Publication date	2009-03
Sub-type	Article
Year available	2008
DOI	10.1007/s00542-008-0715-z
Volume number	15
Issue number	3
ISSN	0946-7076; 1432-1858; 1099-8047
Start page	471
End page	476
Total pages	6
Place of publication	Berlin, Germany
Publisher	Springer-Verlag
Language	eng
Subject	1005 Communications Technologies 1007 Nanotechnology
Formatted abstract	Small form factor optical drives for mobile application require high performance actuators that satisfy tight geometrical size requirements. We have designed a swing arm type actuator that allows the integration of a complete miniaturized optical pickup unit on the actuator. The performance of the actuator has been simulated by the FEM method and is compared with experimental results. Finally the manufactured actuator was used to read out a Blu-ray ROM disc. © Springer-Verlag 2008
Keyword	Approximation theory Drives Optical data processing FEM methods Geometrical sizes Mobile applications Optical drives Optical pickup units ROM discs Small form factors Swing arms
Q-Index Code	C1
Additional Notes	Published online: 25 October 2008.

Document type:	Journal Article
Sub-type:	Article
Collections:	Excellence in Research Australia (ERA) - Collection School of Mathematics and Physics

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