Patent ID: 7830755

Claim:
An optical head comprising a semiconductor laser for emitting a laser beam to read or write the information from or into a disc, a laser driver IC for driving the semiconductor laser, a photo detector for converting a reflected light beam from the disc into an electric signal, an object lens actuator for guiding the laser beam to a predetermined position on the disc, and a plurality of bearings for movement in the radial direction of the disc, wherein the semiconductor laser and the photo detector are arranged on one side with respect to a straight line through the center of the object lens of the object lens actuator and in parallel to the axis contacted with the bearings, and the laser driver IC is arranged on the other side with respect to the straight line, and wherein the object lens actuator comprises an object lens for focusing the laser beam on the recording surface of the disc, a holding means for holding the object lens, cantilever beams with their own open ends connected with the holding means, and a fixed part connected with the fixed ends of the cantilever beams, the laser driver IC being arranged between the cantilever beams in the fixed part.