Patent ID: 7190660

Claim:
A method of manufacturing an optical pickup device which comprises an optical detector having a light receiving unit row for receiving a reflected light from an optical disk and a lead portion for outputting an electrical signal in response to said reflected light received by said light receiving unit row, a substrate to which said optical detector is fixed, having a conductor portion to which said electrical signal is inputted from said lead portion, and an optical unit to which said substrate is fixed, for performing an adjustment of said reflected light entering said light receiving unit row, said method comprising the steps of: (a) fitting said substrate to a predetermined position of said optical unit; (b) performing a position adjustment of said optical detector relatively to said optical unit, by moving said optical detector alone with said lead portion in contact with said conductor portion after said step (a); and (c) fixing said optical detector to said substrate after completing said position adjustment in said step (b).