Abstract: A pickup inspecting apparatus inspecting performance of a pickup to be mounted on a disk drive and reading data from a disk includes a disk driving unit rotatably supporting a disk, and a plurality of pickup transferring units disposed around the disk driving unit and each holding the pickup and transferring the pickup to the disk driving unit so as to read data recorded on the disk, so that a plurality of pickups are inspected at once. An inspection efficiency of the pickup inspecting unit is improved.

Abstract: A pickup inspection apparatus has a machine unit, spindle and feed motors, a servo unit, a position detection unit, a measurement unit and a control unit. In the machine unit, a pickup module to be inspected and a test disc for inspection are installed. The spindle motor is installed in the machine unit to rotate the test disc. The feed motor is installed in the machine unit to perform a tracking operation. The servo unit drives the spindle and the feed motors. The position detection unit detects a tracking position by the feed motor. The measurement unit processes signals outputted from the pickup module. The control unit controls the servo unit and the measurement unit and determines the state of the pickup module according to a measurement result of the measurement unit.