摘要:
A semiconductor laser driving circuit has a semiconductor laser (1) for emitting a laser beam according to a drive power. A photodetector (1b) is provided for effecting photo-electric conversion of the laser beam to output a corresponding electric signal. A monitoring circuit (101) is connected for monitoring the electric signal to output a monitor signal indicative of variation in intensity of the laser beam. A controlling signal (102) is connected for comparing the monitor signal with a given reference signal to output a control signal according to difference therebetween. A powering circuit (103) is operative according to the control signal to apply to the semiconductor laser a drive power effective to eliminate the difference. An abnormality detecting circuit is provided for comparing the monitor signal with a given limit signal which is set defferent from the reference signal to detect any abnormality and output a corresponding signal.
摘要:
Light is condensed on a recording medium (20) by an objective lens (11), and light reflected from the recording medium passes through the objective lens and is split into light along two optical paths (P,5) via a condenser lens (5) and beam splitter (6). A light-receiving surface (7) having an area smaller than that of the irradiation pattern of the returned light when the objective is focused is disposed on the inner side of a focal point on one optical path, and an identical light-receiving surface (8) is disposed on the outer side of a focal point on the other optical path. The arrangement is such that the photoelectric outputs of the two light-receiving surfaces (7,8) coincide when the objective lens (11) is focused. Preferably, the light-receiving surface is divided into four portions by a straight line, which is obtained by projecting the track direction of the recording medium, and a region having line symmetry with respect to the straight line and an area smaller than that of the irradiation pattern when the objective is focused. A tracking error signal of the objective lens (11) is obtained by correcting a difference signal between light-receiving surfaces on the inner side by a low-frequency component of a difference signal between light-receiving surfaces on the outer side.
摘要:
An optical head (200) usable also for an WORM-type optical disk device includes a diffracting optical system (7, 8) which is located on the optical path of a light beam and which diffracts the light beam so as to produce at least three diffracted light beams, and three light-receiving elements which receive the reflected light beams of the three diffracted light beams from the surface of an optical disk. The diffracting optical system is arranged so as to establish a positional relationship in which the three or more diffracted light beams do not lie on a single straight line in the cross-sectional distribution thereof. Among the three diffracted light beams, one lying at the foremost or rearmost position in the forward rotating direction of the optical disk is employed for generating a focusing servo signal or for reading or writing data, and the remaining two are employed for generating a tracking servo signal.
摘要:
Light is condensed on a recording medium (20) by an objective lens (11), and light reflected from the recording medium passes through the objective lens and is split into light along two optical paths (P,5) via a condenser lens (5) and beam splitter (6). A light-receiving surface (7) having an area smaller than that of the irradiation pattern of the returned light when the objective is focused is disposed on the inner side of a focal point on one optical path, and an identical light-receiving surface (8) is disposed on the outer side of a focal point on the other optical path. The arrangement is such that the photoelectric outputs of the two light-receiving surfaces (7,8) coincide when the objective lens (11) is focused. Preferably, the light-receiving surface is divided into four portions by a straight line, which is obtained by projecting the track direction of the recording medium, and a region having line symmetry with respect to the straight line and an area smaller than that of the irradiation pattern when the objective is focused. A tracking error signal of the objective lens (11) is obtained by correcting a difference signal between light-receiving surfaces on the inner side by a low-frequency component of a difference signal between light-receiving surfaces on the outer side.
摘要:
An absolute encoder comprises a moving member in which track groups (T₂ and T₁) consisting of a plurality of slit patterns bit-coded in accordance with digital code representing an absolute address such as a binary-coded quaternary code are parallelly arranged in a form from higher bits to lower bits; a light source for illuminating the member; photodetecting elements (1 and 2) which output detection signals (A₀⁺ + to A₃⁻) for each track by receiving the illuminated light through the slit patterns; and processing means for processing the detected signals to generate bit reproducing signals (P₀ to P₃) and read the absolute addresses of the moving member by decoding. This processing means is provided with operating means (3 to 20) for generating the high order bit reproducing signals (P₂ and P₃) which are synchronized with the rising or falling of the low order bit reproducing signal (P₀) by operating the low order detection signals (A₀⁺ to A₀⁻) obtained from the lower bit track (T₁) and the high order detection signals (A₂⁺ to A₃⁻) obtained from the higher order bit track (T₂). If the number of the tracks is increased, it is necessary to provide an arrangement in which the light which illuminates the lower order bit track is received through a magnifying optical system and at the same time, the light which illuminates the track on the high order bit side is received directly.
摘要:
The acceleration sensor has a first stationary substrate (1) having a stationary electrode (17u) and a second stationary substrate (2) having another stationary electrode (30 ℓ) and being opposed to the first stationary substrate (1) with a given spacing. An electrically conductive diaphragm (3) is disposed in the spacing and has a central segment (26) fixed in the spacing through the pair of stationary substrates (1, 2) and a peripheral segment (25m) surrounding around and extending resiliently from the central segment (26) to undergo displacement in the spacing relative to the stationary electrodes (17u, 30 ℓ) in response to an external acceleration force. The peripheral segment (25m) and the opposed stationary electrodes (17u, 30 ℓ) form variable capacitors effective to produce a capacitance change in response to the displacement of the peripheral segment (25m) to detect the external acceleration force.