Abstract:
An information storage medium includes an area in which updated disc-related information and recording-related information updated with a change in at least one of a disc version number and a recording speed is recorded along with existing disc-related information and recording-related information. The existing disc-related information and recording-related information are recorded, and the updated disc-related information and recording-related information is recorded in an area in which the existing disc-related information and recording-related information is recorded. Accordingly, data can be recorded/reproduced on/from a new version of information storage medium even using an existing drive.
Abstract:
An optical information storage medium includes information on recording layers having the same reproduction channel characteristics or different reproduction channel characteristics. Nominal recording speed information is recorded in a read-only zone, and maximum and minimum recordable speed information is recorded in a recordable zone of an area other than a user data area. The nominal recording speed information is reproduced using a differential signal channel or a sum channel, and the maximum and the minimum recordable speed information is reproduced using the sum channel. The optical information storage medium addresses a situation where the nominal recording speed is not satisfied due to errors occurring during the manufacture of the storage medium. Thus, the defective disc proportion can be reduced, and loss of user data due to application of inaccurate recording layer information can be prevented.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus to record data on an optical recording medium include generating a recording waveform having an erase pattern comprising a predetermined pulse having a high level which is higher than an erase power level and having a low level which is lower than the erase power level.
Abstract:
A light-curable resin composition includes an acrylate oligomer, an acrylate monomer having 4 or less functional groups, a photopolymerization initiator, a hardness enhancing agent represented by the formula(1), m-terphenyl represented by the formula(2) and a colloidal antistatic agent. The light-curable resin composition has a high antistatic property and a light transmittance, as well as a high hardness and a low shrinkage rate.
Abstract:
A method of manufacturing an optical disk includes spin-coating a substrate with a resin to form a light transmission layer without an additional cover. A spindle jig, which has a central shaft and is formed of a non-adhesive substance, is prepared. A resin is discharged on a surface of the spindle jig. The substrate is placed on the resin so that a recording layer of the substrate faces the spindle jig, and the substrate is spun to form the light transmission layer from the resin. The substrate, which is coated with the light transmission layer, is separated from the spindle jig. Accordingly, the resin is discharged not on a center of the substrate but around the center of the substrate. Thus, the additional cover is unnecessary, and thus a process of manufacturing the optical disk is simplified. Also, an entire surface of the substrate can be uniformly coated with the light transmission layer using the spindle jig and/or a dummy substrate formed of non-adhesive substances.
Abstract:
A high density disc having a data area which is set such that compatibility is secured in the same drive while maintaining a superior recording and/or reproducing feature. The high density disc has a center hole, a clamping area, a data area where user data is recorded, a lead-in area located at the inner side of the data area, and a lead-out area located at the outer side of the data area. In the high density disc in which the diameter of the center hole is 10 mm or more, the inner diameter of the clamping area is characteristically within a range of 20-26 mm. Also, the inner diameter of the data area is characteristically within a range of 35-40 mm. Therefore, while a conventional disc drive is still used, the size of the high density disc decreases and a recording capacity can be increased.
Abstract:
An optical disk and a method of recording data in the optical disk are provided. When data is overwritten on a recordable and/or reproducible optical disk, the method includes performing linking in front of a physical cluster from which overwriting starts. According to the method, when overwriting is performed on a portion of an optical disk in which data has been recorded, or when overwriting is performed on a portion including a defective area, linking is performed in front of the portion on which the overwriting is performed or behind the defective area, thereby realizing reliable data recording and reproducing.
Abstract:
An optical disk for a mobile device is provided. The optical disk includes a substrate, having an outer diameter less than 120 mm and not smaller than 30 mm and a thickness less than 1.1 mm and not smaller than 0.40 mm, so that a deflection angle of 0.7null or smaller can be obtained. Alternatively, the optical disk includes a substrate, having an outer diameter not smaller than 30 mm and a thickness not smaller than 0.435 mm, so that a deflection angle of 0.6null or smaller is obtained.
Abstract:
A soft demodulation method and apparatus including calculating partial sums for a unit of each predetermined number of bits of a codeword received from a channel; calculating a value of each entry of the decoding table by referring to the partial sums; and detecting a maximum among values of all entries of the decoding table and calculating a log-likelihood ratio (LLR) using the detected maximum. Accordingly, it is possible to reduce the amount of computation required to perform a soft demodulation process using run-length limited (RLL) codes and to simplify the soft demodulation process.
Abstract:
An optical recording medium, a method and an apparatus of recording data on the optical recording medium. A recording waveform that includes a recording pattern for high-speed recording and an erasure pattern with multi-pulse train is generated. Using the generated recording waveform, digital data is recorded as a mark or space. A low write power level of the recording pattern is set to be higher than a bias power level, and high and low erase power levels are applied as pulses.