Abstract:
An optical multiple-scanning device has a number of scanning laser light beams that scan along a scan path, are separated along the scan path by a predetermined pitch P, and produce an illumination spot of diameter D along the scan path. A synchronizing signal generating circuit for the optical multiple-scanning device includes a single photodiode and a signal processing circuit. The single photodiode has a width W along the scan path and generates a signal with maximums IMAX and minimums IMIN. If the condition W.ltoreq.P-D/4 is met, or if IMIN is less than or equal to 80% of IMAX, the signal processing circuit accurately generates a square-wave synchronizing signal such that successive rectangular pulses of the synchronizing signal cyclically indicate that successive scanning laser beams have reached a predetermined position along the scan path.
Abstract:
A synchronizing signal generating circuit for an optical scanning device. The synchronizing signal gernerating circuit including a photodiode, a high-pass filter circuit, and a signal processing circuit. The high-pass filter circuit is the load for the photodiode and is comprised of an inductance and a resistance arranged in parallel. The high-pass filter circuit is configured to have a cutoff frequency that is marginally below the frequency of a synchronizing signal. The signal processing circuit is connected to the connection point of the photodiode and the high-pass filter circuit and receives a detection signal. The signal processing circuit amplifies the detection signal, cuts the DC component, and compares the resulting signal to a reference voltage to produce the synchronizing signal.
Abstract:
During playback of data from a recording medium, a light source emitting a light beam incident on the recording medium is driven by a first drive circuit. During this time, a first control circuit produces a control signal to the first driving circuit and controls the first drive circuit such that a power of the light beam is kept constant. During recording of data, on the other hand, a second drive circuit supplies a drive current in superimposition on a drive current from the first drive circuit with a timing corresponding to the recording data. During this time, the control of the first drive circuit by the first control circuit is inhibited. However, the control signal immediately before the inhibition is held, and hence the light source is continually driven by the first drive circuit. Thus, only a single reference level is necessary for the power control, permitting a simplification of the construction and cost reduction of the apparatus.
Abstract:
There is provided a method of manufacturing a conductive layer of in a signal transmission substrate. The method includes sewing conductive thread in sheet-like material having an insulating property so as to form one of a plurality of low resistance regions using the conductive thread in a high resistance region formed by the sheet-like material, moving the conductive thread from an end point of a previously sewed low resistance region to a start point of a low resistance region to be sewed subsequently, repeating the sewing and moving steps to form the plurality of low resistance regions in the high resistance region, and forming a plurality of holes in the conductive layer by press working so that an electrical component attached to at least one of the plurality of holes is able to transmit a signal between neighboring ones of the plurality of low resistance regions.
Abstract:
A light intensity control apparatus includes an optical beam splitter which splits light into monitor light and principal light; a polarization beam splitter which splits the monitor light into two polarized light components; a monitor light detector which detects the polarized light components; a polarization correction device which corrects the output of the monitor light detector so that the intensity of the output signal of the monitor light detector and the light intensity of the principal light on an object surface have a predetermined correlation, regardless of the polarization state of the light incident upon the optical beam splitter; and a humidity dependency correction device which corrects the output of the monitor light detector via the polarization correction device by detecting a variation in polarization dependency characteristics of the optical beam splitter, caused by a change in humidity, and feeding the variation back to the polarization correction device, so that the output signal intensity of the monitor light detector and the light intensity of the principal light on the object surface have a predetermined correlation, regardless of a change in the humidity. The invention is also directed to a light intensity control method.
Abstract:
An optical scanning device is comprised of a light source unit, a rotating polygon mirror, an f.theta. lens, a photosensitive drum, a synchronization signal generating circuit 10, etc. Synchronization signal generating circuit 10 has a photodiode 6, and a resonance circuit 31, comprised of a parallel circuit of coil 32, capacitor 33, and resistor 34, is connected to photodiode 6 as its load circuit. An amplifier 35 is connected to the junction of photodiode 6 and resonance circuit 31, a capacitor 36 is connected to the output side of amplifier 35, and the other end of capacitor 36 is connected to the positive input terminal of comparator 38. A reference voltage generator 39 of variable reference voltage is connected to the negative input terminal of comparator 38 and a reference voltage is applied from this reference voltage generator 39.
Abstract:
A scanning optical device that includes a light source for emitting a light flux; a polygon mirror including a plurality of reflecting surfaces for deflecting the light flux to form a scanning beam spot on an image surface; a polygon mirror cover that covers the polygon mirror; and an optical sensor. The polygon mirror is provided with a mark on the top surface thereof that is eccentric from a rotation axis of the polygon mirror. Also, the polygon mirror cover includes a cylindrical rib formed on an inner surface of the top wall projecting toward the polygon mirror in a space between the top wall and the polygon mirror. The optical sensor is provided for detecting the mark and projects toward the polygon mirror from the inner surface of the top wall, through the cylindrical rib, such that the optical sensor forms a part of the cylindrical rib.
Abstract:
A scanning optical device includes a light source, a polygon mirror having a plurality of reflecting surfaces for deflecting a light flux emitted from the light source to form a scanning beam spot on an image surface, an identifying device that identifies which reflecting surface is currently scanning the light flux, a memory that stores data corresponding to shape errors of the reflecting surfaces, a correcting member that corrects a position of the beam spot, and a controller that controls the correcting member in accordance with an output of the identifying device and with data read from the memory. The correcting member is controlled to compensate for deviations of the beam spot due to tilt errors of the reflecting surfaces and may also be controlled to compensate for deviations of the beam spot due to an unevenness of the movement of the image surface.
Abstract:
A playback signal from an optical disk includes a track cross component which is produced when a head traverses tracks on the disk and a recorded area component the level of which is reduced in comparison with that of an area on which no data is recorded. A control signal is generated which includes the recorded area component but not the track cross component. A gain of a tracking servo control is controlled by the control signal.
Abstract:
A playback signal from an optical disk includes a track cross component which is produced when a head traverses tracks on the disk and a recorded area component produced when the head passes an area on the tracks on which data is recorded. The recorded area component is especially affected by a high frequency signal. A control signal which includes the recorded area component but not the track cross component is generated by adjusting the high frequency signal. A gain of a tracking servo control is controlled by the control signal.