摘要:
A circuit to improve the SN characteristic of a tracking error signal. This tracking error detection circuit is formed as a push-pull system utilizing a quadrant type photo-detector and provided with 4 gain control amplifiers 20, 22, 24, and 26, 4 bottom envelope circuits 28, 30, 32, and 34, a pair of subtracting circuits 36 and 38, adding (subtracting) circuit 40, offset circuit 42, and gain control circuit 44. Bottom envelope circuits 28, 30, 32, and 34 are configured with a capacitor-type peak-hold circuit, for example, whereby bottom envelopes of RF signals SA, SB, SC, and SD given from light receiving areas A, B, C, and D of a photo-detector via gain control amplifiers 20, 22, 24, and 26 are detected, and bottom envelope signals SAbtm, SBbtm, SCbtm, and SDbtm representing the waveforms of the respective bottom envelopes are output.
摘要:
The present invention discloses a fully integrated data synchronization circuit for a disk drive read channel system. The data synchronization system comprises dual data synchronizers to provide read reference clocks. Dual PLL circuits are coupled to the data synchronizers to provide a stable reference frequency to data synchronizers. One of the two data synchronizers is used to obtain leading edge data, while the other is for trailing edge data. Each PLL circuit comprises a phase detector, a charge pump, and a VCO. A loop filter is used in conjunction with a charge pump to control loop characteristics of the PLLs. In an idle mode, one of the PLLs is used as a time base generator to provide a stable reference frequency to data synchronizers. Once data synchronizers achieve lock using the stable reference frequency and switch over to read data, the time base generator PLL is switched over to function as a data synchronizer PLL in a read mode. Thus, one of the PLLs is used as both time base generator and data synchronizer PLL, thereby eliminating the need for extra PLL circuitry and requiring only two PLL circuits to support time base generation and data synchronization.
摘要:
An electrical current sensor device includes a first printed circuit board assembly, a second printed circuit board assembly positioned opposite to the first printed circuit board assembly, and a holder holding the first and second printed circuit board assemblies and providing a passage to allow an electrical conductor to pass through. The first printed circuit board assembly includes a first sensing circuit having a first element pair that includes two magnetoresistive elements with a first pinning direction, the second printed circuit board assembly comprises a second sensing circuit with a second element pair that includes having two magnetoresistive elements with a second pinning direction that is opposite to the first pinning direction, and the first and second pinning directions are perpendicular to a current direction of a current passing through the electrical conductor, the first sensing circuit electrically connects with the second sensing circuit to form a Wheatstone bridge circuit.
摘要:
A HGA comprises a slider and a suspension with a flexure having a tongue region for supporting the slider. A read/write transducer and a piezoelectric element are formed oppositely. The connecting points of the curve beams and the inner tongue of the tongue region are in mirror positions to a center point of the inner tongue, and the connecting points of each curve beam are located at opposite sides of a center axis of the flexure. The slider has multiple electrical pads electrically connecting with the read/write transducer. The inner tongue has multiple electrical pads. The flexure has multiple inner leads electrically connected with the electrical pads of the inner tongue formed on the curve beams. The structure of the HGA prevents the read/write transducer from damaged and cause the manufacture of the HGA simpler. The present invention also discloses a suspension and a disk drive unit.
摘要:
The present invention offers an optical disk determination circuit that can improve the stability of the operation to detect the peak (pulse signal) of the received light signal, and that can improve the stability of the optical disk determination operation. When determining the type of optical disk corresponding to the depth from the surface of the plane on which a light beam is irradiated to the data recording layer, light is irradiated while varying the focal position of the light beam at a constant velocity in one direction of the depth direction from the surface of the optical disk. The bottom level of the received light signal corresponding to the intensity of this reflected light is clamped at a specified level by the bottom clamp circuit 43. The received light signal with the bottom level clamped is compared with a specified reference voltage Vref by the comparator 45, and the received light signal peak (pulse signal) is detected corresponding to the results of this comparison. The type of optical disk is determined by measuring the difference in this peak (pulse signal) detection time.
摘要:
A test signal generating circuit for generating a test signal for testing logic circuits comprises four delay units each including a setting circuitry for setting a delay time, a gate and a counter for counting clock pulses in number corresponding to the delay time placed in the setting circuitry. The output signals of two delay units are applied to a flip-flop as set input signals, while the output signals of the other two delay units are applied to the flip-flop as reset input signals, whereby the timing and/or waveform of the test signal outputted by the flip-flop is varied in dependence on the values placed in the setting circuitries.
摘要:
A timing signal generating apparatus comprises a first shift register having an input supplied with a first select signal and shifting the first select signal with a first reference clock signal, a second shift register having an input supplied with timing data for shifting the timing data with the first reference clock signal, a first selector having an input supplied with the output of the first shift register and extracting the output from the first shift register at a position corresponding to the stage designated by a second select signal, a second selector having an input supplied with the output of the second shift register for producing the output from the second shift register at a position corresponding to the stage designated by the second select signal, a gate circuit having inputs supplied with a second reference clock signal delayed in phase relative to the first reference clock and the output of the first selector, respectively, a counter for counting a clock signal of a repetition period shorter than that of the first reference clock signal, the counter being reset in response to the output of the gate circuit, a setting circuit having an address input supplied with the output of the second selector, an inhibit signal generating circuit having an input supplied with the second select signal, and a coincidence detection circuit having inputs supplied with the output of the counter, the output of the inhibit signal generating circuit and the output of the setting circuit, respectively. The coincidence detection circuit responds to the output of the inhibit signal generating circuit to be inhibited from producing the output for the period during which the second select signal is changed over. The timing signal derived from the coincidence detection circuit is delayed for a time equal to a sum resulting from the addition of the period of the reference clock signal multiplied with the stage number of the shift registers and a value set at the setting circuit.
摘要:
A servo error detector usable in an optical disk system is provided. An envelope detecting unit (24) detects the top envelopes and bottom envelopes of RF signals SA–SH, and top envelope signals SAtop–SHtop and bottom envelope signals SAbtm–SHbtm that represent the top envelope waveforms and bottom envelope waveforms of RF signals output from an optical detector. An analog/digital conversion unit (26) converts analog top envelope signals SAtop–SHtop and bottom envelope signals SAbtm–SHbtm corresponding to all input RF signals SA–SH to digital top envelope signals QAtop–QHtop and bottom envelope signals QAbtm–QHbtm, respectively. A digital operation unit (28) performs digital operation treatment for digital top envelope signals QAtop–QHtop and bottom envelope signals QAbtm–QHbtm to generate various servo error signals.
摘要:
A mark detecting circuit that stably and reliably detects the marks for address information from an optical disk having tracks formed in a spiral shape and having waviness with a fixed period. In the land pre-pit signal extracting portion 12, by means of first bottom envelope circuit 32 with a high tracking speed, first bottom envelope signal Sbtm1 that represents at high sensitivity the bottom envelope of push-pull signal (SA+SB)−(SC+SD) is generated; and, by means of second bottom envelope circuit 34 with a low tracking speed, second bottom envelope signal Sbtm2 that represents at low sensitivity the bottom envelope waveform of push-pull signal (SA+SB)−(SC+SD) is generated. Then, with the signal, obtained by level shift treatment of said second bottom envelope signal Sbtm2 using offset circuit 36, used as threshold signal Sref, first bottom envelope signal Sbtm1 is converted to a binary form. And land pre-pit signal SLPP is extracted from push-pull signal (SA+SB)−(SC+SD).
摘要翻译:一种标记检测电路,其从具有螺旋形状的轨道的光盘中稳定可靠地检测地址信息的标记,并且具有固定周期的波纹。 在地面预制坑信号提取部分12中,借助于具有高跟踪速度的第一底包络电路32,以高灵敏度表示推挽的底部包络线的第一底包络信号S btm1 < 产生信号(S SUB + S B B) - (S S + S D D); 并且借助于具有低跟踪速度的第二底包络电路34,以低灵敏度表示推挽信号的底包络波形(S A> A < / SUB> + S B) - (S + C + S)D)。 然后,使用用作阈值信号S ref,ref的第一底包络信号S,通过使用偏移电路36的所述第二底包络线信号S Btm2 <>的电平移位处理获得的信号, btm1 SUB>转换为二进制形式。 并且从推挽信号(S SUB> + S B B) - (S C)中提取地面预制坑信号S LPP SUB> SUB> + S D D)。
摘要:
An amplitude variation detection circuit that can reliably detect the mirror portion independently of the type of optical recording medium, as well as a type of information regenerating apparatus that contains said amplitude variation detecting circuit. Voltage division of top envelope signal Ste and bottom-hold signal Sbh of RF signal Srf is performed by voltage divider (16); then, after amplification by gain control amplifier (19) with a gain that corresponds to the type of optical disc (1), a prescribed offset is added by offset circuit (22) to the signal, and the resulting signal is input as mirror detection threshold signal Smt to comparator (24). The high-frequency noise component of bottom envelope signal Sbe of RF signal Srf is removed by low-pass filter (21); after amplification by gain control amplifier (20) with a gain that corresponds to the type of optical disc (1), the signal is input to comparator (24). Depending on the result of the comparison of the level of said amplified bottom envelope signal S4 with that of mirror detection threshold signal Smt, mirror detection signal Sm is generated.