摘要:
A ratio of an erase current and a peak current when starting recording is defined as K=iER/iPK (S1), and iER11 is set equal to K×iPK1, and an ideal value iER11 of an erase current that should be increased according to a temperature change is determined (S2). A value obtained by subtracting a current iBT at a bottom level emission intensity when starting recording from a current at an erase level emission intensity after the temperature rises is defined as iER1. By measuring this iER1, an ideal value iER11 of the erase current is subtracted from iER1, and the resultant current is defined as iBT11 (S3). This iBT11 is set as an adjustment value of the bottom current, and a value obtained by adding this adjustment value to a bottom current when starting recording is set as a bottom current after change.
摘要:
An optical disc drive usable with discs to which data is continuously recorded and discs having a sector format can quickly resume playback signal output after passing imperfection causing potential reading errors, and plays disc with few read errors. A detection signal generator detects DC level fluctuation in the playback signal read from the disc and generates a detection signal tracking the DC level fluctuation. A selector selects a detection signal or a null signal without valid polarity based on the detection signal generated by the detection signal generator and input to the selector. A clamping unit performs a clamping process to suppress DC level fluctuation in the playback signal based on the detection signal when the selection unit selects the detection signal, and does not perform the clamping process when the selection unit selects the null signal. A signal processor performs specific signal processes based on clamping unit output.
摘要:
A power control device for controlling a power of a light source of an optical beam directed to an optical medium. The power control device includes a reflected light detector for detecting reflected light from the optical medium when irradiated by an optical beam which is following a track; an arithmetic unit for calculating from the reflected light a transmissivity of light transmitted from a disk surface to a recording layer or an amount of directed light on the recording layer of the medium; and power control means for controlling the power of the light source for emission based on a calculation result produced by the arithmetic unit.
摘要:
The sector synchronism of a timing generation section for generating data recording/reproducing timing is corrected at the address-mark detection timing of an address-mark detection section. Moreover, even if only one piece of address information having no error is not reproduced in the sector concerned, when at least one piece of address information having no error is reproduced in any of a predetermined number of sectors preceding the subject sector and at least one address mark is detected in the subject sector, the data recording/reproducing is permitted, and thus, the data is recorded/reproduced at a high speed and a high reliability even if an error rate of a physical address is deteriorated.
摘要:
A laser power control method according to the present invention is a method for controlling an output power of a laser 3 which is used for recording information on a recording medium 1. The method comprises steps of: detecting emitted light of the laser by a first detection section 4; obtaining a first driving current of the laser by a first control section 8 based on an output of the first detection section; detecting reflected light or transmitted light from the recording medium by a second detection section 5; and obtaining a second driving current of the laser by a second control section 12 based on an output of the second detection section. The laser is driven based on the first driving current or the second driving current while the first control section and the second control section are operated alternately such that the second control section does not operate when the first control section is operating, and the first control section does not operate when the second control section is operating. With such a structure, even when a plurality of laser powers which are switched at a high speed are required for recording of information, each laser power can be controlled so as to be an appropriate power for recording of information.
摘要:
A semiconductor laser driving apparatus for directing light to an optical disc for recording a recording mark based on a recording current and reproducing the recording mark to generate a reproduction signal. The apparatus includes a reproduction current generation section; a high frequency current generation section for generating a current including a high frequency component for reducing semiconductor laser noise in the reproduction; a recording current generation section, the recording current including a pulse corresponding to the recording mark and including a plurality of multi-pulses; and a current driving section for amplification. The apparatus further includes a filter to attenuate the enhanced high frequency components in the high frequency current and in the enhanced high frequency component; and a switching section for switching the filter so that the enhanced component in the recording current is superposed on at least one of the multi-pulses.
摘要:
A power control device for controlling a power of a light source of an optical beam directed to an optical medium. The power control device includes a reflected light detector for detecting reflected light from the optical medium when irradiated by an optical beam which is following a track; an arithmetic unit for calculating from the reflected light a transmissivity of light transmitted from a disk surface to a recording layer or an amount of directed light on the recording layer of the medium; and power control means for controlling the power of the light source for emission based on a calculation result produced by the arithmetic unit.
摘要:
An optical disc drive usable with discs to which data is continuously recorded and discs having a sector format can quickly resume playback signal output after passing imperfection causing potential reading errors, and plays disc with few read errors. A detection signal generator detects DC level fluctuation in the playback signal read from the disc and generates a detection signal tracking the DC level fluctuation. A selector selects a detection signal or a null signal without valid polarity based on the detection signal generated by the detection signal generator and input to the selector. A clamping unit performs a clamping process to suppress DC level fluctuation in the playback signal based on the detection signal when the selection unit selects the detection signal, and does not perform the clamping process when the selection unit selects the null signal. A signal processor performs specific signal processes based on clamping unit output.
摘要:
A recording/producing device for writing data on a recording medium, or reading data from the recording medium, wherein data matching a recording pattern so specified as to include a plurality of mutually different sets of mark lengths and space lengths is written on the recording medium, and the data is then read to generate data signals. An edge shift detector uses data signals to measure the edge shift amount of a mark formed on a recording medium for each set of a mark length and a space length. A record controller sets a recording parameter for each set of a mark length and a space length based on the measured edge shift amount.
摘要:
A recording method for an optical disc drive and an optical disc drive capable of preventing a light source of a laser beam or a laser driving portion from becoming uncontrollable as they are heated to high temperatures above their compensation temperatures, and thereby enabling recording to be continued in a stable manner without being interrupted or stopped until it ends. A surrounding temperature is measured by a temperature sensor serving as temperature measuring device, a set surrounding temperature is correlated with a set recording rate by using a data table stored in an internal memory of a controller serving as correlating device, and a recording rate is changed by a digital signal processing portion serving as recording control device on the basis of the surrounding temperature measuring result and the correlating result, wherein the recording rate is changed by changing a ratio of a recording operation time and a recording-stop operation time with alternately repeating a recording operation and a recording-stop operation at as low a laser beam output as playback.