摘要:
A method and apparatus provides an improved optical storage disk player. An improved method and apparatus for obtaining a tracking error signal for an optical disk player is disclosed which is general across the various data formats found in CD audio disks, CD-ROMs, and digital video disks. The present invention uses a photodetector with at least four active areas to sense the reflected laser beam. A differential amplitude tracking error signal is generated by comparing the signal strength in the different active areas.
摘要:
A mechanical isolation apparatus suited for mitigating the effects of undesired mechanical forces upon disc drive system components, such as those found in compact disc, laser disc, magneto-optical player/recorder devices and similar devices. Component members are provided for mitigating the effects of compressive forces, vibration isolation, and thermal expansion, and may include compression ribs mounted on a housing for absorbing compressive forces. The housing is preferably adapted to fit on the end of a pole piece assembly. A crash stop may also be provided as a shock absorbing bumper and isolator to prevent a moving carriage from crashing into a solid surface. The compressive ribs and the crash stop are made of a material that exhibits minimum creep, such as a silicon rubber, polyurethane, or injection molded plastic.
摘要:
An apparatus for the suppression of electromagnetic emissions from an electronic device. The apparatus includes a die cast metallic container having a continuous wall, a shoulder formed on the continuous wall, a plurality of rounded corners, and a neck portion. The neck portion and shoulder mate with a deep drawn metallic cap. A source of electromagnetic emissions is disposed in the interior space defined by the container and the cap, and a flex strip source passes through a groove formed in an external wall of the container to supply the source. The container is adapted for use in an optical disc system and provides a mount for a semiconductor laser modulated at a radio frequency on the order of 450 MHz. The container also holds auxiliary electronics. A conductive tape seals the assembly so that electromagnetic emissions of the laser are confined within the interior space.
摘要:
A track seeking method is provided which relies on sampled seek information. No external sensors are employed and the seek information is intermittently stored along the tracks provided on the disk surface. In determining the actual velocity of the seek actuator, at least two methods for counting crossed tracks are utilized. Preferably, a 1/2-count method is used at lower seek velocities and a 16-count method is used at higher seek velocities. The 178 -count method involves the receipt of two counts for each track that is crossed, while the 16-count method involves counting every sixteen tracks that are crossed. The selection of the 1/2-count and the 16-count methods for counting tracks crossed results in a velocity gap region. The velocity gap region is a range of seek actuator velocities in which the servo loop is underdamped for the 16-count method and where folding occurs for the 1/2-count method. To overcome the underdamping and folding problems, various solutions have been devised. In one embodiment, the velocity profile is configured so that the gap region is crossed in a relatively short amount of time and the 16-count method is used in providing velocity feedback.
摘要:
An order in which bits for serial data are transmitted or received by a first device, integrated circuit (IC) or logic, is programmable to be either from most significant bit (MSB) to least significant bit (LSB) or from LSB to MSB. Therefore, when the first device is used with a second device, integrated circuit (IC) or logic, which can handle the serial data in only one order, the first device is programmed, or configured, to handle the serial data in the same order as the second device.
摘要:
A circuit generally comprising a first circuit and a phase lock loop. The first circuit may be configured to (i) collect a plurality of samples per cycle during a plurality of cycles of an input signal and (ii) calculate a phase offset and a frequency offset for the input signal relative to a clock signal in response to the samples. The phase lock loop may be configured to (i) preset a phase error signal to the phase offset and a frequency error signal to the frequency offset and (ii) generate the clock signal in response to the phase error signal and the frequency error signal.
摘要:
An analog to digital circuit assembly for use in an optical information includes a circuit for multiplexing a reference voltage input of an analog to digital converter to produce alternating normalized and referenced digital outputs of a plurality of analog signal inputs at a rate controlled by a sampling clock which includes a switch including first and second inputs, an output, and a control input for alternately connecting the first and the second inputs to the output, the output being applied to the reference voltage input. An information detection device having multiple detection outputs and having at least one servo mechanism that controls operations on information being detected is provided in conjunction with a signal summing circuit, a direct current voltage reference, a control clock connected, a servo error signal circuit having a servo error signal output and multiple inputs, a sampling clock, and a processing circuit having an input connected to a digital output of the analog to digital converter and an output for controlling at the least one servo mechanism.
摘要:
An improved method for operating an optical disc system having a focusing mechanism, a tracking mechanism, and a lens. The method includes the steps of impinging light upon a disc to be read, moving the lens to a first position by driving an actuator, monitoring a Quad Sum signal, moving the lens away from the first position toward the disc being read while looking for a maximum of the Quad sum signal, moving the lens away from the disc, determining, during the monitoring, when Quad Sum signal is above one-half the maximum, processing a focus error signal in a digital processing circuit having a transfer function providing a frequency notch at a mechanical resonance of the actuator. The digital processing circuit produces zero crossings corresponding to focus conditions method further includes searching for a first of the zero crossings after the Quad sum signal exceeds the one-half of the maximum, and closing focus when the first zero crossing is detected. An improved optical disc system associated with the method is also provided.
摘要:
Calibration of read timing, write timing and focus is accomplished automatically by comparing reflectance signals. The timing or focus settings are preferably modified, and signals are again compared under the modified adjustment settings. The read timing adjustment includes comparing signals from mark positions immediately preceding and immediately following an isolated mark and adjusting read delay to achieve small or minimum differences between the signals at the mark positions immediately preceding and immediately following the isolated mark bit position. Focus calibration is accomplished by comparing the value of the signal from a mark with the value from a mark position immediately adjacent the mark and adjusting the focus offset until a larger maximum difference between the two signals is achieved. The write timing calibration is preferably achieved by causing the write circuitry to emit a low-power light beam in the vicinity of an unwritten mark position and adjusting the write timing delay circuitry until a low or minimum signal, i.e. high reflectance, is achieved at a desired mark position.
摘要:
A magneto-optical drive system having a computer that monitors the current in the bias coil of a magnetomotive field generator to determine when a predetermined current threshold is exceeded. When the threshold is exceeded, a sufficiently strong magnetic field is generated to permit writing of information on a storage medium utilizing a laser. A laser pulse generator is then enabled. The device thereby achieves a substantially shortened write cycle.