摘要:
An optical disk drive and a method for determining a disk type are described. The optical disk drive may be arranged to receive a radial error signal while an incident beam is focused onto the optical disk and before tracking the track, to analyze the radial error signal for detecting whether a wobble signal is present, indicating whether the track is wobbled, and to derive a disk type from the wobble signal, if present. The optical disk drive may additionally or alternatively be arranged to receive a central aperture signal while the incident beam is focused onto the optical disk and before tracking a track including a sequence of embossed pits, to analyze the signal amplitude of the central aperture signal, and to determine the disk type from at least a first variation of the signal amplitude of the central aperture signal as a function of time.
摘要:
An optical disk drive and a method for determining a disk type are described. The optical disk drive may be arranged to receive a radial error signal while an incident beam is focused onto the optical disk and before tracking the track, to analyze the radial error signal for detecting whether a wobble signal is present, indicating whether the track is wobbled, and to derive a disk type from the wobble signal, if present. The optical disk drive may additionally or alternatively be arranged to receive a central aperture signal while the incident beam is focused onto the optical disk and before tracking a track including a sequence of embossed pits, to analyze the signal amplitude of the central aperture signal, and to determine the disk type from at least a first variation of the signal amplitude of the central aperture signal as a function of time.
摘要:
An optical disk drive for determining a disk characteristic of an optical disk comprising an information layer comprising a substantially circular track is described. The optical disk drive has an optical pickup unit arranged to generate a beam, direct the beam to the optical disk for forming an incident beam, sense a reflected beam produced by the optical disk with a sensor upon receiving the incident beam with the sensor, produce a sensor output signal from sensing the reflected beam; a disk receiving device arranged to receive the optical disk; a motor arranged to provide a transition of the disk receiving device from a first mode to a second mode in at least one transition phase; and a controller arranged to receive the sensor output signal during at least one part of the at least one transition phase and perform at least part of determining the disk characteristic from at least the sensor output signal received during the at least one part of the at least one transition phase. The transition phase can be associated with moving the optical disk into the optical disk drive with a disk load motor. The transition phase can be associated with changing a rotational speed of the optical disk with a spindle motor. Determining the disk characteristic can include a disk recognition preparation.
摘要:
An optical disk drive for determining a disk characteristic of an optical disk comprising an information layer comprising a substantially circular track is described. The optical disk drive has an optical pickup unit arranged to generate a beam, direct the beam to the optical disk for forming an incident beam, sense a reflected beam produced by the optical disk with a sensor upon receiving the incident beam with the sensor, produce a sensor output signal from sensing the reflected beam; a disk receiving device arranged to receive the optical disk; a motor arranged to provide a transition of the disk receiving device from a first mode to a second mode in at least one transition phase; and a controller arranged to receive the sensor output signal during at least one part of the at least one transition phase and perform at least part of determining the disk characteristic from at least the sensor output signal received during the at least one part of the at least one transition phase. The transition phase can be associated with moving the optical disk into the optical disk drive with a disk load motor. The transition phase can be associated with changing a rotational speed of the optical disk with a spindle motor. Determining the disk characteristic can include a disk recognition preparation.
摘要:
A method of determining a maximum allowable read power for a drive-record carrier combination is described. The method finds a forward-sense setpoint value to control a light power control loop, by reading data from the record carrier at which degradation of the data occurs. This technique is useful for all optical storage devices such as CD, DVD and Blu-ray players and recorders.
摘要:
An optical disk drive and a method for scanning an optical disk that includes a substantially circular track with a scanning velocity is provided. A servo control signal (SCS) is determined based on a servo error signal (SES). A first performance indicator (IND1) of the servo actuator is determined from at least one of the SES and SCS. IND1 is compared against a first pre-determined threshold (ITHR1), determining a first servo margin (MAR1). The scanning velocity is set in dependence on at least MAR1. In particular, scanning velocity is reduced when the first performance indicator exceeds the first pre-determined threshold. Additionally or alternatively, a bandwidth of control of the servo actuator can be adjusted in dependence on at least one of a second servo margin, determined from at least one of SES and SCS, and a third servo margin, associated with a mark quality determined from a central aperture signal.
摘要:
An optical scanning device is adapted for scanning a record carrier having an outer face. The optical scanning device comprises a radiation source for generating a radiation beam, and an objective system having an exit face arranged for evanescent coupling of the radiation beam between the exit face and the outer face and for converging the radiation beam to a focus. A gap servo maintains a distance between the exit face and the outer face at a predetermined gap height. The optical scanning device includes a control unit for setting the predetermined gap height at at least two different values.
摘要:
The present invention relates to a method of selecting a range of gain values (2000) of a gain-bandwidth limited photo-detector circuit (45) for reading data from a record carrier (104). The method comprises: a) finding a first read power by setting a maximum allowable gain value (gmaχ), the first read power being a minimum read power value at which data is readable from the rotating record carrier at a first speed; and b) finding a second read power and a second gain value, by increasing the first read power value and decreasing the maximum allowable gain value. The second read power being the minimum read power value at which data is readable from the rotating record carrier at a second speed. The method is useful for all kinds of photo-detector circuits in optimizing gain values and achieving optimum performance with the optimum number of gain values.
摘要:
A method of reducing power dissipation in a variable-gain photo-detector circuit is described. The variable-gain photo-detector circuit has an output to output a main spot signal and at least one side spot signal. The main spot (M) and the side spot (Si or S2) are formed by separating a light beam into a main beam and at least one side beam and focusing the main beam on the main spot (M) and the side beam on at least one side spot (Si or S2) on an optical record carrier The method processes the main spot signal with a first averaging circuit having a first cut-off frequency. The side spot signal is processed with a second averaging circuit having a second cut-off frequency. The second cut-off frequency is lower than the first cut-off frequency. The above technique reduces power dissipation in the variable-gain photo-detector circuit and is useful for all optical devices.
摘要:
A recording device records marks in a track on a record carrier via a beam of radiation. The record carrier has a preformed track pattern such as a wobbled pregroove having prepits for encoding record carrier information. The device has a head for generating a scanning spot on the track and a front-end unit coupled to the head for generating detector signals based on radiation reflected from the track, the detector signals including a left subdetector signal and a right sub-detector signal. The device has a demodulation unit for retrieving the record carrier information from the detector signals, which includes a radial modulation signal circuit (34). The circuit generates a radial modulation signal (66) based on a difference signal of the sub-detector signals (61,62) normalized by a sum signal of the sub detector signals, and generates the sum signal by adding a correction amount. Thereby overcompensation due to normalization is reduced.