Abstract:
A parallel interpolation A/D converter includes a reference voltage generation circuit configured to generate (m+1) different reference voltages VR1-VRm+1, where m is a positive integer, and VR1
Abstract:
A signal processing device, even when a steep difference in DC level is included in a signal read from a disc such as a DVD-RAM format, cuts off the DC level and pulls the read signal into an appropriate A/D input level. A steep difference in DC level between a data section and a CAPA section is absorbed by a first offset unit, and an asymmetry which occurs due to variations in the disc manufacturing stage is corrected by a second offset unit. Further, a control signal for operating the two offset units exclusively is generated by a controller, thereby controlling both offset units.
Abstract:
It is an object of the present invention to provide a signal processing device which, even when a steep difference in DC level is included in a signal read from a disc such as a DVD-RAM format, cuts off the DC level and pulls the read signal into an appropriate A/D input level with an attempt to cost reduction. A steep difference in DC level between a data section and a CAPA section is absorbed by a first offset unit 1, and an asymmetry which occurs due to variations in the disc manufacturing stage is corrected by a second offset unit 2. Further, a control signal for operating the two offset units exclusively is generated by a controller 7, thereby to control the both offset units.
Abstract:
There is provided an optical disc device which can evaluate in a short time as to whether an optical disc is recorded with satisfying the standard or not.An optical disc device for measuring a recording deviation amount of data recorded on an optical disc on which physical addresses are previously provided, includes an address detection circuit which detects the physical address and outputs a physical address detection signal, a timer which is operated in synchronization with reproduced data from the optical disc, a recording deviation amount measurement circuit which measures the recording deviation amount of data recorded on the optical disc by using the physical address detection signal and the count value of the timer, a memory which stores the measured recording deviation amount, and a data transfer circuit which transfers the recording deviation amount to the memory.
Abstract:
An optical disc recording/playback apparatus is provided with a first AD converter 35 for shaping a push-pull signal 14 detected from an optical disc medium 1 by a light difference signal shaping circuit 21, and converting the signal into a digital sampling signal 38 using a sampling clock 37 synchronized with a channel frequency; a series of means for detecting wobble amplitude information 77 during recording from the digital sampling signal 38; a series of means for detecting address polarity information 60 and address position information during playback; and a recording laser power control circuit 113 for controlling a recording laser power to a power suited for recording on the basis of the wobble amplitude information.
Abstract:
A data demodulation process rate is varied according to a reproduction state, thereby reducing power consumption while maintaining a reading performance in a favorable state. A channel rate process data demodulation device performs a data demodulation process by employing channel bit frequency. Further, a half rate process data demodulation device performs a data demodulation process by employing frequency half as high as the channel bit frequency. These devices demodulate digital data from an optical recording medium. A process rate switching device switches a process rate at data demodulation, whereby demodulation is performed by switching between the data demodulation devices according to a quality of a reproduction signal, so as to reproduce the digital data recorded on the optical recording medium.
Abstract:
A data demodulation process rate is varied according to a reproduction state, thereby reducing power consumption while maintaining a reading performance in a favorable state. A channel rate process data demodulation device performs a data demodulation process by employing channel bit frequency. Further, a half rate process data demodulation device performs a data demodulation process by employing frequency half as high as the channel bit frequency. These devices demodulate digital data from an optical recording medium. A process rate switching device switches a process rate at data demodulation, whereby demodulation is performed by switching between the data demodulation devices according to a quality of a reproduction signal, so as to reproduce the digital data recorded on the optical recording medium.
Abstract:
The present invention has an object to perform phase synchronization pull-in at high speed and with good stability. A predetermined frequency band of a reproduced signal is emphasized by a waveform equalization means 1. Its output signal is sampled by an A/D converter 2 using a reproduction clock. Low-band noises of a sampled signal are suppressed by a low-band noise suppression means 3. Then, cycle information is detected from a specific pattern length or pattern interval using a cycle detection means with high precision and high efficiency. The obtained cycle information is converted into a frequency error by a frequency error detector 9. On the other hand, a phase error is detected by a phase error detector 10 from the output of the low-band noise suppression means 3. The frequency error and the phase error are passed through loop filters and thereafter added, whereby an oscillator 15 which generates a reproduction clock is controlled.
Abstract:
In a jitter detection apparatus, a playback RF signal 3 detected from an optical disc medium 1 is subjected to waveform shaping, and thereafter, converted into a digital RF signal 6 with a sampling clock having a cycle twice as long as a cycle of a channel clock. Thereafter, an offset variation in a high-frequency band is corrected by an offset correction circuit 9, and data that are missing in the time direction are restored by a Nyquist interpolation filter 23. Then, positions where jitter is to be extracted are selected from an output signal of the Nyquist interpolation filter 23, by a jitter detection preprocessing circuit 28, according to the playback speed of the optical disc medium 1 and the arithmetic capacity of a digital signal operation circuit 29, whereby highly accurate jitters can be extracted by using the digital signal operation circuit 29.
Abstract:
An information reproduction apparatus and method according to the present invention are provided so as to solve the problem that signal quality is degraded in a normal signal part when always performing a correction of a transient in reproducing information recorded in a medium, and the sag cancellation controller (103) detects whether the pickup output signal (S101) is normal or abnormal, and the sag cancellation part (104) performs a correction of a transient only during a period when the pickup output signal (S101) is detected as abnormal, thereby preventing degradation of signal quality, which is caused by performing a correction of a transient on a normal signal part, and an appropriate correction of a transient can be performed on an abnormal signal part, thereby enabling a stable reproduced signal (S104) to be obtained.