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Control apparatus for a recording medium drive motor in a digital information reproducing apparatus

US4423498A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 13, 1981
Grant dateDec 27, 1983
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Expiry dateOct 13, 2001

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S388/916
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A digital audio disc (DAD) reproducing apparatus comprises pulse width detection and pulse width-to-voltage conversion means for detecting a signal having a predetermined pulse width such as a maximum or minimum pulse width of code modulated digital data signals reproduced by a pickup and converting the detected signal to a voltage proportional to the pulse width, and pulse width error detection means for detecting an error between the converted voltage and a reference voltage corresponding to a reference pulse width. Since the pulse width of the digital data signal changes with a clock rate, the error from the reference voltage represents an error in the clock rate.

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