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Apparatus for recording and reproducing data on a disk

US5490126A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 4, 1994
Grant dateFeb 6, 1996
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Expiry dateApr 4, 2014

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B20/10194
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In an apparatus for recording data on a rewritable optical disk with a mark edge recording the occurrence of edge shift is compensated for. As a first power of a laser beam is greater than a second power, start and termination ends of each mark are produced by irradiation of the first power and a remaining intermediate portion of the mark is produced by irradiating the first and second powers alternately at equal intervals of a predetermined duration which is shorter than a period of a clock pulse. Also, the start and termination ends of the mark are specifically dislocated corresponding to a length of the mark and lengths of two neighbor spaces before and after the mark.

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