Information recording/reproducing apparatus to record/reproduce information on a recording medium recorded with an address mark
US6400653B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 5, 1999 |
| Grant date | Jun 4, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 5, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B2220/2525
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An magneto-optical disc recording/reproducing apparatus includes an optical head (36) to detect a wobble (46) and an address mark (81 to 84) in an magneto-optical disc (31) and output a wobble signal (WB1, WB2) and an address mark signal (AML, AMG), a PLL circuit (47) to generate a clock signal (CK) in response to wobble signal (WB1), an address mark synchronous signal generation circuit (46) to generate an address mark synchronous signal (AM) in response to address mark signal (AML, AMG), a synchronizing circuit (48) to synchronize clock signal (CK) with address mark synchronous signal (AM) and generate a synchronized clock signal (SCK), and a timing setting circuit (49) to generate a timing pulse signal (TG1) to control a magnetic head driving circuit (34) and a timing pulse signal (TG2) to control a laser driving circuit (35). The recording/reproducing apparatus can detect a address mark (81 to 84), record la data signal on magneto-optical disc (31) in synchronization with the detected address mark, and reproduce a data signal from magneto-optical disc (31) in synchronization with the detected address mark, so that the data signal can be surely recorded/reproduced.
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