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Optical recording system with optimal recording laser beam power control, and method and device for generating a mark formation effectiveness signal in an optical recording system

US7242652B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 31, 2002
Grant dateJul 10, 2007
Priority date
Expiry dateApr 10, 2024

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B7/00458
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An optical recording system includes a laser light source that provides an incident recording light signal for recording information on an optical recording medium, an optical detector for detecting a reflected write pulse from the optical recording medium, and a light source controller for controlling recording laser beam power of the laser light source according to a mark formation effectiveness signal generated by a signal generating device. The signal generating device includes an analog peak value detector for detecting a peak value of the reflected write pulse from the optical detector, at least one sample-hold circuit for sampling the reflected write pulse to obtain at least one amplitude value, and a processor for generating the mark formation effectiveness signal according to the peak value and the amplitude value.

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