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Data reproduction method and apparatus, disk, and recording/reproduction apparatus, using PRML method

US7830766B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 14, 2007
Grant dateNov 9, 2010
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Expiry dateAug 14, 2029

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B2220/2595
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A data reproduction apparatus for reproducing recorded data from an optical disk by using a PRML detection method is disclosed that includes an optical head including a light source, an optical system having an objective lens for condensing light emitted from the light source to the optical disk, and a photodetector for receiving light reflected from the optical disk, a signal generation circuit for generating an RF signal from a signal output from the photodetector, a phase correction circuit for correcting phase distortion of the RF signal when the recorded data are recorded in recording marks arranged with a pitch less than a diffraction limit, a clock extraction circuit for extracting a clock from the corrected RF signal, and a decoding circuit for decoding the recorded data from the RF signal in synchronization with the clock extracted by the clock extraction circuit.

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