Optical storage apparatus
Abstract
A light emission adjustment processing unit of a laser diode sequentially instructs a D/A converter for light emission of a light emission by test powers at predetermined two points, allows the laser diode to emit the light, instructs a D/A converter for subtraction of subtraction currents corresponding to the test powers at two points, and measures each power by an A/D converter for monitoring. From the measurement results, a relation of the instruction values to an arbitrary power in each D/A converter is obtained by a linear approximation and registered into a power table. When deciding an optimum writing power by a test write, a limit power on the lower limit side is detected while gradually decreasing the writing power from a starting power and a predetermined offset is added to the detected limit power, thereby obtaining the optimum writing power.
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| "ERASE-WRITE DIGITAL-TO-ANALOG CONVERTER POWER CALIBRATION FOR THE OPTICAL DRIVES", IBM TECHNICAL DISCLOSURE BULLETIN, vol. 36, no. 11, 1 November 1993 (1993-11-01), pages 79/80, XP000424783 | Non-patent | – | – | Search report | – |
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Numbers
- Publication
- 0803866
- Publication, DOCDB
- 0803866
- Publication, EPODOC
- EP0803866
- Application
- 96120768
- Application, DOCDB
- 96120768
- Application, EPODOC
- EP19960120768
Titles3
- German
- Optisches Speichergerät
- English
- Optical storage apparatus
- French
- Appareil de stockage optique
Classification
- CPC, 6
- G11B7/126
- G11B7/0045
- G11B7/006
- G11B11/10517
- G11B11/10595
- G11B19/04
- IPC, 8
- G11B11 10
- G11B7 00
- G11B7 004
- G11B7 0045
- G11B7 006
- G11B7 125
- G11B11 105
- G11B19 04
Designated states1
- Contracting states, 1
- Netherlands (Kingdom of the)