Nova Patents
EP0803866A3

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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EP0532241A2CitesEuropean Patent Office (EPO)ASearch report1,18
EP0559391A2CitesEuropean Patent Office (EPO)YSearch report39
US5268893ACitesUnited States of AmericaYSearch report37
US5475666ACitesUnited States of AmericaASearch report19,20
WO9326001A1CitesWorld Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)XASearch report25
"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, XP000424783Non-patentSearch report