Decoding system and method in an optical disk storage device

Details Decoding system and method in an optical disk storage device Decoding system and method in an optical disk storage device

2001-04-06

2004-05-25

Decady, Albert (Department: 2133)

Error detection/correction and fault detection/recovery

Pulse or data error handling

Digital data error correction

C714S785000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06742157

ABSTRACT:

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates in general to a decoding system and method, and more particularly to a decoding system and method in an optical desk storage device with high decoding speed by decreasing the access times to a data buffer.
2. Description of the Related Art
Referring now to
FIG. 1
, it is a block diagram of a conventional decoding system in a DVD storage device. As shown in
FIG. 1
, a demodulator
102
reads the data stored in the disk
100
for converting 16 bit code words into 8 bit data symbols. Then, the demodulator
102
generates an ECC(Error Correction Code) block
107
and transmits the ECC block
107
to a data buffer
106
through a bus
104
. The ECC block
107
comprises main data
108
, a PO(parity of outer-code)
110
and a PI(parity of inner-code)
112
. Main data
108
appended with the PO
110
forms an outer-code of RS(Reed Solomon), and main data
108
appended with the PO
110
and the PI
112
forms an inner-code of RS. ECC decoder
114
reads the ECC block
107
from the data buffer
106
to perform the error correction decoding along the PI direction (i.e. X direction) and PO direction (i.e. Y direction) of the ECC block
107
in turn. Then, the ECC decoder
114
writes the corrected part of the ECC block
107
into the data buffer
106
. The de-scrambler and EDC(Error Detection Code)check
116
reads the corrected main data
108
stored in the data buffer
106
for de-scrambling the main data
108
and checking whether errors in the main data
108
are corrected. When the host needs the main data
108
, an ATAPI(Advanced Technology Attachment Packet Interface)
118
reads the main data
108
in the data buffer
106
, then de-scrambles and transmits the main data
108
to the host.
Referring to
FIG. 2
, it illustrates a flow chart of the conventional decoding system accessing to the data buffer in a DVD storage device. At a step
201
, after performing demodulation, a demodulator
102
writes an ECC block
107
into a data buffer
106
. Next, at a step
202
, an ECC decoder
114
reads the ECC block
107
of the PI direction to perform the error correction decoding, then writes the corrected part of the ECC block
107
into the data buffer
106
. Continuing the step
202
, it flows to a step
203
, the ECC decoder
114
reads the ECC block
107
of the PO direction to perform the error correction decoding, then writes the corrected part of the ECC block
107
into the data buffer
106
. After finishing the step
203
, the system can repeat the steps
202
and
203
to enhance the error correction capability according to the setting of the system. Then at a step
204
, the de-scrambler and EDC check
116
reads the corrected main data
108
stored in the data buffer
106
for de-scrambling the main data
108
and checking whether errors in the main data
108
are corrected. When the host needs the main data
108
, at a step
205
, an ATAPI
118
reads the main data
108
stored in the data buffer
106
, then de-scrambles and transmits the main data
108
to the host. In the preceding prior art, each module of the decoding system needs to run the above-mentioned steps in turn to finish the decoding process in a DVD storage device.
Referring now to
FIG. 3
, it illustrates a flow chart of decoding RS code in a conventional ECC decoder. At a stage
301
, original code words in the data buffer
106
enter the stage of syndrome generation, wherein the ECC decoder
114
calculates the PI syndrome or the PO syndrome. Next, at a stage
302
, the ECC decoder
114
calculates the “erasure location polynomial” according to the known erasure location, then calculates the “Forney's modified syndrome polynomial” and gets the initial value of the next stage according to the calculated syndromes and erasure location polynomial. Continuing the stage
302
, at a stage
303
, the ECC decoder
114
calculates the “error-erasure locator polynomial” and “error erasure evaluator polynomial” according to the initial value produced by the previous stage
302
. Then, at a stage
304
, a Chien search unit finds the error locations and error magnitudes. Finally, at a stage
305
, the ECC decoder
114
corrects the errors in the original code words to get the correct code words and writes them into the data buffer
106
.
According to
FIG. 1
, when the conventional decoding system performs the decoding process, each module of the system needs to access to the data buffer. If each module of the decoding system can access to the data buffer synchronously, the system can increase the decoding speed to become a high speed DVD. However, according to
FIGS. 2 and 3
the ECC decoder
114
in the conventional decoding system must access to the data buffer when it performs the error correction decoding along the PI and PO directions of the ECC block each time, thereby it takes a lot of time and limits the speed of the entire DVD system for many accesses to the data buffer. Now there are several solutions for the above bottleneck: enhancing the clock frequency of the decoding system, increasing the bus width of the decoding system, and decreasing the access times to the data buffer, etc.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It is therefore an object of the invention to provide a decoding system and method for an optical disk for decreasing the access times to the data buffer. In this way, it can enhance the parallel processing capability of the decoding system and increase the decoding speed to become a high speed DVD.
In one embodiment, a demodulator reads the data from a disk to perform the demodulation and transfers the generated ECC block to an ECC decoder. Next, the ECC decoder writes the ECC block into a data buffer, then calculates the PI syndrome and the PO syndrome and writes the calculation results into a memory after reading the ECC block from a data buffer. Further, the ECC decoder performs the error correction decoding according to the syndromes stored in the memory. After the ECC decoder finishes the error correction decoding of the ECC block, a de-scrambler and EDC check reads the main data stored in the data buffer to de-scramble the main data and check whether errors are corrected. After finishing the preceding processes, the main data is transferred to the host through ATAPI when the host needs data.
In anther embodiment, a demodulator performs the demodulation and transfers the generated ECC block to an ECC decoder. Next, the ECC decoder writes the ECC block into a data buffer, then calculates the PI syndrome and the PO syndrome and writes the calculation results into a memory after reading the ECC block from a data buffer. When the ECC decoder reads the main data from the data buffer, the main data is also transferred to the first de-scrambler and EDC check. Thus, the ensuing error correction decoding along the PI and PO directions of the ECC block can ignore the part of the main data, which the EDC checking is finished. After finishing the ensuing error correction decoding, the second de-scrambler and EDC check will de-scramble the main data and check again whether errors are corrected. After finishing the preceding processes, the main data is transferred to the host through an ATAPI when the host needs data.
The foregoing is a brief description of some deficiencies in the prior art and advantages of this invention. Other features, advantages and embodiments of the invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art from the following description, accompanying drawings and appended claims.


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