Optical disc apparatus using 4 separate detection elements with

Details Optical disc apparatus using 4 separate detection elements with Optical disc apparatus using 4 separate detection elements with

1993-01-29

1994-01-25

Fields, Carolyn E.

Dynamic information storage or retrieval

Storage medium structure

Optical track structure

369 4434, 369 4436, 369 4441, G11B 700

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052821927

ABSTRACT:
An optical disc apparatus for playing an optical disc carrying information in a form of pits laid along a track on the disc, which comprises a light beam for reading the information by forming a beam spot on the disc through an objective lens, a device for displacing the beam spot in a radial direction of the disc, a 4-division optical detector having 4 detecting elements for electro-optically converting a beam of light reflected from the beam spot to electrical signals, a first pair of the 4 detecting elements being arranged correspondingly to one side of the track and a second pair of them being arranged correspondingly to another side of the track, a first multiplier for multiplying respective outputs of the first pair of the 4 detecting elements each other, a second multiplier for multiplying respective outputs of the second pair of the detecting elements each other, and a subtracting device for producing a difference value between respective outputs of the first and second multipliers, and the displacing device displaces the beam spot in response to the difference value to accomplish the tracking control of the beam spot on the series of pits in highly accurate and stable manner.
Accordingly, problems derived from a poor S/N ratio of the generated error signal due to short signal generation periods inherent to conventional optical disc apparatus, have been overcome.

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