IP Library Patent Application 12232043
Patent Application
App. No. 12/232,043

Optical disk device

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12/232,043
Abstract

Provided is an optical disk device to output a reproduction signal to reproduce an optical disk, including: a light output circuit to output light having a high frequency superimposed thereon; a first light receiving circuit to receive the light to output a first voltage corresponding to an amount of the light; a second light receiving circuit to output a second voltage corresponding to an amount of reflected light from the optical disk; an arithmetic circuit to output a calculation result based on a difference between the first voltage and the second voltage; and a reproduction signal generating circuit to control one of the first voltage and the second voltage based on the calculation result to generate the reproduction signal to reproduce the optical disk.

Claims (13)

1 . An optical disk device to output a reproduction signal to reproduce an optical disk, comprising:

a light output circuit to output light having a high frequency superimposed thereon;

a first light receiving circuit to receive the light to output a first voltage corresponding to an amount of the light;

a second light receiving circuit to output a second voltage corresponding to an amount of reflected light from the optical disk;

an arithmetic circuit to output a calculation result based on a difference between the first voltage and the second voltage; and

a reproduction signal generating circuit to control one of the first voltage and the second voltage based on the calculation result to generate the reproduction signal to reproduce the optical disk.

2 . The optical disk device according to claim 1 , wherein the reproduction signal generating circuit generates a gain adjustment signal to adjust a gain of one of the first voltage and the second voltage based on the calculation result, and outputs the gain adjustment signal to the arithmetic circuit.

3 . The optical disk device according to claim 1 , wherein the arithmetic circuit includes:

a gain adjustment circuit to adjust a gain of one of the first voltage and the second voltage based on a gain adjustment signal; and

a comparator to output the calculation result corresponding to a difference between the first voltage and the second voltage, to the reproduction signal generating circuit, the gain of the first voltage being adjusted.

4 . The optical disk device according to claim 1 , wherein the first light receiving circuit has a first light receiving surface and a second light receiving surface having an area larger than that of the first light receiving surface, and receives the light at the first light receiving surface.

5 . The optical disk device according to claim 4 , wherein the first light receiving surface and the second light receiving surface are arranged concentrically.

6 . The optical disk device according to claim 1 , further comprising a phase error correcting circuit to correct a phase error between the first voltage and the second voltage.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 28, 2010
From: NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
To: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 025214/0687 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 10, 2008
From: JAHANA, TADASHI; KAWATA, SEIJI
To: NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 021565/0961 →