IP Library Granted Patent US 8,023,372
Granted Patent B2
US 8,023,372 · App. 12/461,468 · Granted Sep 20, 2011

Address detection circuit and address detection method

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Patent No.
US 8,023,372
App. No.
12/461,468
Granted
Sep 20, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

An address detection circuit includes a correction signal generator that generates a plurality of timing correction signals based on an ADIP (Address In Pre-groove) signal that is read out from a wobble of an optical disk, the timing correction signals having different cycles with each other, a correction signal selector that selects one of the timing correction signals generated by the correction signal generator and outputs the selected signal, and a timing corrector that outputs a data address detected based on a data signal that is read out from a data track of the optical disk at a timing in accordance with the timing correction signal transmitted from the correction signal selector.

Claims (34)

1. An address detection circuit comprising:

a correction signal generator that generates a plurality of timing correction signals based on an ADIP (Address In Pre-groove) signal that is read out from a wobble of an optical disk, the timing correction signals having different cycles with each other;

a correction signal selector that selects one of the timing correction signals generated by the correction signal generator and outputs the selected signal; and

a timing corrector that outputs a data address detected based on a data signal that is read out from a data track of the optical disk at a timing in accordance with the timing correction signal transmitted from the correction signal selector.

2. The address detection circuit according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a first data address hold circuit that holds the data address and outputs the data address to the timing corrector at a timing in accordance with a data synchronizing signal generated from the data signal.

3. The address detection circuit according to claim 2 , wherein the timing corrector comprises:

a second data address hold circuit that holds and outputs the data address; and

a controller that transfers the data address held in the first address hold circuit to the second data address hold circuit at a timing in accordance with the timing correction signal transmitted from the correction signal selector.

4. The address detection circuit according to claim 2 , further comprising:

a data address detector that detects the data address from the data signal; and

a data synchronizing signal generator that generates the data synchronizing signal from the data signal.

5. The address detection circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the correction signal generator comprises:

a plurality of judgment units that judge whether each cycle of ADIP synchronizing signals, which are detected from the ADIP signal, is a certain cycle; and

a plurality of correction signal generation units that generate the timing correction signals in accordance with the judgment results by the judgment units.

6. The address detection circuit according to claim 5 , further comprising:

an ADIP address hold circuit that holds an ADIP address detected from the ADIP signal, wherein

the correction signal generator also generates a timing signal that determines a timing at which the ADIP address hold circuit receives the ADIP address.

7. The address detection circuit according to claim 6 , wherein the correction signal generator comprises:

a first judgment unit that judges whether a cycle of a first ADIP synchronizing signal generated from the ADIP signal is a predetermined cycle;

a second judgment unit that judges whether a cycle of a second ADIP synchronizing signal generated from the ADIP signal is a predetermined cycle;

a third judgment unit that judges continuity of the ADIP address supplied to the ADIP address hold circuit;

a first correction signal generation unit that generates a first timing correction signal based on the judgment result of the first judgment unit;

a timing signal generation unit that generates the timing signal based on the judgment result of the second judgment unit; and

a second correction signal generation unit that receives and holds the ADIP address based on the judgment result of the third judgment unit and generates a second timing correction signal based on the holding ADIP address.

8. The address detection circuit according to claim 6 , further comprising:

an ADIP address detector that detects the ADIP address from the ADIP signal; and

a second synchronizing signal generator that generates the synchronizing signal from the ADIP signal.

9. An address detection method that detects an address indicating a position on an optical disk, the method comprising:

generating a plurality of timing correction signals based on an ADIP (Address In Pre-groove) signal that is read out from a wobble of the optical disk, the timing correction signals having different cycles with each other;

selecting one of the plurality of timing correction signals; and

outputting a data address that is detected based on a data signal that is read out from a data track of the optical disk at a timing in accordance with the selected timing correction signal.

10. The address detection method according to claim 9 , further comprising holding and outputting the data address at a timing in accordance with a data synchronizing signal generated from the data signal.

11. The address detection method according to claim 10 , further comprising transferring the data address that is held in a first address hold unit to a second data address hold unit at a timing in accordance with the timing correction signal that is selected.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 26, 2010
From: NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
To: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 025193/0165 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 12, 2009
From: NAKAGAWA, TAKASHI
To: NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 023127/0608 →