IP Library Granted Patent US 8,098,561
Granted Patent B2
US 8,098,561 · App. 12/491,420 · Granted Jan 17, 2012

Optical disk device and optical receiver IC

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Patent No.
US 8,098,561
App. No.
12/491,420
Granted
Jan 17, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A first optical receiver circuit in an optical receiver IC, which composes an optical disk device, generates a first voltage signal VS 1 indicating an amount of light of a laser beam oscillated in a multimode. A second optical receiver circuit generates a second voltage signal VS 2 indicating an amount of light of an optical feedback from an optical disk. A binarization circuit extracts a band component corresponding to a predetermined frequency in VS 1 , and binarizes the band component, thereby obtaining a digital signal. A delay element delays a phase of the digital signal by time equivalent to a phase difference between VS 1 and VS 2 , and outputs the phase delayed signal as a timing signal. A sample hold circuit (S/H) samples and holds the VS 2 in synchronization with the timing signal. Further, A LPF eliminates a band component corresponding to the frequency from an output signal of the S/H.

Claims (22)

1. An optical disk device comprising:

a laser light source that oscillates in a multimode;

a first optical receiver circuit that receives a laser beam oscillated from the laser light source and generates a first electronic signal indicating an amount of light of the laser beam;

an optical system that projects the laser beam to an optical disk;

a second optical receiver circuit that receives an optical feedback from the optical disk and generates a second electronic signal indicating an amount of light of the optical feedback;

a binarization circuit that extracts a band component corresponding to a predetermined frequency in the first electronic signal and binarizes the band component;

a delay circuit that delays a phase of the binarized signal by time equivalent to a phase difference between the first electronic signal and the second electronic signal; and

a sample hold circuit that samples and holds the second electronic signal in synchronization with the phase delayed signal.

2. The optical disk device according to claim 1 , further comprising a band limitation circuit that eliminates a band component corresponding to the frequency from the signal sampled and held.

3. The optical disk device according to claim 1 , wherein the laser light source includes:

a laser element that oscillates in a single mode; and

a driving circuit that supplies a driving current to the laser element, the driving current being superimposed with a high-frequency signal.

4. The optical disk device according to claim 1 , wherein the laser light source is a self-oscillation type laser element that oscillates in the multimode.

5. The optical disk device according to claim 1 , wherein the first optical receiver circuit and the second optical circuit each include an element that generates a current depending on the amount of light, and a conversion circuit that converts the current into a voltage signal.

6. An optical receiver IC comprising:

an optical receiver circuit that receives a laser beam oscillated in a multimode and generates a first electronic signal indicating an amount of light of the laser beam;

a second optical receiver circuit that receives an optical feedback by an optical disk of the laser beam and generates a second electronic signal indicating an amount of light of the optical feedback;

a binarization circuit that extracts a band component corresponding to a predetermined frequency in the first electronic signal and binarizes the band component;

a delay circuit that delays a phase of the binarized signal by time equivalent to a phase difference between the first electronic signal and the second electronic signal; and

a sample hold circuit that samples and holds the second electronic signal in synchronization with the phase delayed signal.

7. The optical receiver IC according to claim 6 , further comprising a band limitation circuit that eliminates a band component corresponding to the frequency from the signal sampled and held.

8. The optical receiver IC according to claim 6 , wherein the first optical receiver circuit and the second optical circuit each include an element that generates a current depending on the amount of light, and a conversion circuit that converts the current into a voltage signal.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Nov 29, 2017
From: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
To: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 044928/0001 →
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 Jun 25, 2009
From: JAHANA, TADASHI
To: NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 022874/0496 →