Optical disk drive with a digital focus and tracking servo system
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1. A system, comprising:
- a user device; and
an optical disk drive coupled to the user device, the optical disk drive including at least one detector positioned in an optical pick-up unit, the at least one detector including optical detector elements, the optical pick-up unit being mounted on an actuator arm that controls a position of the optical pick-up unit;
an analog processor coupled to the optical detector elements of the at least one detector and providing digitized signals related to signals from the optical detector elements;
at least one digital processor coupled to receive the digitized signals and provide a control signal; and
a driver coupled to receive the control signal and control the actuator, wherein the at least one digital processor executes a servo algorithm that calculates an error signal from the digitized signals, adds an offset value to the error signal to form a biased error signal, amplifies the biased error signal to form an amplified signal, filters a pre-filtered signal related to the amplified signal to form a filtered signal, and calculates the control signal from the filtered signal, the digital signals output from the analog processor filtered with a decimation filter before being received by the at least one digital processor.
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Abstract
A device with an optical disk drive with a digital servo system for controlling tracking or focus in an optical disk driver is presented. A servo system according to the present invention includes an optical pick-up with detectors providing optical signals, an analog processor receiving the optical signals and providing a digital signal, and digital processors receiving the digital signal and providing a control signal that controls the position of the optical pick-up unit. The digital processor executes an algorithm that calculates an error signal, provides amplification and biasing to the error signal, provides filtering for the error signal, and computes the control signal. The error signal can be the focus error signal or the tracking error signal. The device can be any device.
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1. A system, comprising:
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a user device; and
an optical disk drive coupled to the user device, the optical disk drive including at least one detector positioned in an optical pick-up unit, the at least one detector including optical detector elements, the optical pick-up unit being mounted on an actuator arm that controls a position of the optical pick-up unit;
an analog processor coupled to the optical detector elements of the at least one detector and providing digitized signals related to signals from the optical detector elements;
at least one digital processor coupled to receive the digitized signals and provide a control signal; and
a driver coupled to receive the control signal and control the actuator, wherein the at least one digital processor executes a servo algorithm that calculates an error signal from the digitized signals, adds an offset value to the error signal to form a biased error signal, amplifies the biased error signal to form an amplified signal, filters a pre-filtered signal related to the amplified signal to form a filtered signal, and calculates the control signal from the filtered signal, the digital signals output from the analog processor filtered with a decimation filter before being received by the at least one digital processor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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Current AssigneeRPX Corporation
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Original AssigneeDPHI Acquisitions, Inc.
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InventorsWatt, Charles R., Kadlec, Ron J., Wach, Hans B., Turner, Christopher J.
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Primary Examiner(s)Huber, Paul W.
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Application NumberUS09/950,365Publication NumberTime in Patent Office1,233 DaysField of Search369/44.25, 369/44.27, 369/44.29, 369/44.32, 369/44.34, 369/44.35, 369/53.12, 369/53.28, 369/124.12US Class Current369/44.32CPC Class CodesG11B 7/094 Methods and circuits for se...G11B 7/0941 Methods and circuits for se...
