REAL TIME POWER CONTROL FOR OPTICAL RECORDING DRIVES
First Claim
1. An optical recording drive adapted for recording data on an associated optical carrier (1), the optical recording drive comprising:
- a radiation source (4) capable of emitting a radiation beam (5), said beam being adapted to write information on the optical carrier (1) as optically detectable effects (90),a write strategy generator (26) capable of providing the radiation source (4) with a write strategy for an optically detectable effect (90), the radiation source being arranged to emit a corresponding write pulse train (80) for writing the optically detectable effect (90), said write pulse train comprising at least an upper (81) and a lower (82) level of power,photo detection means (10) arranged to detect reflected radiation (8) from the optical carrier (1), said photo detection means being capable of detecting a first reflected radiation beam pulse (R1) from a start time portion of the write pulse train (80) and generating a corresponding first signal (PS1) indicative of the power in the first pulse,the photo detection means (10) further being capable of detecting a second reflected radiation pulse (R2) from an end time portion of the write pulse train (80) and generating a corresponding second signal (PS2) indicative of the power in the second pulse, andprocessing means (50) for comparing said first signal (PS1) and said second signal (PS2) so as to obtain an indication of the received power in the optically detectable effect (90) as delivered by a power level (81;
82) in the write pulse train (80).
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Abstract
The invention discloses an optical recording drive for recording data on an optical carrier such as an optical disk of the DVD or BD format. A radiation source is arranged to emit a write pulse train (80) for writing an optically detectable effect (90) i.e. a pit or mark. Photo detection means (10) detects a first reflected radiation beam pulse (R1) from a start time portion of the write pulse train (80) and generates a corresponding first signal (PS1) indicative of the power in the first pulse, the photo detection means (10) further detects a second reflected radiation pulse (R2) from an end time portion of the write pulse train (80) and generates a corresponding second signal (PS2) indicative of the power in the second pulse. By comparing (e.g. the heights of) the first signal (PS1) and the second signal (PS2), it is possible to get an indication of the received power in the optically detectable effect (90) as delivered by a power level (81; 82) in the write pulse train (80) continuously during writing and for a broad range of carrier rotation speeds.
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13 Claims
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1. An optical recording drive adapted for recording data on an associated optical carrier (1), the optical recording drive comprising:
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a radiation source (4) capable of emitting a radiation beam (5), said beam being adapted to write information on the optical carrier (1) as optically detectable effects (90), a write strategy generator (26) capable of providing the radiation source (4) with a write strategy for an optically detectable effect (90), the radiation source being arranged to emit a corresponding write pulse train (80) for writing the optically detectable effect (90), said write pulse train comprising at least an upper (81) and a lower (82) level of power, photo detection means (10) arranged to detect reflected radiation (8) from the optical carrier (1), said photo detection means being capable of detecting a first reflected radiation beam pulse (R1) from a start time portion of the write pulse train (80) and generating a corresponding first signal (PS1) indicative of the power in the first pulse, the photo detection means (10) further being capable of detecting a second reflected radiation pulse (R2) from an end time portion of the write pulse train (80) and generating a corresponding second signal (PS2) indicative of the power in the second pulse, and processing means (50) for comparing said first signal (PS1) and said second signal (PS2) so as to obtain an indication of the received power in the optically detectable effect (90) as delivered by a power level (81;
82) in the write pulse train (80). - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. Processing means (50) for controlling the operation of an associated optical recording drive adapted for recording data on an optical carrier (1), the optical drive comprising:
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a radiation source(4) capable of emitting a radiation beam (5), said beam being adapted to write information on the optical carrier (1) as optically detectable effects (90), a write strategy generator (26) capable of providing the radiation source (4) with a write strategy for an optically detectable effect (90), the radiation source being arranged to emit a corresponding write pulse train (80) for writing the optically detectable effect (90), said write pulse train comprising at least an upper (81) and a lower (82) level of power, photo detection means (10) arranged to detect reflected radiation (8) from the optical carrier (1), said photo detection means being capable of detecting a first reflected radiation pulse (R1) from a start time portion of the write pulse train (80) and generating a corresponding first signal (PS1) indicative of the power in the first pulse, and the photo detection means (10) further being capable of detecting a second reflected radiation pulse (R2) from an end time portion of the write pulse train (80) and generating a corresponding second signal (PS2) indicative of the power in the second pulse, wherein the processing means (50) is adapted to compare said first signal (PS1) and said second signal (PS2) so as to obtain an indication of the received power in the optically detectable effect (90) as delivered by a power level (81;
82) in the write pulse train (80).
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11. A method for operating an optical recording drive adapted for recording data on an optical carrier (1), the method comprising the steps of:
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emitting a radiation beam (5) by a radiation source(4), said beam being adapted to write information on the optical carrier (1) as optically detectable effects (90), providing the radiation source (4) with a write strategy from a write strategy generator (26) for writing an optically detectable effect (90), the radiation source being arranged to emit a corresponding write pulse train (80) for writing the optically detectable effect (90), said write pulse train comprising at least an upper (81) and a lower (82) level of power, detecting reflected radiation (8) from the optical carrier (1) by photo detection means (10), said photo detection means being capable of detecting a first reflected radiation pulse (R1) from a start time portion of the write pulse train (80) and generating a corresponding first signal (PS1) indicative of the power in the first pulse, detecting a second reflected radiation pulse (R2) by the photo detection means (10) from an end time portion of the write pulse train (80) and generating a corresponding second signal (PS2) indicative of the power in the second pulse, and comparing said first signal (PS1) and said second signal (PS2) by processing means (50) so as to obtain an indication of the received power in the optically detectable effect (90) as delivered by a power level (81;
82) in the write pulse train (80). - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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