Spindle motor controlling circuit of an optical disk system

• US 5,557,184 A
• Filed: 08/02/1993
• Issued: 09/17/1996
• Est. Priority Date: 10/01/1992
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Inventors: Hwang, Yong-Ha
• Primary Examiner(s): Cabeca, John W.
• Application Number:
  US08/100,817
• Time in Patent Office: 1,142 Days
• Field of Search: 369/44.25, 369/133, 369/43, 369/44.34, 318/685, 318/696, 318/618, 318/608, 318/632, 318/606, 388/812, 388/805, 388/811, 388/806, 388/809, 388/820
• US Class Current: 318/608
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 19/20 Driving; Starting; Stopping; Control thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 19/247 using electrical means
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 19/28 Speed controlling, regulating, or indicating G11B19/24 takes precedence

Abstract

A spindle motor controlling circuit for controlling the rotation of an optical disk system using a constant linear velocity servo. The circuit includes a spindle motor rotation sensing circuit for generating a phase frequency in response to the rotation of the spindle motor. A speed control part of the controlling circuit includes a speed error signal generating circuit that generates speed error data indicative of a difference between the period of the phase frequency and data representing a desired spindle motor speed. A phase control part of the control circuit includes a phase coefficient pulse generating circuit, a reference phase signal generating circuit and a phase error signal generating circuit. Finally, the controlling circuit includes a driving voltage generating circuit for generating a speed driving voltage corresponding to the speed error data and a phase driving voltage corresponding to the phase error signal. The driving voltages are used for driving the spindle motor.

Claims

1. A circuit for controlling a spindle motor of an optical disk system, comprising:

spindle motor rotation sensing means for generating a phase frequency in accordance with an amount of rotation of said spindle motor;

means for setting a variable desired spindle motor speed;

means for setting a variable desired phase value;

speed error signal generating means for generating speed error data indicative of a difference between a period of said phase frequency and data representing said variable desired spindle motor speed;

speed driving voltage generating means for generating a speed driving voltage corresponding to said generated speed error data and for driving said spindle motor according to said generated speed driving voltage; and

means for automatically controlling a phase difference between said spindle motor and said variable desired phase value when said speed error data is within a predetermined range and while said speed driving voltage generating means drives said spindle motor according to said speed driving voltage, and disabling control of said phase difference when said speed error data exceeds said predetermined range.

2. The circuit as claimed in claim 1, wherein said speed error signal generating means comprises:

a rising edge detector for detecting a rising edge of said phase frequency and for generating a rising edge detecting signal;

a delay circuit for delaying said rising edge detecting signal and thereby generating an error data generating signal;

a speed counter for counting an input period of said phase frequency with a first clock in response to said error data generating signal, for comparing the counted data of said phase frequency with desired reference speed data, and for generating said speed error data in accordance with said comparison; and

a speed error signal generating circuit for providing said speed error data, latched to said rising edge detecting signal, to said speed driving voltage generating means.

3. The circuit as claimed in claim 2, wherein said speed counter comprises:

a counter for counting the first clock when a reset input is released and for generating said speed error data;

a synchronizing circuit for comparing said desired reference speed data with said speed error data and generating a reset signal when said desired reference speed data and said speed error data correspond to each other; and

a counter initializing circuit for resetting said counter in response to said error data generating signal and said reset signal.

4. The circuit as claimed in claim 3, wherein said synchronizing circuit comprises:

a comparing circuit for comparing said desired reference speed data with said speed error data generated from said counter and for generating a speed stop signal when said desired reference speed data is equal to said speed error data; and

a rising edge detector for detecting a rising edge of said speed stop signal and generating said reset signal.

5. The circuit as claimed in claim 1, wherein said speed driving voltage generating means comprises:

a pulse width modulation circuit for modulating a pulse width of said speed error data and thereby generating a pulse width modulation pulse; and

a driving circuit for low-pass filtering said pulse width modulation pulse generated from said pulse width modulation circuit and for generating said speed driving voltage for driving said spindle motor.

6. A circuit for controlling a spindle motor of an optical disk system, comprising:

spindle motor rotation sensing means for generating a phase frequency in accordance with an amount of rotation of said spindle motor;

speed error signal generating means for generating speed error data indicative of a difference between a period of said phase frequency and data representing a desired spindle motor speed;

phase coefficient pulse generating means for generating a current-position phase pulse from said phase frequency just before said spindle motor performs a shift from a current position and for generating double edge detecting pulses by detecting rising and falling edges of said phase frequency occurring subsequent to said current-position phase pulse;

desired phase detecting means for generating a desired phase detecting signal when, in response to said current-position phase pulse, said double edge detecting pulses are counted up to a desired phase data value, said desired phase data value indicating a number of double edge detecting pulses to be counted up to arrival at a desired position after the shift is completed;

reference phase signal generating means for setting a reference phase data value corresponding to N times said data representing the desired spindle motor speed to one rotation period of a desired track, for counting a first clock in response to said current-position phase pulse, and for generating a reference phase detecting signal when the counted value reaches the set reference phase data value;

phase error signal generating means for detecting a phase difference between a current phase and a desired phase in response to said reference phase detecting signal, and for generating a phase error signal in accordance with said phase difference; and

driving means for generating a speed driving voltage and a phase driving voltage, corresponding to said speed error data and said phase error signal, respectively, in order to drive said spindle motor.

7. The circuit as claimed in claim 6, wherein said reference phase signal generating means comprises:

a reference phase generating circuit for setting said reference phase data value corresponding to N times said data representing the desired spindle motor speed to data of one rotation period of a desired track in an internal register, for counting a first clock of a given period in response to an operating control signal, and for generating a reference phase signal when the counted value is 1/2 of said reference phase data value;

a falling edge detector for detecting a falling edge of said reference phase signal and generating said reference phase detecting signal; and

a reference phase generating control circuit for generating said operating control signal in response to said current-position phase pulse produced by said phase coefficient pulse generating means and said reference phase detecting signal.

8. The circuit as claimed in claim 6, wherein said phase error signal generating means comprises:

a phase control counter for counting a second clock of a given period in response to said reference phase detecting signal and thereby generating counted phase error data; and

a phase error signal generating circuit for generating said phase error signal from said counted phase error data in response to said desired phase detecting signal generated by said desired phase detecting means.

9. The circuit as claimed in claim 6, further comprising:

a detection range discriminating means for predefining a PWM detecting range and for generating a phase servo control signal when said speed error data exceeds said PWM detecting range.

10. The circuit as claimed in claim 9, wherein said phase error signal generating means comprises:

a phase control counter for counting a second clock of a given period in response to said reference phase detecting signal and thereby generating counted phase error data; and

a phase error signal generating circuit for generating said phase error signal from said counted phase error data in response to said desired phase detecting signal generated by said desired phase detecting means and for generating a preset data as said phase error signal in response to said phase servo control signal.

11. A method of controlling a spindle motor of an optical disk system using a constant linear velocity servo, comprising the steps of:

generating a phase frequency in accordance with an amount of rotation of said spindle motor, by sensing rotation of said spindle motor;

setting a variable desired spindle motor speed;

setting a variable desired phase value;

generating speed error data indicative of a difference between a period of said phase frequency and data representing said variable desired spindle motor speed;

generating a speed driving voltage corresponding to said generated speed error data and driving said spindle motor according to said generated speed driving voltage; and

automatically controlling a phase difference between said spindle motor and a desired phase value when said speed error data is within a predetermined range and while said speed driving voltage generating means drives said spindle motor according to said speed driving voltage, and disabling control of said phase difference when said speed error data exceeds said predetermined range.

12. A circuit for controlling a spindle motor of an optical disk system using a constant linear velocity, comprising:

generating a phase frequency in accordance with an amount of rotation of said spindle motor, by sensing rotation of said spindle motor;

generating a current position phase pulse from said phase frequency just before said spindle motor performs a shift from a current position and generating double edge detecting pulses by detecting rising and falling edges of said phase frequency occurring subsequent to said current position phase pulse;

generating a desired phase detecting signal when, in response to said current position phase pulse, said double edge detecting pulses are counted up to a desired phase data value, said desired phase data value indicating a number of double edge detecting pulses to be counted up to arrival at a desired position after the shift is completed;

setting a reference phase data value corresponding to N times said data representing the desired spindle motor speed to one rotation period of a desired track, counting a first clock in response to said current-position phase pulse, and generating a reference phase detecting signal when the counted value reaches the set reference phase data value;

detecting a phase difference between a current phase and a desired phase in response to said reference phase detecting signal, and generating a phase error signal in accordance with said phase difference; and

generating a phase driving voltage, corresponding to said phase error signal, in order to drive said spindle motor.