JP2002251838A - Disk, recording and reproducing device and method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To facilitate extraction of a clock. SOLUTION: Data 0 is subjected to bi-phase modulation and is expressed by the data of channel bit 00 or 11 and data 1 is subjected to bi-phase modulation and is expressed by channel bit 10 or 01. The data 0 is made into frequency modulating waves of 7 waves and the data 1 is made into frequency modulating waves of 8 waves. The switching points of the channel bits (starting point and end point) are made correspondent to zero cross points of the frequency modulating waves. As a result, the phases of address data (channel bit data) and the frequency modulating waves coincide. The identification of the boundaries of the bits is facilitated and the wrong detection of the address data bits can be prevented.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a disk, a recording / reproducing apparatus and a method, and more particularly, to a disk, which can easily detect an address and can record or reproduce data at a higher density. The present invention relates to a recording and reproducing apparatus and method.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art To record data on a disc, it is necessary to record address information in advance so that the data can be recorded at a predetermined position. This address information may be recorded by wobbling the pregroove with a frequency modulation wave frequency-modulated with the address information.

[0003] Such a phenomenon is called MD (mini disc).
(Trademark), CDR (recordable compact disc)
(CD).

That is, in these discs,
A track for recording data is formed as a pre-groove in advance, and the side wall of the pre-groove is wobbled (meandering) in accordance with the address information. In this way, the address can be read from the wobbling information (address information), and the data can be recorded at a desired position.

[0005]

Conventionally, since the phases of the wobbling information (address data) and the frequency-modulated wave do not exactly coincide with each other, it is difficult to identify the boundary between the bits of the address data. There was a risk of erroneously detecting data.

Since the wobbling information has a very low density with respect to the recording / reproducing information, if the data is recorded in a predetermined sector based on the wobbling information, the recording position of the sector is changed. This may result in an inconsistent result, which may interfere with the preceding and following sectors. Further, in order to absorb jitter due to eccentricity or the like, it is necessary to form a buffer area in which data is not substantially recorded between sectors. Therefore, this buffer area must be enlarged. As a result, the area in which data cannot be recorded substantially increases, and as a result, the recording capacity of the disc decreases. As a result, there is a problem that the system becomes very redundant and it is difficult to perform random recording and reproduction at high density.

Therefore, in order to increase the capacity of the disk as much as possible, CAV (Constant A) which keeps the angular velocity constant.
ngular Velocity) Without a disk, constant linear velocity C
An LV (Constant Linear Velocity) disc may be used. However, CLV discs are
Quick access becomes difficult as compared with the V disk.

Therefore, a zone CAV disk is known as an intermediate disk between a CAV disk and a CLV disk. In this zone CAV disc, the data recording area of the disc is divided into a plurality of zones.
The disk is rotated so that the angular velocity is constant,
In each zone, the number of sectors per track (one rotation) is larger in the zone on the outer circumference side than in the zone on the inner circumference side. As a result, the recording density can be improved as compared with the CAV disk, and the access can be performed more quickly than in the case of the CLV disk.

However, recently, as the data density increases, the amount of codes for correcting data errors tends to increase. As a result, there is a problem that it is difficult to secure a sufficient capacity even in the above-described zone CAV disk.

The present invention has been made in view of such a situation, and aims to make it easier to detect a clock and to record and reproduce data at a higher density.

[0011]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a disk, wherein an area for recording data is divided into a plurality of zones,
Of the two adjacent zones, the number of data frames per rotation of the outer zone is set to a value larger than the number of data frames per rotation of the inner zone by an integer K smaller than the integer F. It is characterized by having.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a recording / reproducing apparatus for reading a track number of an access point of a disk;
Of the two adjacent zones on the disk, the number of data frames per rotation of the outer zone becomes larger than the number of data frames per rotation of the inner zone by an integer K smaller than the integer F. Storage means for storing a table of track numbers and zones associated with each other, determining means for determining the zone to which the track number read by the reading means belongs with reference to the table of the storage means, and determining means Generating means for generating a clock having a predetermined frequency in accordance with the determination result.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, a track number of an access point of a disk is read, and the number of data frames per rotation of a zone on an outer peripheral side of two adjacent zones on the disk is determined as follows. A table of track numbers and zones, which is associated so that the number of data frames per rotation of the peripheral zone is increased by an integer K smaller than the integer F, stores the zone to which the read track number belongs. Is determined with reference to a table, and a clock having a predetermined frequency is generated in accordance with the determination result.

In the disk according to the first aspect, the number of data frames per rotation in the outer zone is larger than the number of data frames per rotation in the inner zone.
It is set to a value larger by an integer K. The number K of integers is smaller than the number F of data frames constituting one sector.

In the recording / reproducing apparatus according to the second aspect and the recording / reproducing method according to the third aspect, a table of track numbers and zones is stored. In this table, the association is made such that the number of data frames per rotation of the zone on the outer peripheral side is K larger than the number of data frames per rotation of the zone on the inner peripheral side. This K number is smaller than the number F of data frames constituting the sector. The zone to which the read track number belongs is determined with reference to this table.

[0016]

FIG. 1 shows an example of the configuration of an optical disk to which the disk of the present invention is applied. As shown in FIG. 1, a disc (optical disc) 1 includes a pre-groove 2
Are formed in a spiral shape in advance from the inner circumference to the outer circumference. Of course, the pre-groove 2 can be formed concentrically.

The pre-groove 2 has its left and right side walls wobbled in accordance with the address information and meandered in response to the frequency modulation wave, as shown partially enlarged in FIG. ing. One track has a plurality of wobbling address frames.

FIG. 2 shows the structure (format) of a wobbling address frame. As shown in the figure, the wobbling address frame is composed of 48 bits, and the first 4 bits are a synchronization signal (Sync) indicating the start of the wobbling address frame. Next 4
The bit is a layer (Layer) indicating which of the plurality of recording layers it is. The next 20 bits are used as a track address (track number). The next 4 bits indicate the frame number of the address frame. The remaining 14 bits are used as an error correction code (CRC), and an error correction code excluding a synchronization signal (Sync) is recorded. Last 2 bits (Reserved)
Is reserved as a reserve for the future.

The wobbling address frame is recorded in a CAV disk shape in which the rotational angular velocity of the disk is constant for, for example, eight frames per one track (one rotation). Therefore, for example, values of 0 to 7 are recorded as the frame numbers in FIG.

FIG. 3 shows a configuration example of a wobbling signal generation circuit for generating a wobbling signal for wobbling the pre-groove 2 corresponding to the address frame of the format shown in FIG. The generation circuit 11
A signal having a frequency of 115.2 kHz is generated. The signal generated by the generation circuit 11 is supplied to a division circuit 12, where the signal is divided by a value of 7.5 and then converted as a biphase clock signal having a frequency of 15.36 kHz.
Is supplied to The bi-phase modulation circuit 13 also has an ADIP (Ad
dress InPre-groove) data is supplied.

The biphase modulation circuit 13 includes a divider 12
The bi-phase clock supplied from the circuit is bi-phase modulated with ADIP data (address data) supplied from a circuit (not shown), and the bi-phase signal is FM-modulated by the FM modulation circuit 1.
5 is output. The 115.2 kHz signal generated by the generation circuit 11 is also input to the FM modulation circuit 15 by the divider 1.
Frequency 57.6 kHz obtained by dividing value 2 by 4
Is entered. The FM modulation circuit 15 frequency-modulates the carrier input from the divider 14 with the bi-phase signal input from the bi-phase modulation circuit 13, and outputs the resulting frequency-modulated signal.
The left and right side walls of the pregroove 2 of the disk 1 are formed (wobbled) in accordance with the frequency modulation signal.

FIGS. 4 and 5 show the bi-phase modulation circuit 13.
2 shows an example of a bi-phase signal output from. In this embodiment, when the preceding bit is 0, FIG.
As shown in FIG. 7, "1" is used as the synchronization pattern (SYNC).
When 1101000 ″ is used and the preceding bit is 1, as shown in FIG.
In the case shown in FIG. SYNC is a unique pattern outside the rule that does not appear in modulation.

Of the data bits of the address data (ADIP data), “0” is bi-phase modulated and “11” (when the previous channel bit is 0) or “00” (the previous channel bit). (When the bit is 1) is converted to channel bits (Channel Bits). Also, “1” is converted to a channel bit of “10” (when the previous channel bit is 0) or “01” (when the previous channel bit is 1). Which of the two patterns is converted depends on the previous code. That is, “Wave Form” in FIGS. 4 and 5
(Waveform) shows the pattern of channel bits 1, 0,
Although 1 represents a high level signal and 0 represents a low level signal, one of two patterns is selected so that this waveform is continuous.

The FM modulation circuit 15 frequency-modulates the carrier supplied from the divider 14 as shown in FIG. 6 according to the biphase signal as shown in FIG. 4 or FIG.

That is, when the channel bit data (biphase signal) is 0, the FM modulation circuit 15
In the period corresponding to half the length of one data bit, 3.5
Outputs the wave carrier. This 3.5 wave carrier is
It starts with a positive half wave or a negative half wave.

On the other hand, when the channel bit data (biphase signal) is 1, four carriers are output during a period corresponding to half the length of one data bit. These four-wave carriers are also carriers starting from a positive half-wave or carriers starting from a negative half-wave.

Therefore, when the channel data bit 00 is input corresponding to the data 0, the FM modulation circuit 15
During the period corresponding to the length of the data bit, 7 waves (= 3.5
+3.5). When the channel data bit 11 is input, eight (= 4 + 4) frequency modulated waves are output. When channel data bit 10 or 01 is input corresponding to data 1, 7.5.
A frequency-modulated wave of a wave (= 4 + 3.5 = 3.5 + 4) is output.

57.6k input to FM modulation circuit 15
The carrier of 7.5 Hz corresponds to 7.5 waves, and the FM modulation circuit 15 converts the carrier of 7.5 waves or ± 6.67% (= 0.5 / 7) in accordance with the data. .5) Generate seven or eight shifted frequency modulated waves.

As described above, the carrier starting from the positive half wave and the carrier starting from the negative half wave corresponding to channel data 0 and channel data 1, respectively, are selected so as to be continuous with the previous signal.

FIG. 7 shows the FM modulation circuit 1
5 shows an example of a frequency-modulated wave output from the reference numeral 5. In this example, the first data bit is set to 0,
The channel data bit is set to 00. For the first channel data bit 0, 3.5 wave carriers starting with a positive half wave from the start point are selected. As a result, the end point of the carrier ends with a positive half-wave. Therefore, for the next channel data bit 0, 3.5 waves starting from the negative half wave are selected, and for the data bit 0, a total of 7 frequency modulated waves are obtained.

The data bit 0 is followed by the data bit 1 (channel bit 10). 2. of channel data bit 0 corresponding to the previous data bit 0;
Since five waves end with a negative half wave, data bit 1
Are selected as carriers of four waves of the first channel data bit 1 corresponding to the first half-wave. Since the four waves of channel data bit 1 end with a negative half wave, the four waves of the next channel data bit 0 are selected starting with the positive half wave.

In the same manner, 7.5 waves, 8 waves, and 8 bits correspond to data bit 1 (channel data bit 10), data bit 0 (channel data bit 11), and data bit 0 (channel data bit 00). Seven-wave carriers are formed and output so as to be continuous at data bit boundaries (start and end points).

As shown in FIG. 7, in this embodiment, the length of the channel bit is １ ／ of the wavelength of the carrier in any of the 7-, 7.5-, and 8-wave carriers. The length is an integral multiple of. That is, the length of the channel bit is set to seven times the wavelength of half the wavelength of the seven carriers (frequency modulated waves), and
The length is set to eight times as long as の of the eight carriers (frequency modulated waves). And the length of the channel bit is
It is set to 7 times (when the channel bit is 0) or 8 times (when the channel bit is 1) half of the wavelength of the 7.5 wave carrier.

Further, in this embodiment, the boundary (end point or start point) of the bi-phase modulated channel bit is set to the zero cross point of the frequency modulation wave. As a result, the phase of the address data (channel bit data) matches the phase of the frequency-modulated wave, the boundary between the bits can be easily identified, and erroneous detection of the address data bits can be prevented. Accurate reproduction becomes easy.

In this embodiment, the boundary between data bits (start point and end point) corresponds to the edge (zero cross point) of the frequency modulation wave. Thus, a clock can be generated based on the edge of the frequency modulation wave. However, in this embodiment, a clock is generated based on a clock synchronization mark as described later with reference to FIG.

FIG. 8 shows a disc 1 having a pregroove.
1 shows a configuration example of a recording device (disc forming device) for manufacturing the device. The wobbling signal generation circuit 21 has the configuration shown in FIG.
Is supplied to the synthesizing circuit 22. The mark signal generation circuit 23 generates a clock synchronization mark signal at a predetermined timing and outputs the clock synchronization mark signal to the synthesis circuit 22. The synthesizing circuit 22 synthesizes the frequency modulation signal output from the wobbling signal generation circuit 21 and the clock synchronization mark signal output from the mark signal generation circuit 23, and outputs the synthesized signal to the recording circuit 24.

When the clock synchronization mark signal is supplied, the synthesizing circuit 22 receives the clock synchronization mark (Fine Cloth Mark).
ck Mark) is combined with the carrier supplied from the wobbling signal generation circuit 21 as shown in FIG. Modulation of recording / reproduction data is performed by EFM (Eight To Fourt
When een Modulation ((8-14) modulation) + is used, the length of the clock synchronization mark is 6 to 14T (T is the length of the bit cell).

That is, as shown in FIGS. 9A to 9D, the channel bit data is set to 00 (data 0), 1 (data 0).
When 1 (data 0), 10 (data 1) or 01 (data 1), the modulation frequency (57.6 kHz) of the address information at the zero-cross point of the carrier at the center of each data (switching point of channel bit). A higher frequency clock synchronization mark is synthesized. The clock synchronization mark is recorded for each data bit or for a predetermined number of data bits.

As described above, by inserting the clock synchronization mark at the zero cross point of the wobbling frequency modulation wave corresponding to the center of the address data bit (the switching point of the channel data bit), the amplitude fluctuation of the clock synchronization mark is reduced. Its detection becomes easy.

That is, in the FM modulation circuit 15, when the channel data bit is 0, the frequency is modulated so as to shift the frequency by -5% from the center frequency, and when the channel data bit is 1, the frequency is shifted from the center frequency by + 5%. When frequency modulation is performed so as to shift,
The boundary between the data bit or the channel data bit and the zero cross point of the frequency modulation wave do not match, and the channel data bit (or data bit) is easily erroneously detected. Further, the insertion position of the clock synchronization mark is not always a zero cross point, but is superimposed on a point having a predetermined amplitude value of the frequency modulation wave. As a result, the level of the clock synchronization mark increases or decreases by the amplitude value, and it becomes difficult to detect the level. According to this embodiment, since the clock synchronization mark is always arranged at the position of the zero cross of the frequency modulation wave, its detection (identification from the frequency modulation wave) becomes easy.

The recording circuit 24 controls the optical head 25 in accordance with the signal supplied from the synthesizing circuit 22, and generates a laser beam for forming a pre-groove (including a clock synchronization mark) on the master 26. Spindle motor 27
Is designed to rotate the master 26 at a constant angular velocity (CAV).

That is, the wobbling signal generation circuit 21
The frequency modulation signal generated by the clock signal is synthesized by the synthesizing circuit 22 with the clock synchronization mark signal output from the mark signal generating circuit 23, and is input to the recording circuit 24. The recording circuit 24 controls the optical head 25 according to the signal input from the synthesizing circuit 22 to generate a laser beam. The laser light generated from the optical head 25 is
Irradiates the master 26 rotated at a constant angular velocity.

The master 26 is developed, a stamper is created from the master 26, and a number of replica disks 1 are formed from the stamper. As a result, the disk 1 on which the pre-groove 2 having the above-described clock synchronization mark is formed can be obtained.

FIG. 10 shows an example of the configuration of an optical disk recording / reproducing apparatus for recording or reproducing data on the disk 1 thus obtained. The spindle motor 31 rotates the disk 1 at a constant angular velocity. The optical head 32 irradiates the disk 1 with laser light, records data on the disk 1, and reproduces data from the reflected light. The recording / reproducing circuit 33 temporarily records recording data input from a device (not shown) in the memory 34,
4 shows one cluster of data (or 1 cluster) as a recording unit.
When data of a sector may be stored), this 1
The data for the cluster is read out, modulated by a predetermined method, and output to the optical head 32. Further, the recording / reproducing circuit 33 appropriately demodulates data input from the optical head 32 and outputs the data to a device (not shown).

The address generating / reading circuit 35 includes the control circuit 3
The data address (sector address) to be recorded in the track (pre-groove 2) in response to the control from FIG.
3) is generated and output to the recording / reproducing circuit 33. The recording / reproducing circuit 33 adds this address to recording data supplied from a device (not shown) and outputs the address to the optical head 32. The recording / reproducing circuit 33 separates the address data from the reproduction data reproduced from the track of the disk 1 by the optical head 32 and outputs the address data to the address generation / read circuit 35. Address generation reading circuit 35
Outputs the read address to the control circuit 38.

The mark detection circuit 36 is provided with the optical head 3
2 detects a component corresponding to the clock synchronization mark from the RF signal reproduced and output. The frame address detection circuit 37 reads address information (track number and frame number in FIG. 2) included in the wobbling signal from the RF signal output from the optical head 32, and supplies the read address information to the cluster counter 46 and the control circuit 38. I have.

The mark period detection circuit 40 determines the periodicity of the detection pulse output when the mark detection circuit 36 detects the clock synchronization mark. That is, since the clock synchronization mark is generated at a constant cycle, the mark detection circuit 3
It is determined whether or not the detection pulse input from 6 is a detection pulse generated at a fixed cycle, and if the detection pulse is generated at a fixed cycle, a pulse synchronized with the detection pulse is generated. Phase comparator 4 of the subsequent PLL circuit 41
Output to 2. In addition, when a detection pulse is not input at a fixed cycle, the mark cycle detection circuit 40 generates a pseudo pulse at a predetermined timing so that the subsequent PLL circuit 41 does not lock to an incorrect phase.

The PLL circuit 41 includes a phase comparator 42,
Low-pass filter (LPF) 43, voltage-controlled oscillator (V
CO) 44 and a frequency divider 45. The phase comparator 42 compares the phase of the input from the mark period detection circuit 40 with the phase of the input from the frequency divider 45, and outputs the phase error. The low-pass filter 43 smoothes the phase error signal output from the phase comparator 42 and outputs it to the VCO 44.
The VCO 44 generates a clock having a phase corresponding to the output of the low-pass filter 43 and outputs the clock to the frequency divider 45. The frequency divider 45 divides the frequency of the clock input from the VCO 44 by a predetermined value (a value specified by the control circuit 38), and outputs the frequency-divided result to the phase comparator 42.

The clock output from the VCO 44 is supplied to each circuit and also to the cluster counter 46. The cluster counter 46 counts the number of clocks output from the VCO 44 based on the frame address supplied from the frame address detection circuit 37, and counts the counted value to a predetermined value (corresponding to the length of one cluster). When the threshold value is reached, a cluster start pulse is generated and output to the control circuit 38.

The thread motor 39 is controlled by a control circuit 38 to move the optical head 32 to a predetermined track position on the disk 1. The control circuit 38
Controls the spindle motor 31 to rotate the disk 1 at a constant angular velocity (CAV).

The ROM 47 stores a table that defines the correspondence between the track numbers in the address frame (FIG. 2) and the zones that divide the data recording area of the disk 1.

That is, the control circuit 38 divides the disc 1 into a plurality of zones (m + 2 zones from zone 0 to zone m + 1 in this embodiment) as shown in FIG. Reproduce. Now, when the number of data frames per track in zone 0 (this data frame is a unit of data block, unlike the address frame described with reference to FIG. 2) is n, In the first zone, the number of data frames per track is n + 16. Hereinafter, similarly, the number of data frames in the zone on the outer circumference side is increased by 16 each as compared with the zone on the inner circumference side, and in the outermost m + 1th zone, n + 16 × (m + 1) data frames It becomes a number.

At the same linear density as the innermost peripheral linear density of the zeroth zone, the zone is switched to the first zone from a radial position where a capacity of n + 16 frames is obtained. Similarly, in the m-th zone, at the same linear density as the innermost peripheral linear density of the 0th zone, n + 1
The zone from the radial position where a capacity of 6 × m frame is obtained is set as the m-th zone.

For example, assuming that the radius of the disk 1 is 24 mm to 58 mm as a recording / reproducing area, the track pitch is 0.87 μm, and the linear density is 0.38 μm / bit, the recording / reproducing area is divided into 48 zones. Is done.
In the 0th zone having a disk radius of 24 mm, the number of frames becomes 528 frames per track, and as the zone is incremented by one, 16 frames are increased per track.

As will be described later, in this embodiment, since one sector is composed of 24 frames (data frames), the number of frames incremented for each zone (= 16) constitutes this one sector. This means that the value is set to a value smaller than the number of frames (= 24).
This makes it possible to form many zones in finer units, and to increase the capacity of the disk 1.

Next, the operation of the embodiment shown in FIG. 10 will be described. Here, the operation at the time of data recording will be described. The optical head 32 irradiates the optical disc 1 with laser light,
An RF signal obtained from the reflected light is output. The frame address detection circuit 37 reads the wobbling information (address information) from the RF signal, outputs the read result to the control circuit 38, and supplies the read result to the cluster counter 46. The wobbling information is also input to a mark detection circuit 36, where a clock synchronization mark is detected and supplied to a mark cycle detection circuit 40.

The mark period detection circuit 40 determines the periodicity of the clock synchronization mark, generates a predetermined pulse corresponding to the period, and outputs the pulse to the PLL circuit 41. PLL circuit 41
Generates a clock (recording clock) synchronized with this pulse and supplies it to the cluster counter 46.

The control circuit 38 can detect the position of the reference clock synchronization mark in one track (one rotation) from the frame address (frame number) supplied from the frame address detection circuit 37. For example, an arbitrary position on the track can be accessed from the count value of the recording clock with reference to the clock synchronization mark detected first at the frame (address frame) of frame number 0.

As described above, when an arbitrary position on the track is accessed, it is further determined to which zone the access point belongs, and a clock having a frequency corresponding to the zone is generated in the VCO 44. There is a need. Therefore, the control circuit 38 further executes a clock switching process as shown in the flowchart of FIG.

That is, first, in step S1,
The control circuit 38 reads the track number from the frame address of the access point output by the frame address detection circuit 37. Then, in step S2, the zone corresponding to the track number read in step S1 is
Read from a table stored in the ROM 47. As described above, in the table of the ROM 47, which of the zones from the 0th zone to the (m + 1) th zone the track of each number belongs to is stored in advance.

Therefore, in step S3, it is determined whether or not the currently read track number is a new zone different from the previously accessed zone. If it is determined that the zone is a new zone, the process proceeds to step S4, where the control circuit 38 controls the frequency divider 45 to set the frequency division ratio corresponding to the new zone. As a result, the recording clock having a different frequency for each zone
It will be output from O44.

If it is determined in step S3 that the current zone is not a new zone, the process in step S4 is skipped. That is,
The frequency division ratio of the frequency divider 45 is not changed and is kept as it is.

Next, the format of the recording data will be described. In this embodiment, as described above, 1
Data is recorded in units of a cluster (32 kbytes). This cluster is configured as follows.

That is, 2 kbytes (2048 bytes)
Is extracted as data for one sector, and as shown in FIG. 13, a 16-byte overhead is added. The overhead includes a sector address (an address generated or read by the address generation / read circuit 35 in FIG. 10) and an error detection code for error detection.

The total 2064 (= 2048 + 16)
As shown in FIG. 14, the byte data is 12 × 172
(= 2064) bytes of data. Then, 16 pieces of data for one sector are collected and 192 (= 12
X16) x 172 bytes of data. This 192
A 10-byte inner code (PI) and a 16-byte outer code (PO) are added to the × 172-byte data as parity for each byte in the horizontal and vertical directions.

Further, in this way, 208 (= 192)
+16) × 182 (= 172 + 10) bytes, the outer code (PO) of 16 × 182 bytes is divided into 16 1 × 182 bytes of data, as shown in FIG. One by one is added below the 16 sector data of numbers 0 to 15 of 12 × 182 bytes, and interleaved. And 13 (= 1
Data of (2 + 1) × 182 bytes is data of one sector.

Further, the data of 208 × 182 bytes shown in FIG. 15 is divided vertically into two parts as shown in FIG.
The data is two frames. At the beginning of the 91-byte frame data, a 2-byte frame synchronization signal (FS) is further added. As a result, as shown in FIG. 16, one frame of data becomes a total of 93 bytes of data, and a total of 208 × (93 × 2) bytes of block data. This is data for one cluster. The size of the real data part excluding the overhead part is 32k
Bytes (= 2048 × 16/1024 kbytes).

That is, in this embodiment, one cluster is composed of 16 sectors, and one sector is composed of 24 frames.

Such data is recorded on the disk 1 in cluster units. At this time, the control circuit 38
Is between clusters, as shown in FIG.
Place a link area.

As shown in FIG. 17, the link area is 4
One frame (data frame) is composed of 93 bytes, as in the case of the data area (in the cluster). At the beginning of each frame,
A 2-byte frame synchronization signal (FS) (Frame Sync) is arranged.

In the link area, data of 86 bytes and 3 frames are added before the data block (cluster) of 32 kbytes and recorded. Of the 86-byte data, the first 20 bytes are used as a prebuffer (Prebuffer) and ALPC (Automatic Laser Power Control). The pre-buffer is a buffer that absorbs a shift of a cluster start position due to jitter, and an ALPC is a recording power setting for recording data for setting an output during recording or reproduction of a laser beam to a predetermined value. Area.

In the next 66 bytes, Slice / PLL
Is arranged. Slice is data for setting a time constant for binarizing the reproduction data, and PLL
Is data for reproducing a clock.

The next two frames include Slice / P
LL are arranged respectively. In the last one frame,
Slice / PLL is placed in the first 83 bytes,
The synchronization signal (Sync) is arranged in the next 4 bytes, and the last 4 bytes are reserved for future use (Reserv).
e).

After the data block of 32 kbytes (cluster), a 2-byte frame synchronization signal, a 1-byte postamble and an 8-byte postbuffer are formed. In the postamble, data for adjusting the mark length of the last data and returning the signal polarity is recorded. The post buffer is
Buffer area for absorbing jitter due to eccentricity or the like. In an ideal situation with no jitter,
4 bytes of the 8-byte post buffer overlap and the next cluster prebuffer and ALPC
Is recorded.

The link area can be applied to a ROM disk, and the ROM disk and the RAM disk can have a common format. In that case, in the ROM disk, information can be recorded in the post buffer, pre-buffer, and ALPC of the link area. For example, it is possible to insert an address to increase the information probability of the address.

The length (the number of bytes) of each area in the above embodiment is an example, and a predetermined value can be set as appropriate.

The present invention can also be applied to the case where data is recorded or reproduced on a disk other than the optical disk.

[0078]

As described above, according to the disk of the first aspect, the number of data frames per revolution of the outer zone is set to an integer greater than the number of data frames per revolution of the inner zone. Since the value is set to a value that is larger than F by an integer K smaller than F, the zone CAV can be realized in data frame units smaller than the sector, and the capacity can be further increased.

According to the recording / reproducing apparatus according to the second aspect and the recording / reproducing method according to the third aspect, the number of data frames per rotation of the outer zone is set to be smaller than the number of data frames per rotation of the inner zone. Since the zone to which the read track number belongs is determined by referring to the table of track numbers and zones that are associated so as to be increased by an integer K smaller than the integer F than the number of data frames,
It is possible to quickly and reliably access a desired access point on a large-capacity disk.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a state in which a disk of the present invention is wobbled.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a wobbling address frame.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a wobbling signal generation circuit.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a bi-phase signal output from a bi-phase modulation circuit 13 in FIG. 3;

5 is a diagram illustrating another example of a bi-phase signal output from the bi-phase modulation circuit 13 in FIG.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating frequency modulation performed by the FM modulation circuit 15 of FIG. 3;

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a frequency modulation wave output from the FM modulation circuit 15 of FIG. 3;

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a recording device for manufacturing a disc 1 having a pregroove.

FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating the operation of the combining circuit 22 of FIG.

FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of an optical disk recording / reproducing apparatus to which the recording / reproducing apparatus of the present invention is applied.

FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating zones on a disk.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart illustrating a clock switching process in the embodiment of FIG. 10;

FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating the format of data for one sector.

FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating the configuration of 32 kbytes of data.

FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating a state in which the outer codes in FIG. 14 are interleaved.

FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating a data structure of a block of 32 kbytes.

FIG. 17 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a link area.

[Explanation of symbols]

Reference Signs List 1 optical disk, 2 pregroove, 11 generation circuit, 12, 14 divider, 13 biphase modulation circuit, 15 FM modulation circuit, 21 wobbling signal generation circuit, 22 synthesis circuit, 23 mark signal generation circuit, 24 recording circuit, 25 Optical head, 26
Master, 27 spindle motor, 31 spindle motor, 32 optical head, 33 recording / reproducing circuit, 3
4 memories, 35 address generation and reading circuit, 36 mark detection circuit, 37 frame address detection circuit,
38 control circuit, 39 thread motor, 40 mark cycle detection circuit, 41 PLL circuit, 42 phase comparator, 43 LPF, 44 VCO, 45 frequency divider, 46 cluster counter, 47 ROM

 ────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Shuji Uehara 6-35, Kita-Shinagawa, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo Sony Corporation F-term (reference) 5D044 BC02 CC06 DE02 DE03 DE12 DE38 GM04 5D090 AA01 BB03 BB04 CC01 CC04 CC14 DD03 DD05

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A disk for forming a sector by a plurality of integer F data frames, forming a cluster by a plurality of integer S sectors, and recording or reproducing data in units of the sector or cluster. The data recording area is divided into a plurality of zones, and the number of data frames per revolution of the outer zone is the number of data frames per revolution of the inner zone of the two adjacent zones. A disk set to a value larger than the integer F by an integer K. 2. A recording / reproducing method in which a sector is constituted by a plurality of integer F data frames, a cluster is constituted by a plurality of integer S sectors, and data is recorded on or reproduced from a disk in units of the sector or cluster. A reading means for reading a track number of an access point of the disk; and, among two adjacent zones on the disk, the number of data frames per revolution of the zone on the outer circumference side is the zone on the inner circumference side. A storage unit for storing a table of the track number and the zone, wherein the storage unit stores the table of the track number and the zone, the number of which is greater than the number of data frames per one rotation by an integer K smaller than the integer F; Determining means for determining the zone to which a track number belongs by referring to a table in the storage means; In response to the determination result of the determining means, the recording and reproducing apparatus characterized by comprising generating means for generating a clock of a predetermined frequency. 3. A recording / reproducing method in which a sector is composed of a plurality of F data frames, a cluster is composed of a plurality of S sectors, and data is recorded or reproduced on or from a disk in units of the sector or cluster. Reading a track number of an access point of the disk, wherein, of two adjacent zones on the disk, the number of data frames per rotation of the outer zone is one rotation of the inner zone. Storing a table of the track numbers and zones, which is associated with the number of data frames per unit so as to be increased by an integer K smaller than the integer F, and storing the zone to which the read track number belongs;
A recording / reproducing method comprising: making a determination with reference to the table; and generating a clock having a predetermined frequency according to the determination result.