JP2004213889A - Optical disk and optical disk recorder - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an optical disk that is accessed with higher accuracy. <P>SOLUTION: The tracks of the optical disk are divided into a plurality of clusters for recording data, and link areas are formed between clusters. The clusters and the link areas form one frame with 85 bytes and are constituted with frames as units. One cluster consists of 28 frames and 16 K bytes. The link area comprises two frames. FS (Frame Sync: synchronizing signals) of two bytes are arranged at the tops of the respective frames together with the clusters and the link areas. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to an optical disc and an optical disc recording apparatus, and more particularly, to wobbling a pregroove so that data can be recorded or reproduced at an accurate position on an optical disc on which address information is recorded. The present invention relates to an optical disk and an optical disk recording device.

  To record data on a disc, it is necessary to record address information so that the data can be recorded at a predetermined position. This address information may be recorded by wobbling.

  That is, a track for recording data is formed in advance as, for example, a pre-groove, 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, and the data can be recorded and reproduced at a desired position.

  However, since the wobbling information has a very low density with respect to the recording / reproducing information, the reference of the recording position of the sector becomes coarse, and the recording position of the sector shifts every time recording is performed. Therefore, the preceding and following sectors may interfere. In addition, it is necessary to absorb jitter due to eccentricity or the like, and in order to prevent them, a considerable unrecorded buffer area is required, and there has been a problem that data capacity is extremely disadvantageous. As a result, there is a problem that the system becomes very redundant and it is difficult to perform high-density random recording and reproduction.

  In order to randomly record and reproduce data on a recordable optical disk, a PLL circuit for generating a reference clock for recording and reproduction, in addition to addresses such as a track address and a sector address. It is necessary to form a VFO area or the like in which data for pulling in the data is recorded. Further, in the case of a method of recording data including an address and the like in the recording data, a linking sector in which dummy data for switching from the previous reproduction state to the recording state is required before the recording sector.

  As described above, in order to be able to actually record data at random on an optical disc, an area in which these addresses, VFOs, and the like are recorded must be formed in addition to an area in which data is originally recorded. However, the conventionally proposed method has a problem that the overhead is long and the substantial recording capacity of the optical disc is reduced.

  Further, in a conventional CD-ROM or the like, a synchronization signal called "frame sync" is provided at regular intervals, and synchronization processing is performed using this synchronization signal as a unit. However, when the ROM disk and the RAM disk are formed in the same format in the form of adding the header, there is a problem that the synchronization system does not continue in recording sector units due to the header, and the synchronization system processing becomes difficult.

  The present invention has been made in view of such a situation, and it is an object of the present invention to enable data to be recorded at an accurate position on a disk on which an address is recorded by wobbling.

  The optical disk of the present invention is an optical disk in which data is recorded on a track by irradiating light and data recorded on the track is reproduced, and the track has a plurality of units as units for recording or reproducing data. The cluster is composed of a data area and a link area. The link area is provided at the head position of the cluster and at the end position of the cluster, and is provided at the link area provided at the head position of the cluster. Is characterized by including an area in which data for pulling in a synchronization signal is recorded.

  The link area provided at the head position of the cluster may include an area in which data for setting the output of the laser beam at the time of reproducing the recorded data to a predetermined value is recorded. .

  In the optical disc of the present invention, a plurality of clusters are arranged in a track as a unit for recording or reproducing data, and the cluster is composed of a data area and a link area. The link area provided at the end position of the cluster and at the head position of the cluster includes an area in which data for pulling in the synchronization signal is recorded.

  An optical disk recording apparatus according to the present invention is an optical disk recording apparatus for recording data on an optical disk in which tracks are formed in advance and data is recorded on the tracks in cluster units. Recording means for recording data on the optical disc, wherein the recording means comprises a cluster comprising a data area and a link area, wherein the link area is provided at a start position of the cluster and an end position of the cluster; Data is recorded so that the link area provided at the position includes an area in which data for pulling in a synchronization signal is recorded.

  The recording means records data for setting a laser beam output to a predetermined value when reproducing recorded data in a predetermined area of a link area provided at the head position of the cluster. be able to.

  In the optical disk recording device of the present invention, a cluster is formed on the optical disk by a data area and a link area, and the link area is provided at the head position of the cluster and the end position of the cluster, and provided at the head position of the cluster. In the link area, data including an area in which synchronization signal pull-in data is recorded is recorded.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to provide an optical disk on which a cluster composed of a data area and a link area is arranged. In particular, data for pulling a synchronization signal into a link area provided at the head position of the cluster is provided. Since the data is recorded, it is easy to pull in the synchronization when reproducing the data.

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

  As shown in FIG. 1, a part of the pregroove 2 is wobbled on the left and right sides in accordance with the address information, and meanders at a predetermined cycle corresponding to the wobbling signal. I have. One track (one track of the track) has a plurality of wobbling address frames, and each wobbling address frame has a configuration as shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the wobbling address frame is composed of 60 bits, and the first 4 bits are a synchronization signal (Sync) indicating the start of the wobbling address frame. The next 4 bits are a layer (Layer) indicating which of the plurality of recording layers it is. The next 20 bits are used as a track address. Further, the next four bits indicate a frame number. The remaining 14 bits are used as an error correction code (CRC), and an error detection code excluding a synchronization signal (Sync) and a clock synchronization mark area (Sync mark) described later is recorded. The next 12 bits are used as a clock synchronization mark area (however, as will be described later with reference to FIG. 3, the clock synchronization mark area is separated and arranged in a 5-bit cycle). The last two bits (Reserved) are reserved for future use.

  For example, eight wobbling address frames are formed per track, and are recorded in a state where the rotational angular velocity of the disk is constant (CAV (Constant Angular Velocity)).

  FIG. 3 shows a clock synchronization mark area and a clock synchronization mark (Fine Clock Mark). In each wobbling address frame, 60-bit data is recorded, and one bit is represented by seven waves (carriers) of a signal of a predetermined frequency as shown in FIG. Means that there are 420 waves. Assuming that the optical disc 1 is rotated at 1200 revolutions per minute, the frequency of this carrier is 67.2 kHz.

  As shown in FIG. 3, in the wobbling address frame shown in FIG. 2, each clock synchronization mark area is arranged one bit at a time with an interval of four bits of address information. That is, data is recorded with a period of 5 bits. The first one of the five bits is a bit for a clock synchronization mark (Fine Clock Mark), and the remaining four bits are substantial address data not including the fine clock mark. The frequency of the carrier in the clock synchronization mark area is the center frequency of the frequency modulation range, and the frequency of the carrier in the address data area is a value corresponding to the address data. Accordingly, a 12-bit (piece) fine clock mark and 48-bit (piece) address data are recorded in one frame, and 96 (= 12 × 8) bits per rotation (one track). ) Fine clock marks are recorded.

  The address information is further frequency-modulated after bi-phase modulation, and the pre-groove is wobbled with this frequency-modulated wave. In the clock synchronization mark area, the wobbling frequency of the pre-groove is set to the center frequency of the modulation frequency of the address information.

  The period (length) of the clock synchronization mark is 6 to 8T when the modulation method of the recording / reproducing data is EFM (Eight To Fourteen Modulation: (8-14) modulation) as in the case of a CD or the like. Become. The signal for one cycle (one wavelength) (signal having a higher frequency than the carrier for wobbling) is superimposed on the carrier as a clock synchronization mark, and the track is wobbled.

  FIG. 4 shows a configuration example of a wobbling address generation circuit that generates a wobbling signal for wobbling the pregroove 2. The generation circuit 11 generates a signal having a frequency of 44.1 kHz. This frequency of 44.1 kHz is the same frequency as the sampling clock of the audio data of the Mini Disc (trademark).

  The signal generated by the generation circuit 11 is supplied to a division circuit 12, where the signal is divided by 7, and then supplied to a biphase modulation circuit 13 as a biphase clock signal having a frequency of 6300 Hz. The bi-phase modulation circuit 13 is also supplied with ADIP (Address In Pre-groove) data as address data.

  The bi-phase modulation circuit 13 bi-phase modulates the bi-phase clock supplied from the divider 12 with ADIP data supplied from a circuit (not shown), and outputs a bi-phase signal to the FM modulation circuit 15. A carrier having a frequency of 22.05 kHz obtained by dividing the signal of 44.1 kHz generated by the generation circuit 11 by a value of 2 by the divider 14 is also input to the FM modulation circuit 15. 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 FM signal. The left and right side walls of the pre-groove 2 of the disk 1 are formed (wobbled) in accordance with the FM signal. As described above, the frequency of the carrier in the clock synchronization mark area is 22.05 kHz.

  5 and 6 show examples of the bi-phase signal output from the bi-phase modulation circuit 13. In this embodiment, when the preceding bit is 0, "11101000" is used as the synchronization pattern as shown in FIG. 5, and when the preceding bit is 1, the synchronization pattern is as shown in FIG. "00010111" is used as shown in FIG.

  The data bits (Data Bits) are bi-phase modulated and converted into channel bits (Channel Bits). In the embodiment of FIGS. 5 and 6, the data bit "0" is replaced with "11" (when the previous bit is "0") or "00" (when the previous bit is "1"). The data bit "1" is converted into a channel bit "01" (when the previous bit is "1") or "10" (when the previous bit is "0"). The SYNC is an irregular pattern that does not appear in the modulation. “Wave Form” in FIG. 5 is obtained by converting channel bits into a pattern of 1,0.

  FIG. 7 shows a configuration example of a recording apparatus for manufacturing the disk 1 having a pregroove. The wobbling signal generation circuit 21 has the configuration shown in FIG. 4 described above, and outputs an FM signal to the synthesis circuit 22. The mark signal generation circuit 23 generates a clock synchronization mark signal at the timing of forming the clock synchronization mark, and outputs the signal to the synthesizing circuit 22. The synthesizing circuit 22 synthesizes the FM signal output from the wobbling signal generating circuit 21 and the clock synchronization mark signal output from the mark signal generating circuit 23, and outputs the synthesized signal to the recording circuit 24. 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 pregroove and a synchronization mark on the master 26. The spindle motor 27 rotates the master 26 at a predetermined speed.

  That is, the FM signal generated by the wobbling signal generation circuit 21 is synthesized by the synthesizing circuit 22 with the clock synchronization mark signal output from the mark signal generation circuit 23 and 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 applied to a master 26 rotated at a predetermined speed by a spindle motor 27.

  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 pregroove 2 having the above-described clock synchronization mark is formed can be obtained.

  FIG. 8 shows a configuration example of an optical disk recording / reproducing apparatus that records or reproduces data on the disk 1 obtained in this manner. The spindle motor 31 rotates the disk 1 at a predetermined speed. 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 the recording data input from a device (not shown) in the memory 34, and when the data of one cluster as a recording unit is stored in the memory 34, reads the data of one cluster. The signal is modulated and output to the optical head 32 by a predetermined method. 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 generates an address (not an address recorded as wobbling information) to be recorded in the track (pre-groove 2) in response to the control from the control circuit 38, and outputs the address to the recording / reproducing circuit 33. ing. 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. When the address data is included in the reproduction data reproduced from the track of the disk 1, the optical head 32 separates the address data and outputs it to the address generation / read circuit 35. The address generating / reading circuit 35 outputs the read address to the control circuit 38.

  The mark detection circuit 36 detects a component corresponding to the clock synchronization mark from the RF signal (wobbling signal) reproduced and output by the optical head 32. The frame address detection circuit 37 reads address information included in the wobbling signal from the RF signal (wobbling signal) output from the optical head 32, detects a frame address, and supplies the frame address to the cluster counter 46.

  The mark cycle detection circuit 40 determines the periodicity of a detection pulse output when the mark detection circuit 36 detects a clock synchronization mark. That is, since the clock synchronization mark is generated at a constant cycle (every 5 bits), it is determined whether or not the detection pulse input from the mark detection circuit 36 is the detection pulse generated at this fixed cycle. , A pulse synchronized with the detected pulse is generated and output to the phase comparator 42 of the PLL circuit 41 at the subsequent stage. Further, when a detection pulse is not input at a fixed period, the mark period 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 low-pass filter 43, a voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) 44, and a frequency divider 45, in addition to the phase comparator 42. 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 compensates for the phase of 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, 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 in the wobbling signal supplied from the frame address detection circuit 37, and counts the counted value to a predetermined value (one cluster). When the value reaches the value corresponding to the length, a cluster start pulse is generated and output to the control circuit 38.

  The thread motor 39 is controlled by the control circuit 38 to move the optical head 32 to a predetermined track position on the disk 1. Further, the control circuit 38 controls the spindle motor 31 to rotate the disk 1 at a predetermined speed.

  Next, the operation 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 and outputs an RF signal (wobbling signal) obtained from the reflected light. The frame address detection circuit 37 reads the frame number (FIG. 2) from the wobbling signal, outputs the read result to the control circuit 38, and supplies the read result to the cluster counter 46. The wobbling signal output from the optical head 32 is also input to a mark detection circuit 36, where a clock synchronization mark is detected and supplied to a mark period detection circuit 40.

  The mark period detection circuit 40 determines the periodicity of the clock synchronization mark (as shown in FIG. 3, generated once every 5 bits), generates a predetermined pulse corresponding thereto, and sends it to the PLL circuit 41. Output. The output from the PLL circuit 41 is supplied to a cluster counter 46.

  The control circuit 38 can detect the position of the reference clock synchronization mark in one round of the track from the frame address supplied from the frame address detection circuit 37 and the configuration of the wobbling address frame. Based on this, it is possible to access an arbitrary position on the track from the recording clock.

  FIG. 9 shows an example of a sector format of data to be recorded in a track of a proposed high-density CD-ROM. As shown in the figure, in each sector, 2 frames in the horizontal direction and 14 frames in the vertical direction, 28 frames are arranged as a whole, and a data area of 1 sector is constituted by a capacity of 2 kilobytes (2048 bytes). ing.

  The first two bytes of one frame are FS (Frame Sync: synchronization signal), and the subsequent 85 bytes are a data area. 20 bytes of the data area at the head of the sector are used as an address area, and a sector address (sector number) and a track address (track number) are recorded. In an area following the address area in the data area, predetermined data such as computer data and video data is recorded.

  At the end of the data area of the sector, a 4-byte EDC is arranged. This is an error detection code for 2048 bytes of data.

  At the right end of two frames arranged in the horizontal direction, an 8-bit parity C1 and a 14-bit parity C2 are arranged. These are error correction codes, each of which is set for 170 bytes of data of two frames. The C1 sequence is set for two frames of data in the horizontal direction (horizontal direction) in the figure. On the other hand, the C2 sequence is coded in an interleaved manner with the C1 sequence. That is, it is set for data of 170 bytes (340 frames) from the upper left to the lower right (obliquely).

  FIG. 10 illustrates a configuration example of an ECC block of a cluster. One cluster is composed of an integral multiple of sectors (in this embodiment, 8 sectors (= 28 frames = 16 kilobytes)). As shown in the figure, the C2 sequence of the error correction code is completed in one cluster.

  FIG. 11 shows a configuration example of the link area. A link area is formed between clusters. The link area is composed of two frames, and data of one frame is 85 bytes as in the case of the data area. At the head of each frame, a 2-byte FS (Frame Sync: synchronization signal) is arranged. The 1-byte postamble and the 2-byte postbuffer belong to the previous cluster, and the postamble records data for adjusting the mark length of the last data and returning the signal polarity. You. The post buffer is a buffer area for absorbing jitter due to eccentricity or the like.

  The next two-byte prebuffer (Prebuffer) of the postbuffer belongs to the next cluster to be recorded. This prebuffer is a buffer that absorbs the start position of the cluster. The next 16 bytes are an ALPC (Automatic Laser Power Control), which is a recording power setting area in which data for setting an output during recording or reproduction of a laser beam to a predetermined value is recorded. The next 64 bytes are used as VFO, and data for pulling in the PLL is recorded. That is, the clock for executing the synchronization pull-in operation is recorded in the PLL circuit 41 shown in FIG.

  Following the FS of the next frame, a 38-byte VFO is set, and data of the PLL circuit with respect to the recording data is recorded. Following the VFO is a 4-bit Security Control.

  Copy protection information is recorded in the security control. For example, when this copy protection information is recorded in the data area, it is treated as data, and is read or rewritten freely from the host computer, so that the protection function may not be performed. On the other hand, when copy protection information is recorded in the link area, the information in the link area is not data, so that it cannot be accessed from the host computer, and becomes very effective copy protection information.

  The next 8-byte address (Address) includes a 2-byte address mark (AM), a 4-byte track and cluster address (Address), and a 2-byte error detection code (CRC). As the above VFO and address, substantially the same data is recorded twice in order to increase the detection probability of the address. However, the VFO has a first length of 38 bytes and a second length of 19 bytes. Finally, a 2-byte Sync for data start synchronization is provided. Here, a synchronization signal indicating the start position of the recording data is recorded.

  As described above, in this embodiment, by setting the clock synchronization mark area as the center frequency of the modulation frequency of the wobbling carrier of the wobbling address information, the clock synchronization mark area can be changed without affecting the detection of the wobbling address information. In addition to easy detection, the clock synchronization mark can be easily detected. By forming a plurality of clock synchronization marks on one round of the track, the recording clock can be accurately reproduced from the period in which the clock synchronization marks are detected. As a result, the position of the recording / reproducing sector can be accurately determined, and jitter due to eccentricity or the like can be suppressed. As a result, high-density random recording / reproduction becomes possible. In addition, since it is not necessary to increase the buffer between clusters, higher-density recording and reproduction can be performed.

  Further, by configuring the overhead area in data frame units, it is easy to secure a cycle regardless of the overhead, and recording and reproduction can be performed at random positions. Further, in a writable disc such as a CD-ROM, the format of the data area is made common to that of the high-density CD-ROM for reproduction only, and the frame structure of the link area is made the same as the frame structure of the data, thereby achieving synchronization. The system can be shared, and the configuration of the read-only hardware and the optical disk device can be shared.

  This link area can be applied to a ROM disk, and the ROM disk and the RAM disk can be in 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, a VFO can be inserted to provide continuity to the PLL from the previous cluster. Alternatively, it is also possible to insert an address to increase the information probability of the address.

  FIG. 12 shows another configuration example (format) of the wobbling address frame. As shown in the figure, this wobbling address frame is composed of 48 bits, and the first 4 bits are used as a synchronization signal (Sync) indicating the start of the wobbling address frame. The next 4 bits are 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). Further, the next four bits indicate the frame number of the address frame. The remaining 14 bits are used as an error detection code (CRC), and an error detection code for data excluding the synchronization signal (Sync) is recorded. The last two bits (Reserved) are reserved for future use. That is, in this embodiment, the clock synchronization mark area (sync mark area) in FIG. 2 is omitted.

  The wobbling address frame is recorded in a CAV disk shape in which the rotation angular velocity of the disk is constant for, for example, eight address frames per track (one rotation). Accordingly, for example, a value of 0 to 7 is recorded as the frame number of the address frame.

  FIG. 13 shows a configuration example of a wobbling signal generation circuit that generates a wobbling signal for wobbling the pre-groove 2 corresponding to the address frame of the format shown in FIG. Its basic configuration is the same as in FIG. 4, but the frequency is different. That is, the generation circuit 11 generates a signal having a frequency of 115.2 kHz. The signal generated by the generation circuit 11 is supplied to a division circuit 12, and after being divided by a value of 7.5, the signal is supplied to a biphase modulation circuit 13 as a biphase clock signal having a frequency of 15.36 kHz. The biphase modulation circuit 13 is also supplied with ADIP (Address In Pre-groove) data in the frame format shown in FIG.

  Bi-phase modulation circuit 13 bi-phase modulates the bi-phase clock supplied from divider 12 with ADIP data (address data) supplied from a circuit (not shown), and outputs a bi-phase signal to FM modulation circuit 15. are doing. A carrier having a frequency of 57.6 kHz obtained by dividing the signal of 115.2 kHz generated by the generation circuit 11 by a value of 2 by the divider 14 is also input to the FM modulation circuit 15. 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 pre-groove 2 of the disk 1 are formed (wobbled) corresponding to the frequency modulation signal.

  14 and 15 show examples of the bi-phase signal output from the bi-phase modulation circuit 13. In this embodiment, when the preceding bit is 0, as shown in FIG. 14, "11101000" is used as the synchronization pattern (SYNC), and when the preceding bit is 1, the synchronization pattern is used as the synchronization pattern. As shown in FIG. 15, “00010111” having the opposite phase to the case shown in FIG. 14 is used. SYNC is a unique pattern outside the rule that does not appear in the modulation.

  Of the data bits (Data Bits) of the address data (ADIP data), “0” is bi-phase modulated and “11” (when the previous channel bit is 0) or “00” (when the previous channel bit is 1). ) Is converted to 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. In other words, “Wave Form” (waveform) in FIGS. 14 and 15 represents a pattern of channel bits 1 and 0 in which 1 is a high-level signal and 0 is a low-level signal. One of the two patterns is selected.

  The FM modulation circuit 15 frequency-modulates the carrier supplied from the divider 14 as shown in FIG. 16 according to the biphase signal as shown in FIG. 14 or FIG.

  That is, when the channel bit data (bi-phase signal) is 0, the FM modulation circuit 15 outputs 3.5-wave carriers during a period corresponding to half the length of one data bit. This 3.5-wave carrier starts with a positive half-wave or a negative half-wave.

  On the other hand, when the channel bit data (bi-phase 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 modulates seven (= 3.5 + 3.5) frequency modulated waves in a period corresponding to the data bit length. 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 frequency (= 4 + 3.5 = 3.5 + 4) frequency modulated waves are output.

  The 57.6 kHz carrier input to the FM modulation circuit 15 corresponds to 7.5 waves, and the FM modulation circuit 15 converts the 7.5 wave carrier or ± 6 7 or 8 frequency-modulated waves shifted by .67% (= 0.5 / 7.5) are generated.

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

  FIG. 17 illustrates an example of the frequency modulation wave output from the FM modulation circuit 15 in this manner. In this example, the first data bit is set to 0, and the channel data bit is set to 00. For the first channel data bit 0, 3.5 carriers are selected starting with a positive half-wave from the start point. 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 seven frequency modulated waves are used.

  Data bit 0 is followed by data bit 1 (channel bit 10). Since the 3.5 wave of the channel data bit 0 corresponding to the previous data bit 0 ends with a negative half wave, the carrier of the first four wave of the channel data bit 1 corresponding to the data bit 1 is: Those that start with a positive half-wave are selected. Since the four waves of the 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.

  Similarly, 7.5, 8, and 7 waves corresponding to data bit 1 (channel data bit 10), data bit 0 (channel data bit 11), and data bit 0 (channel data bit 00). Carriers are formed and output so as to be continuous at data bit boundaries (start and end points).

  As shown in FIG. 17, in this embodiment, the length of the channel bit is an integral multiple of 1/2 of the carrier wavelength in any of 7, 7, and 8 carrier waves. And the length. That is, the length of the channel bit is set to 7 times the wavelength of the 7-wave carrier (frequency-modulated wave) and 8 times the 1/2 of the 8-wave carrier (frequency-modulated wave). And the length. The length of the channel bit is set to 7 times (when the channel bit is 0) or 8 times (when the channel bit is 1) 1/2 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 be the zero cross point of the frequency modulated 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.

  Further, in this embodiment, the boundary part (start point and end point) of the data bit corresponds to the edge (zero cross point) of the frequency modulation wave. This makes it possible to generate a clock 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.

  Such a disc 1 can also be manufactured by the recording device having the configuration shown in FIG.

  However, in the case of this embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 18A to 18D, the channel bit data is 00 (data 0), 11 (data 0), 10 (data 1) or 01 (data 1). At one time, a clock synchronization mark having a frequency higher than the modulation frequency (57.6 kHz) of the address information is synthesized at the zero-cross point of the carrier at the center of each data (switching point of channel bit). The clock synchronization mark is recorded for each data bit or for a predetermined number of data bits (for example, for every four data bits one bit less than the case shown in FIG. 3 (at an interval of three data bits)). . Thereby, as shown in FIG. 12, the clock synchronization mark area (12-bit sync mark area) shown in FIG. 2 becomes unnecessary.

  As described above, by inserting the clock synchronization mark at the zero crossing point of the wobbling frequency modulated wave corresponding to the center of the address data bit (the switching point of the channel data bit), the fluctuation of the amplitude of the clock synchronization mark is reduced, and the detection thereof is reduced. It will be easier.

  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, the boundary between data bits or channel data bits does not coincide with the zero cross point of the frequency modulation wave, and channel data bits (or data bits) are likely to be erroneously detected. Further, the insertion position of the clock synchronization mark is not always a zero cross point, but is superimposed on a point of the frequency modulation wave having a predetermined amplitude value. 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 the present 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.

  FIG. 19 shows an example of the configuration of an optical disk recording / reproducing apparatus that records or reproduces data on the disk 1 thus obtained. The basic configuration is the same as that in FIG. 8, but in this embodiment, a ROM 47 is further added.

  The ROM 47 stores a table that defines the correspondence between the track numbers in the address frame (FIG. 12) and the zones that divide the data recording area of the disk 1, and, if necessary, the zones and the bands corresponding to the zones. A table that defines the relationship is stored.

  That is, the control circuit 38 records or reproduces data by dividing the disk 1 into a plurality of zones (m + 2 zones from zone 0 to zone m + 1 in this embodiment) as shown in FIG. . Now, a data frame per track in zone 0 (this data frame is different from the address frame described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 12 and is different from the address frame described with reference to FIGS. 10 and 11). When the number of blocks (which is a unit of a block) is n, the number of data frames per track is n + 8 in the next first zone. Hereinafter, similarly, the number of data frames in the zone on the outer circumference side is increased by 8 as compared with the zone on the inner circumference side, and in the m + 1th zone on the outermost circumference, n + 8 × (m + 1) data frames It becomes a number.

  With 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 + 8 frames is obtained. Similarly, in the m-th zone, the m-th zone is set from the radial position at which the capacity of n + 8 × m frame is obtained at the same linear density as the innermost peripheral linear density of the 0-th zone.

  For example, assuming that the radius of the disc 1 having a diameter of 120 mm is in the range of 24 mm to 58 mm as a recording / reproducing area, the track pitch is 0.87 μm, and the linear density is about 0.39 μm / bit, the recording / reproducing area becomes as shown in FIG. As shown in the drawing, the zone is divided into 92 zones from the 0th zone to the 91st zone. In the 0th zone having a disk radius of 24 mm, the number of frames becomes 520 frames per track (one rotation), and 8 frames per track are increased as the zone is incremented by one. Detailed parameters of each zone are shown in FIGS.

  As will be described later, in this embodiment, one sector is composed of 24 frames (data frames). Therefore, the number of frames incremented for each zone (= 8) is equal to the number of frames constituting one sector. (= 24) is set to a smaller value. This makes it possible to form many zones in smaller units, and to increase the capacity of the disk 1. This method is called a zone CLD (Zoned Constant Linear Density).

  22 to 25, the data of each column includes a zone number, a radius, the number of frames per track, the number of tracks per zone, the number of recording / reproducing units (blocks) per zone (the number of clusters), The shortest linear density within the zone, the volume of the zone, the first rotational speed of the zone, the minimum linear speed of the zone at the first rotational speed, the maximum linear speed of the zone at the first rotational speed, The second rotational speed of the zone, the minimum linear velocity of the zone at the second rotational velocity, or the maximum linear velocity of the zone at the second rotational velocity are respectively represented. Note that the first rotation speed represents the rotation speed of CAV per minute when the data transfer rate is 11.08 Mbps. The second rotation speed is a minute when a band is configured so that the change in the linear velocity in each band is the same in each band. Indicates the number of rotations.

  In this embodiment, the number of tracks in each zone is fixed at 424, and the number of tracks is the number of frames of one recording / reproducing unit (the number of frames of an ECC block (cluster)) (to be described later with reference to FIG. 30). Is the same value as

  In this embodiment, the number of tracks in each zone is set to be one times the number of data frames (424 frames) constituting the recording / reproducing unit, but may be set to an integral multiple. As a result, no extra data frames are generated, and an integer number of recording / reproducing units (blocks) are arranged in each zone, so that zoning efficiency can be improved. As a result, a capacity larger than the zone CAV and smaller than the zone CLV, but close to the zone CLV can be obtained.

  Also, by performing zoning close to the CLV in this manner, the change in the clock frequency between the zone and the next zone is reduced, and even when the data is reproduced by a CLV-dedicated reproducing device, even between zones where the clock frequency changes. A clock can be extracted, and continuous reproduction can be performed between zones.

  Next, the operation of the embodiment of FIG. 19 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 a laser beam and outputs an RF signal (wobbling signal) obtained from the reflected light. The frame address detection circuit 37 reads a frame address (frame number) from the wobbling signal, outputs the read result to the control circuit 38, and supplies the read result to the cluster counter 46. The wobbling signal is also input to a mark detection circuit 36, where a clock synchronization mark is detected, and the detection result is 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. The 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, it is possible to access an arbitrary position on a track (an arbitrary position during one rotation) based on a count value of a recording clock with reference to a clock synchronization mark detected first at a frame (address frame) of a frame number 0. It becomes possible.

  As described above, when an arbitrary position on a track is accessed, it is necessary to determine to which zone the access point belongs, and to generate a clock having a frequency corresponding to the zone in the VCO 44. . 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 the table stored in ROM 47. As described above, in the table of the ROM 47, for example, to which of the zones 0 to 91 the track of each number belongs 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 zone that has been accessed. If it is determined that the zone is a new zone, the process proceeds to step S4, and the control circuit 38 controls the frequency divider 45 to set the frequency division ratio corresponding to the new zone. As a result, a recording clock having a different frequency is output from the VCO 44 for each zone.

  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 left as it is.

  Next, the format of the recording data will be described. In this embodiment, one cluster is composed of 32 kbytes, and data is recorded in units of this cluster. This cluster is configured as follows.

  That is, 2 kbytes (2048 bytes) of data is extracted as data for one sector, and an overhead of 16 bytes is added to this as shown in FIG. The overhead includes a sector address (an address generated or read by the address generation / read circuit 35 in FIG. 19), an error detection code for error detection, and the like.

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

  Further, of the data which is thus blocked into 208 (= 192 + 16) × 182 (= 172 + 10) bytes, the outer code (PO) of 16 × 182 bytes is divided into 16 1 × 182 byte data. Then, as shown in FIG. 29, the data is added one by one below the 16 sector data of numbers 0 to 15 of 12 × 182 bytes and interleaved. Then, data of 13 (= 12 + 1) × 182 bytes is used as data of one sector.

  Further, the data of 208 × 182 bytes shown in FIG. 29 is divided into two in the vertical direction as shown in FIG. 30, and one frame is data of 91 bytes, which is data of 208 × 2 frames. Then, 2 × 4 frame link data (link area data) is added to the head of the 208 × 2 frame data (more precisely, eight frames worth of data as described later with reference to FIG. 31). Is recorded at the beginning of the cluster, and the rest is recorded at the end of the cluster.) 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. 30, one frame of data becomes a total of 93 bytes of data, and a total of 212 (= 208 + 4) × (93 × 2) bytes (424 frames) of block data. This is data for one cluster (block as a unit of recording). The size of the real data portion excluding the overhead portion is 32 kbytes (= 2048 × 16/1024 kbytes).

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

  Since such data is recorded on the disk 1 in cluster units, a link area is arranged between clusters as shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 31, the link area (Linking Frame) is composed of 8 data frames and is inserted between data blocks of 32 kbytes. Each cluster is a link area such as slice / PLL data or a frame synchronization signal SY1 to SY7, which is a link area in front of a 32 kbyte data block, a 32 kbyte data block, and a link area behind a 32 kbyte data block. It consists of postamble and postguard.

  Slice is data for setting a time constant for binarizing reproduction data, and PLL is data for reproducing a clock. As described later with reference to FIG. 33, one of the state 1 to the state 4 is selected and added to the frame synchronization signals (frame syncs) SY1 to SY7.

  In the postamble, data for adjusting the mark length of the last data and returning the signal polarity is recorded. The post guard is an area for absorbing the recording jitter generated according to the eccentricity of the disk, the recording sensitivity of the disk, and the like. Also, the post guard prevents data from interfering with a link area to be recorded next even when the recording start position of data is changed as described later. Note that, when the post guard has no jitter and the DPS (Data Position Shift) described later is 0 bytes, the post guard is recorded by overlapping with the next data by 8 bytes.

  The synchronization signal (sync) is 4-byte data and is a signal for synchronization. The last four bytes of the link area are reserved for future use.

  In each cluster, recording of information is started from a start point (Start Point), and recording is completed when the start point exceeds (overlaps) 8 bytes. At the time of recording, the recording / reproducing circuit 33 randomly selects any value from 0 to 64 bytes as the DPS, and according to the value of the selected DPS, the data of the link area and the block data of 32 kbytes are selected. Change the recording position of.

  As shown in an enlarged manner in FIG. 31, for example, when 0 bytes are selected as the DPS, 14 bytes of link data are added before the first frame synchronization signal SY2 in the front link area, and After the last frame synchronization signal SY7 in the link area, 85 bytes of link data are added.

  When 32 bytes are selected as the DPS, 46 bytes of link data are added before the first frame synchronization signal SY2 in the forward link area, and after the last frame synchronization signal SY7 in the backward link area, 53 bytes of link data are added.

  Further, when 64 bytes are selected as DPS, 78 bytes of link data are added before the first frame synchronization signal SY2 in the forward link area, and after the last frame synchronization signal SY7 in the backward link area, 21 bytes of link data are added.

  As described above, the position where the link data and the 32-kbyte data block are recorded changes according to the value of the DPS selected by the recording / reproducing circuit 33. Therefore, for example, when information is recorded on a phase change disk or the like, it is possible to prevent the same data (for example, a frame synchronization signal or the like) from being repeatedly recorded on the same portion of the disk. In this case, since the start point is fixed, the recording timing can be generated in the same manner as in the related art.

  FIG. 32 shows the respective frames when the disk is a ROM disk (read-only disk) or a RAM disk (rewritable disk) and the configuration of the frame synchronization signal. In the ROM disk, one sector is composed of thirteen row data, that is, 26 frames, and a frame synchronization signal SY0 to SY7 is added to the head of each frame.

  In the case of a RAM disk, a link area of 8 frames is added following data of 13 rows, that is, data of 26 frames, and data of 26 frames is added subsequently. The configuration (array) of the frame synchronization signal in the data area of the RAM disk and the frame synchronization signal in the data area of the ROM disk are the same. Further, the frame synchronization signal in the link area of the RAM disk has the same configuration (array) as the last part of the frame synchronization signal in the data area. That is, SY1 to SY4 and SY7 of the link area have the same pattern as the tenth to thirteenth rows of the data area. With such a configuration, the RAM disk can be played back by a playback device dedicated to the ROM disk.

  That is, in the reproducing apparatus dedicated to the ROM disk, the eight frame synchronization signals SY1, SY7, SY2, SY7, SY3, SY7, SY4, and SY7 stored in the tenth to thirteenth rows of the data block are detected. Then, since it is made to recognize that the next data is the head of the data block, by storing these eight frame synchronization signals in the link area, the data area of the data area following the link area is stored. The head can be recognized by the playback device.

  FIG. 33 shows an example of the frame synchronization signals SY0 to SY7 shown in FIG. Although the frame synchronization signal is 2-byte data, the data length of each frame synchronization signal is 32 bits (4 bytes) in this embodiment because the data is converted into channel bit data. It has become. For example, SY0 has four types of state 1 to state 4, and when added to 91-byte frame data (see FIG. 20), data of a state in which DSV (Digital Sum Value) is minimized. Is selected and added as a frame synchronization signal.

  FIG. 34 shows another configuration example of the recording / reproducing apparatus. In this embodiment, the track address detection circuit 48 detects a track address (track number) from the wobbling signal output from the optical head 32 and outputs the track address (track number) to the control circuit 38.

  Further, the address generation / read circuit 35 detects a frame synchronization signal FS (frame sync) in the data and outputs the detection result to a frame sync (FS) counter 49. The FS counter 49 counts the FS detection pulses output from the address generation / read circuit 35 and outputs the count value to the control circuit 38. The control circuit 38 is also supplied with a detection signal of the mark detection circuit 36.

Other configurations are the same as those in FIG.

  When acquiring the point to be accessed by the sector number, the control circuit 38 performs a process of replacing the sector number with a track number and a data frame number in the track. That is, in the ROM 47, as shown in FIG. 35, for example, a table showing the correspondence between the sector number, the zone number, the ECC block number, the number of frames per zone, the track number, the number of frames per track, and the like. It is remembered. The control circuit 38 reads the track number corresponding to the designated sector number and the number of data frames in the track with reference to the table. Then, the control circuit 38 reads the track number from the output of the track address detection circuit 48.

  That is, the track address detection circuit 48 detects a track address (track number) from the wobbling signal output from the optical head 32. As described with reference to FIG. 12, a track address (track number) is recorded in the 48-bit wobbling address frame. The track address detection circuit 48 detects this track number and outputs it to the control circuit 38.

  When a desired track number is detected by the track address detection circuit 48, the control circuit 38 next detects a reference position of the track.

  That is, as shown in FIG. 36, a track number is recorded as wobbling information on the disk 1, and a clock synchronization mark is recorded in a 4-bit cycle in an address frame of each track. The control circuit 38 is inserted into the first bit of the 48 bits of the first address frame (the address frame of the number 0) of the predetermined track (in the case of the track of the track number 0 in the embodiment of FIG. 36). The detected clock synchronization mark is detected as a reference clock synchronization mark.

  Further, the control circuit 38 resets the count value of the FS counter 49 when one reference clock synchronization mark is detected for one round of the track. The FS counter 49 thereafter counts the frame synchronization signal when it is detected. When the count value of the FS counter 49 reaches a value corresponding to the sector number to be searched, that sector is detected as a sector to be searched.

  Then, when starting the recording of a predetermined sector, the control circuit 38 sets the recording start position of the recording of the sector to a range of (0 to 2) ± 4 bytes from the zero-cross timing of the reference clock synchronization mark. Control. This makes it possible to access the track and the data frame.

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

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a state where the optical disk of the present invention is wobbled. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a wobbling address frame. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a clock synchronization mark area and a clock synchronization mark. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a wobbling address generation circuit. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a bi-phase signal output by a bi-phase modulation circuit 13 in FIG. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating another example of the bi-phase signal output by the bi-phase modulation circuit 13 in FIG. FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of a recording device for manufacturing a disc 1 having a pregroove. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of an optical disc recording / reproducing apparatus according to the present invention. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a proposed high-density CD-ROM sector format. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of an ECC block of a cluster. It is a figure showing the example of composition of a link area. FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating another configuration example of a wobbling address frame. FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating another configuration example of the wobbling signal generation circuit. FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating an example of a bi-phase signal output by the bi-phase modulation circuit 13 in FIG. FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating another example of the bi-phase signal output by the bi-phase modulation circuit 13 in FIG. FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating frequency modulation performed by the FM modulation circuit 15 in FIG. 13. FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating a frequency modulation wave output from the FM modulation circuit 15 of FIG. 13. FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating the operation of the combining circuit 22 of FIG. 7. FIG. 11 is a block diagram illustrating another configuration example of the optical disc recording / reproducing device of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating zones on a disk. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a specific example of a zone on a disk. It is a figure explaining the parameter of each zone. It is a figure explaining the parameter of each zone. It is a figure explaining the parameter of each zone. It is a figure explaining the parameter of each zone. 20 is a flowchart illustrating a clock switching process in the embodiment of FIG. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a format of data for one sector. It is a figure explaining the structure of 32k bytes of data. FIG. 29 is a diagram illustrating a state in which the outer codes in FIG. 28 are interleaved. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of data of a block of 32 kbytes. It is a figure showing the example of composition of a link area. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a synchronization signal between a ROM disk and a RAM disk. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a pattern of a synchronization signal. FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing still another configuration example of the optical disc recording / reproducing device of the present invention. FIG. 35 is a diagram showing an example of a table stored in a ROM 47 in FIG. 34. FIG. 35 is a diagram for explaining the operation of the example in FIG. 34.

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  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 disk, 27 spindle motor, 31 spindle motor, 32 optical head, 33 recording / reproducing circuit, 34 memory, 35 address generation / read circuit, 36 mark detection circuit, 37 frame address detection circuit, 38 control circuit, 39 thread motor , 40 mark period detection circuit, 41 PLL circuit, 42 phase comparator, 43 LPF, 44 VCO, 45 frequency divider, 46 cluster counter, 47 ROM, 48 track address detection circuit, 49 FS counter

Claims (4)

The optical disk is irradiated with light, and data is recorded on the track, and the data recorded on the track is reproduced.
On the track, a plurality of clusters as units for recording or reproducing data are arranged,
The cluster includes a data area and a link area,
The link area is provided at a start position of the cluster and an end position of the cluster,
The optical disk according to claim 1, wherein the link area provided at the head position of the cluster includes an area in which data for pulling in a synchronization signal is recorded. The link area provided at the head position of the cluster includes an area for recording data for setting a laser beam output to a predetermined value when reproducing the recorded data. The optical disk according to claim 1, wherein: An optical disc recording apparatus for recording data on an optical disc on which tracks are formed in advance and on which data is recorded in units of clusters,
Recording means for recording the data on the mounted optical disc,
The recording means, wherein the cluster includes a data area and a link area, and the link area is provided at a head position of the cluster and an end position of the cluster, and provided at a head position of the cluster. The optical disk recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the link area includes an area in which data for pulling in a synchronization signal is recorded. The recording unit records data for setting a laser beam output at the time of reproducing the recorded data to a predetermined value in a predetermined area of the link area provided at a head position of the cluster. The optical disk recording device according to claim 3, wherein:

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