JPH0237021B2 - - Google Patents

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a disk device for recording or reproducing information using a floppy disk (flexible magnetic disk) or a similar disk.

Prior Art A magnetic disk drive includes a disk rotation mechanism, a magnetic head (transducer), and a head movement mechanism. The head movement mechanism generally consists of a stepping motor that responds to a step signal, and a rotation-to-linear conversion mechanism that obtains linear motion corresponding to the rotational motion of this motor, and moves the head in the radial direction of the disk (track cross direction). Configured to be moved.

Recording or reproduction of information (data) by this type of magnetic disk device is performed based on track zero (reference track). For this purpose, a device is provided to detect the zero track position of the head. This track zero position detection device generally consists of a photocoupler, and is configured to block the light from the light emitting element when a light shielding plate (interrupter) provided on the head moving mechanism reaches a position corresponding to the track zero position of the head. There is. By the way, in the conventional device, since the light emitting element (for example, a light emitting diode) for detecting zero track emits light throughout the entire power-on period of the device, power consumption inevitably increases.

OBJECT OF THE INVENTION Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a disk device that can save power.

Configuration of the Invention To achieve the above object, the present invention includes a disk rotation mechanism for rotating a recording medium disk;
a transducer for converting information to and from the disk during rotation of the disk; and a transducer associated with and configured to move the transducer in a direction across tracks of the disk; a stepping motor associated with said transducer to energize a first phase winding when positioned on a reference track (e.g., track zero) comprising a substantially outermost track of said disk; a step signal supply line for supplying a step signal to drive a motor; a step direction signal supply line for supplying a step direction signal indicating a step direction of the stepping motor corresponding to a direction of movement of the transducer; connected to a signal supply line, the step direction signal supply line and the stepping motor, respectively;
controlling and driving the stepping motor in response to the step signal and the step direction signal;
a stepping motor control drive circuit that outputs a first phase excitation signal indicating whether or not the phase winding is excited; and a stepping motor control drive circuit connected to the step signal supply line for a period longer than the period of the step signal during step drive. a retriggerable monostable multivibrator that generates pulses of width in response to the step signal; and the first phase obtained from the output pulse of the retriggerable monostable multivibrator and the stepper motor control drive circuit. a logic gate that sends out a reference track detection drive signal when a signal indicating that the winding is energized and the step direction signal indicating that the transducer is to be moved toward the outer circumference of the disk are generated at the same time; a light-emitting element for detecting a reference track, such as a light-emitting diode 19, for optically detecting whether or not the transducer is on the reference track of the disk, based on a portion that is displaced together with the transducer; A light receiving element such as a phototransistor 29 is disposed opposite to the light emitting element in order to detect the reference track, and a light receiving element such as a phototransistor 29 is connected to the power supply line of the light emitting element in order to selectively cause the light receiving element to emit light. The invention relates to a disk device comprising a switch that is turned on in response to the reference track detection drive signal obtained from the gate.

In accordance with the present invention, a retriggerable monostable multivibrator pulses when a step signal and a step direction signal are generated to position the transducer on a reference track. However, the light emitting element does not emit light immediately with this pulse, but emits light when the first phase winding is excited. Therefore, the light emitting period of the light emitting element can be significantly shortened, and unnecessary power consumption can be reduced as much as possible.

Embodiment Next, a magnetic disk device according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 7.

1 and 2 show a magnetic disk cartridge 1 used in this magnetic disk device. This cartridge 1 is generally called a microfloppy disk, and is constructed by housing a recording medium disk 2 with a diameter of 86 mm in a rigid synthetic resin case 3. Head insertion openings 6 and 7 are provided on both the front surface 4 and back surface 5 of the case 3, and these openings 6 and 7 are provided when not in use.
is closed by a sliding shutter 8. The shutter 8 is biased to the right in FIG. 1 by a spring (not shown), and in use is moved to the left against this biasing force. In addition, shutter 8
is released by pressing this side.
The disk 2 of the disk cartridge 1 of this embodiment consists of a magnetic sheet 2a and a hub 2b made of a magnetic metal disk mounted at the center of the magnetic sheet 2a. Since the disk 2 is not rotated by being pressed by a clamper, an opening 10 for rotational driving is provided only on the back surface 5 of the case 3, and the hub 2b is exposed from the opening 10. This hub 2b has a spindle insertion hole 2.
c and a drive pin insertion hole 2d.
Reference numeral 9 denotes a write-protection detected section, which consists of a window 9a that is set to a light-transmissive state when writing is prohibited, and a lid 9b for closing the window 9a when writing is not prohibited (recording is possible). Note that the lid 9b is formed in a sliding manner so that it can be opened and closed freely.

The main parts of a magnetic disk device for recording and reproducing data using the cartridge 1 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 are constructed as shown in FIG. 3. In this FIG.
It is equipped with a magnet (not shown) that attracts the hub 2b, a spindle (not shown) inserted into the hole 2c, a drive pin (not shown) inserted into the hole 2d, etc. There is. 12 is an outer rotor type motor directly connected to the rotary table. 13,
Reference numeral 14 denotes a magnetic head for both recording and reproducing purposes as a converter, which is attached to the carriage 15 and is connected to the disk 2.
is guided so as to be movable in the radial direction. Reference numeral 16 denotes a stepping motor constituting the head moving mechanism, which drives the carriage 15 via a known rotary-linear conversion mechanism 17 consisting of an α-wound steel belt, a pinion and a rack, or a lead screw. . 18 is a light shielding plate for detecting the track zero position of the heads 13 and 14;
It is integrated into the carriage 15. 19 is a light emitting diode for detecting the zero track position of the heads 13 and 14, and 20 is a phototransistor. The optical input of the phototransistor 20 is connected to the head 1
3 and 14 are cut off corresponding to the zero track positions.

Reference numeral 21 denotes a light emitting diode for detecting write protection (file protection), which is arranged to correspond to the window 9a in the normal loading position of the cartridge 1. Reference numeral 22 denotes a phototransistor for detecting write inhibit, which is disposed corresponding to the window 9a and receives light from the light emitting diode 21 when the window 9a is open.

Reference numeral 23 denotes a light emitting diode for detecting disk loading, which is disposed on one side of the cartridge 1 when the cartridge 1 is in the normal loading position. 24 is a phototransistor for detecting disk loading, and when the cartridge 1 is loaded, the light emitting diode 23
Cartridge 1 so that the incident light from
located on the other side of the

25 is a rotation detector for the disk 2, which includes a light-emitting diode 28 and a light-emitting diode 28 for detecting a light reflection index, that is, an indicator 27 affixed to the surface of the rotor 26 of the outer rotor type motor 12 that rotates together with the disk 2 and the turntable 11; Phototransistor 2
9 to detect the rotational angular position and rotational speed of the disk 2. 30 is a ready detection circuit, which detects based on the output of the rotation detector 25 that the speed of the disk 2 has reached 90% or more of its normal speed and that a certain period of time (for example, 420 ms) has elapsed since the start of rotation. It outputs a signal indicating that it is in a ready state (ready for recording and reproduction).

FIG. 4 shows the stepping motor 16 of FIG. 3 and its drive circuit. Stepping motor 16
is a four-phase stepping motor having a first phase winding 31, a second phase winding 32, a third phase winding 33, and a fourth phase winding 34. During normal step driving, transistors 35, 36, 37, 38 as 1
The rotor (not shown) is rotated by a predetermined angle by sequential on/off control using a phase excitation method.

FIG. 5 shows an electric circuit portion of the magnetic disk device shown in FIG. As is clear from FIG. 5, the track zero detection light emitting diode 19 and the write inhibit detection light emitting diode 21 are not simply connected to the power supply, but are connected to the power supply circuit via the transistor 39 as a switch according to the present invention. has been done. That is, two light emitting diodes 19 and 21 are connected in series with each other, their anodes are connected to a +5V power supply line 40, and a transistor 39 is connected between their cathodes and ground. Therefore,
Current flows through the light emitting diodes 19 and 21 only while the transistor 39 is on.

Next, a control circuit for the transistor 39 in FIG. 5 will be explained with reference to FIGS. 6 and 7.
A power-on detection circuit 43 connected to the +12V power supply terminal 41 and the +5V power supply terminal 42 of the entire disk device receives power from the power supply terminal 41, and
Power supply voltage is a constant value (e.g. 70-80% of normal voltage)
The voltage comparator detects that the voltage at the +5V power supply terminal 42 has reached a constant value (70 to 80% of the normal voltage), and
When both 12V and +5V are detected, a high-level power-on signal is sent as shown at time _t1 in FIG. 6A.

A first timer 44 connected to the output of this power-on detection circuit 43 responds by the power-on detection signal switching to a high level at time t _{1 .}
A high level pulse of 12 ms is sent out as shown in FIG. 6B. The output of this timer 44 is supplied to a stepping motor control drive circuit 45, and is used to multiphase excite the stepping motor 16 only when the power is turned on. The output of timer 44 is connected to a first input terminal of first OR gate 46 . The output of this first OR gate 46 is
It is connected to one input terminal of the second OR gate 47 and also connected to the other input terminal of the second OR gate 47 via a 100 μs delay circuit 48 . The output of the second OR gate 47 is fed to the amplifier 4
9 to the base of transistor 39. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 6B, when the output of the timer 44 reaches a high level during the period _t1 to _t2 ,
The output of the OR gate 46 also becomes high level as shown in FIG. 6L, and eventually the transistor 39 is turned on.

The stepping motor control drive circuit 45 receives the step signal from the line 50 and the step direction signal from the line 51 to drive the stepping motor 16.
It includes a known circuit that distributes step pulses so as to drive the transistors 35 to 38 shown in the figure in a one-phase excitation mode. Moreover, this control drive circuit 45
In response to a high-level power-on detection signal obtained from the power-on detection circuit 43, a signal for turning on the first phase transistor 35 shown in FIG. 4 is generated.
This device is configured such that the track zero position of the heads 13 and 14 corresponds to the first phase winding 31, so that by supplying excitation current to the first phase winding 31 when the power is turned on, the head 13 , 14 in the zero track position. In addition,
If track zero is not detected by light emitting diode 19 and phototransistor 20, a step pulse is generated to return the head to track zero.

Incidentally, since the detection error caused by the light emitting diode 19 and the phototransistor 20 is about two track pitches, a zero track detection signal may be generated even if the heads 13 and 14 are in a track 1 or 2 other than track zero. If head 13,1
If the rotor of the stepping motor 16 is in the second phase winding 32 corresponding to the case where the stepping motor 16 is in the track 1, the excitation current of the first phase winding 31 is applied when the power is turned on, so that the rotor is in the first phase. It is possible to move the winding 31 and move the heads 13, 14 to track zero. However, when the rotor is in the third phase winding 33, the rotor cannot be moved even if the excitation current is passed through the first phase winding 31. Therefore, in this embodiment, the control drive circuit 45 is configured to cause current to flow through the second phase winding 32 of the stepping motor 16 in response to the output pulse of the timer 44. Thereby, even if the rotor is in the third phase winding 33, it can be escaped from there. In addition, while exciting the first phase, a current may be caused to flow through the third phase winding 33 or the fourth phase winding 34 between _t1 and _t2 to cause the rotor to escape from the third phase. Further, the current may be passed through the first phase winding 31 from _t2 .

A line 52 derived from the stepping motor control drive circuit 45 supplies the same first phase excitation signal to the first input terminal of the AND gate 53 when the first phase transistor 35 in FIG. 4 is turned on. be. The step direction signal line 51 is connected to the second input terminal of the AND gate 53, and the output terminal of the retrigger monostable multivibrator 54 is connected to the third input terminal.

A first timer 44 and a step signal line 50 are connected to the input terminals of the retrigger monostable multivibrator 54. Therefore, this retrigger monostable multivibrator 54 is triggered in response to the trailing edge of the timer output pulse of FIG. 6B, i.e., transition from high level to low level, as shown in FIG. _6E . A high level output pulse is generated during t ₃ period (T ₂ = 50ms), and t ₁₃ ~ shown in FIG. 6D is generated.
t ₁₃ to _{t 15} in response to the trailing edge of each step pulse at t ₁₄
A high level output is generated during the period of . Note that the step pulse is sufficiently shorter than 50ms, so 50ms
It is re-triggered within 10 seconds and becomes a high level output from time t ₁₄ on the trailing edge of the last step pulse until t ₁₅ after T ₈ =50 ms.

In this disk device, a first phase winding excitation signal is obtained on line 52 in synchronization with power-on, and a signal indicating step-out as shown in FIG. A high-level signal for driving is obtained. In addition,
A step-out signal at power-on is supplied from a controller (not shown). On the other hand, the retrigger monostable multivibrator 54 uses the timer 44
A high level pulse is generated during the period t ₂ to _{t 3} (T ₂ =50 ms) in response to the output of . Therefore, during the period _t2 to _t3 , all the inputs of the AND gate 53 are at high level, and the output thereof is also at high level. As a result, the output of the first OR gate 46 becomes as shown in FIG.
It becomes high level between t ₂ and _{t 3} , and eventually transistor 3
9 is turned on. As a result, the
The two light emitting diodes 19 and 21 emit light for only t ₁ to t ₃ (T ₃ =T ₁ +T ₂ =62 ms), making it possible to detect zero track.

The emitters of both phototransistors 20 and 22 are connected to the ground, and the collectors thereof are connected to a +V bias power source via resistors 55 and 56. Therefore, only when there is optical input to the phototransistors 20, 22, the respective collector lines 5
7,58 becomes a low level. If head 13,
If the light-shielding plate 18 is located between the light-emitting diode 19 and the phototransistor 20 corresponding to the track zero position of the light-emitting diode 14, even if the light-emitting diode 19 is emitting light, there is no light input to the phototransistor 20. Collector line 57 goes high.
Therefore, even though the light emitting diode 19 is emitting light, the collector line 57 of the phototransistor 20 is at a high level.
It can be detected that tracks 3 and 14 are at track zero.

On the other hand, when the cartridge 1 is loaded, if light is input to the photodiode 22 during the light emitting period of the light emitting diode 21, its collector line 58 becomes low level, indicating that the cartridge is write-protected. That is, it can be seen that the window 9a is not closed with the lid 9b due to write protection.

Five AND gates 59, 60, 61, 62,
63, two NOT circuits 64, 65, and two
RS flip-flops 66 and 67 are provided.

One input terminal of the AND gate 59 is connected to the collector line 57, and the other input terminal is connected to the AND gate 59.
It is connected to the output terminal of gate 63. By the way, one input terminal of the AND gate 63 is connected to the output terminal of the delay circuit 48, and the other input terminal is connected to the output terminal of the delay circuit 48.
It is connected to the output terminal of OR gate 46. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 7, a high level output is obtained from the OR gate 46 during the period _t1 to _t3 as shown by M, and a high level output is obtained from the delay circuit 48 during the period from _t1d to _t3d as shown by N. When a high level output is obtained, a high level output is obtained from the AND gate 63 during the period from t _1d to _{t 3} shown in FIG. 7P. On the other hand, a high level output is obtained from the OR gate 47 during the period t ₁ to t _3d as shown in FIG. 7O. As a result, light emitting diode 1
From the period t ₁ to t _3d during which 9 and 21 are driven to emit light.
The high level period of AND gate 63 becomes shorter.
With this setting, the light emitting diodes 19, 2
Even if there is a delay in the rise of the first light emission, track zero detection and write inhibition detection can be performed during the complete light emission period from _t1d to _t3 .

Now, if the output line 57 of the track zero detection phototransistor 20 becomes high level during the period _t1 to _t3 in FIG. t _1d
During the period ~ _t3 , a high level output indicating track zero detection is generated, which is input to the set terminal of the first flip-flop 66 and latched. As a result, a signal indicating track zero detection is sent from the Q output terminal of flip-flop 66. Note that the high level Q output is not transmitted as is, but is
It is sent out in low level form via gate 68. That is, since this NAND gate 68 and the NAND gate 69 of the output line of the second flip-flop 67 receive the drive select signal as input, the low level signal indicating track zero is generated only when a high level drive select signal is generated. The output of is obtained from the NAND gate 68 and sent to the host side device. In addition, light emitting diode 1
During the period when 9 is not emitting light, the AND gate 63
Since the output of AND gate 59 is low, the output of AND gate 59 remains low even if line 57 goes high.

The reset terminal of flip-flop 66 has
Since the output terminal of the AND gate 60 is connected, one input terminal of the AND gate 60 is connected to the collector line 57 via the NOT circuit 64, and the other input terminal is connected to the output terminal of the AND gate 63. , when the output of AND gate 63 is high and line 57 is low, AND
The output of gate 60 goes high and flip-flop 66 is reset. Therefore, if no track zero is detected during the light emitting period of the light emitting diode 16, the flip-flop 66 is always reset.

AND gate 6 in write protection detection circuit
One input terminal of 1 is connected to the collector line 58 of the phototransistor 22 via a NOT circuit 65, and the other input terminal is connected to the output terminal of an AND gate 63. Therefore, when the collector line 58 becomes low level while the light emitting diode 21 is emitting light, a high level write inhibit signal is obtained from the AND gate 61, which is supplied to the reset terminal of the flip-flop 67.
Retained. Note that during the period when the light emitting diode 21 is not emitting light, the output of the AND gate 63 is at a low level, so even if the line 58 becomes a low level, the output of the AND gate 61 is kept at a low level. When the flip-flop 67 is set, a high level output is obtained from the Q output terminal,
A write inhibit signal is sent to the host side device via the NAND gate 69 in a low level format. An AND gate 62 is connected to the reset terminal of the flip-flop 67.
One input terminal of this AND gate 62 is connected to the line 58, and the other input terminal is connected to the output terminal of the AND gate 63, so that during the period when the output of the AND gate 63 is at a high level, A reset signal is provided to flip-flop 67 when line 58 goes high.

Detection of whether or not the cartridge is write-protected (file protected) needs to be performed at least between the time the disk is loaded and the ready signal is generated. In FIG. 5, 70 is a disk loading detection circuit, and the light emitting diode 2 shown in FIG.
3 and a phototransistor 24, the disk 2
When the cartridge 1 containing
It is designed to generate a high level output as shown in FIG. A T ₆ =80ms delay circuit 7 connected to the output line of this disk loading detection circuit 70
1 is for determining the time t ₅ when the cartridge 1 is completely inserted, and outputs a signal obtained by delaying the signal in FIG. 6F by T ₆ =80 ms.
The second timer 72 is triggered when the output of the delay circuit 71 rises from low level to high level, and T ₇
A high level pulse of =40 ms is output as shown in FIG. 6J, and this is supplied to the OR gate 46. Therefore, during this period from _t5 to _t6 as well, the light emitting diodes 19 and 21 are lit, and write inhibition and track zero detection are performed.

Reference numeral 73 denotes an RS flip-flop, which is set by the output of the disk loading detection circuit 70, and outputs the signal I in FIG. 6 obtained from the ready detection circuit 30 shown in FIG.
It is reset by a high level ready detection signal.
As a result, the Q output of the flip-flop 73 becomes high level during the period t ₄ to t ₉ in FIG.
It becomes an input to gate 74. The other input of OR gate 74 is connected to motor on signal line 75. As a result, a signal which is the sum of _the high level motor-on signal after _t10 shown in _FIG . The result is obtained as shown in FIG. 6H. OR gate 74
The output of is used to drive the disk rotation motor 12 through the motor drive circuit 76, so the motor 12 rotates during the period _t4 to _t9 and after _t10 . The reason why the disk 2 is rotated at the same time as the disk is loaded is to quickly ensure that the disk 2 is in a securely mounted state. Note that even when a power-on detection signal is obtained with the cartridge 1 inserted, the disk 2 is configured to rotate in synchronization with the power-on detection in the same manner as during the period t ₄ to t ₉ .

One input terminal of the AND gate 77 is connected to the output of the disk loading detection circuit 70, and the other input terminal is connected to the output terminal of the OR gate 74. Therefore, only during the period when the high-level disk loading detection signal shown in FIG. 6F is generated and the output of the OR gate 74 shown in FIG.
The output of gate 77 becomes high level. In addition, the 6th
In the case of the timing chart shown in the figure, the output state of the AND gate 77 is the same as that of the OR gate 74 in FIG. 6H.
matches the output state of . The delay circuit 78 is an AND
This circuit delays the output of the gate 77 by T ₄ =320ms. That is, at time _t7 , 320ms after time _t4 ,
and determines the time _t11 , which is 320ms after the time _t10 . A third timer 79 connected to the output of the delay circuit 78 is triggered at times t ₇ and t ₁₁ when the output of the delay circuit 78 rises from a low level to a high level.
A pulse of T ₅ =100 ms is generated as shown in FIG. 6K and is supplied to the OR gate 46. Therefore, the light emitting diodes 19 and 21 are _t7 ~
It lights up during the _t8 period and also during the _t11 to _t12 period. In this way, 320ms after the start of rotation of disk 2,
The reason why the light emitting diodes 19 and 21 are made to emit light for about 100 ms is that it is necessary to detect the write-inhibited state after the rotation of the disk 2 has started and the cartridge 1 is in a stable state.

As is clear from the above, this embodiment provides the following effects.

(A) _t1 to _t3 , _t5 to _t6 , _t7 to _t8 , _t11 to _t12 , _t14 in Fig. 6
Since the light emitting diodes 19 and 21 only emit light during the period of ~ _t15 , the light emitting diodes 19 and 2
Significant power savings in the circuit of 1 and phototransistors 20, 22 are achieved.

(B) Since the light emitting diodes 19 and 21 emit light during the period t ₁ to t ₃ , it is possible to reliably detect track zero when the power is turned on and to detect write inhibition when the disk is being loaded.

(C) Period t ₅ to t ₆ as well as t ₇ after disk loading.
~ _t8 , _t11 ~ _t12 period also light emitting diode 19,
21, the write-inhibited state can be reliably detected.

(D) As shown in the period t ₁₃ to t ₁₄ , the step direction signal shown in FIG. 6C is set to a high level state indicating step-out, and as shown in _FIG .
The third phase φ ₃ , the second phase φ ₂ , and the first phase φ ₁ are excited in this order,
Even when the heads 13 and 14 are moved to the zero track position, the light emitting diodes 19 and 21 emit light during the period shown from _t14 to _t15 , so that track zero can be detected and latched by the flip-flop 16. .

(E) Light emission time of light emitting diodes 19 and 21,
Since the relationship with the time for obtaining set or reset signals from the AND gates 59 to 62 is set as shown in FIG. 7, track zero detection and Write protection detection can be performed.

(F) Light emitting diode 19 for track zero detection
The AND gate 5 receives the first phase excitation signal and step-out direction signal necessary for track zero detection without setting the light emission time using a special circuit.
3, the circuit configuration is simple.

(G) Since the light emitting diodes 19 and 21 are connected in series, the driving circuit is simplified.

Modifications The present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above, and the following modifications are possible, for example.

(a) Drive circuits for the light emitting diodes 19 and 21 are provided independently, and the drive circuit for the light emitting diode 19 includes:
The outputs of the timer 44 and the AND gate 53 may be supplied, and the outputs of the timers 72 and 79 may be supplied to the driving circuit of the light emitting diode 21.

(b) It may be configured such that optical input is applied to the phototransistor 20 when the track is zero, and optical input to the phototransistor 22 is cut off when writing is prohibited.

(c) The configuration may be such that the output of only one of the timers 72 and 79 is sent to the OR gate 46.

(d) It is of course applicable to a type of device in which the disk 2 is not rotated during the period t ₄ to _{t 9} in response to disk loading.

(e) It is applicable not only to flexible magnetic disk devices but also to fixed magnetic disk devices and other various disk devices. It is also applicable to devices that use a cartridge, generally called a mini-floppy disk, in which a magnetic disk is inserted into a flexible case.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

1 to 7 are for explaining a magnetic disk device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG.
The figure is a plan view of the magnetic disk cartridge, Figure 2 is a bottom view of the cartridge shown in Figure 1, Figure 3 is a front view showing the principal parts of the magnetic disk device, and Figure 4 is a stepping motor and its components. 5 is a circuit diagram showing the drive circuit, FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing the electric circuit portion of the magnetic disk device, and FIGS.
FIG. 3 is a waveform diagram showing the states of points A to P in the figure. 1... Cartridge, 2... Magnetic disk, 3
...Case, 9...Write-protected detected part, 9a
... window, 9b ... lid, 12 ... disk rotation motor, 13, 14 ... magnetic head, 16 ... stepping motor, 19 ... light emitting diode for track zero detection, 20 ... track zero detection photo Transistor, 21... Light emitting diode for write protection detection, 22... Phototransistor for write protection detection, 39... Switching transistor, 4
4...first timer, 72...second timer.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A disk rotation mechanism for rotating a recording medium disk, a converter for converting information between the disk and the disk while the disk is rotating, and a converter for converting information between the disk and the disk. associated with said transducer for movement in a cross-track direction and said transducer for energizing a first phase winding when said transducer is positioned on a reference track comprising a substantially outermost track of said disk; a stepper motor associated with the transducer; a step signal supply line for providing a step signal to drive the stepper motor; and a step direction of the stepper motor that corresponds to a direction of movement of the transducer. a step direction signal supply line for supplying a step direction signal; and a step direction signal supply line connected to the step direction signal supply line, the step direction signal supply line, and the stepping motor, respectively, so as to correspond to the step signal and the step direction signal. a stepping motor control drive circuit that controls and drives the stepping motor and outputs a first phase excitation signal indicating whether or not a first phase winding of the stepping motor is excited; and the step signal supplying circuit. a retriggerable monostable multivibrator connected to a line and generating a pulse with a time width longer than the cycle of the step signal in response to the step signal during step drive; and the retriggerable monostable multivibrator. an output pulse from the stepping motor control drive circuit, a signal indicating that the first phase winding is energized obtained from the stepping motor control drive circuit, and a step direction signal indicating that the converter is to be moved toward the outer circumference of the disk. a logic gate that sends out a reference track detection drive signal when a signal is generated at the same time; and a logic gate that optically detects whether or not the transducer is on the reference track of the disk based on a portion that is displaced together with the transducer. a light-emitting element for detecting a reference track; a light-receiving element disposed opposite to the light-emitting element for detecting the reference track; and a light-receiving element connected to a power line of the light-emitting element to selectively cause the light-receiving element to emit light. and a switch which is turned on in response to the reference track detection drive signal obtained from the logic gate.