US20050025018A1 - Apparatus and method for automatic power control - Google Patents

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US20050025018A1
US20050025018A1 US10/604,507 US60450703A US2005025018A1 US 20050025018 A1 US20050025018 A1 US 20050025018A1 US 60450703 A US60450703 A US 60450703A US 2005025018 A1 US2005025018 A1 US 2005025018A1
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  • the present invention relates to a laser-powercontrol apparatus employed in an optical recording device. More particularly, a power-control devicefor an optical disc recording system that controls the optical power stably during high-speed optical information recording even if using a relative low-speed front photodiode is disclosed.
  • a laser diode is usually used as a light source in a conventional optical recording apparatus. It is well known that the optical power output of a laser diode varies greatly with changes in environmental temperature. Accordingly, it is necessary to compensatefor unwanted temperature-induced power fluctuations in the operation of laser diodes.
  • a feedback control device for stabilizing the output power of a laser diode is called an automatic power control (APC) and is generallyutilized in a conventional optical recording apparatus.
  • the optical output of the laser diode is modulated into recording pulses with different power levels and periods. This is referred to as the write strategy.
  • FIG. 1 shows some common write strategies for present optical disc formats. To obtain a good recording quality, precise power control is necessary. A key to the success of the APC is a correct measurement of the optical output power of the laser diode.
  • FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a prior art APC structure 10 .
  • a laser diode LD radiates laser light onto an optical disc (not shown).
  • the light radiated by the LD is received by a front photodiode FPD.
  • the output of the FPD is converted into a voltage signal, front photodiode output (FPDO)signal, through a current-to-voltage conversion unit 20 .
  • the FPDO voltages corresponding to bias (read) power, erase power, and write powerduring reproduction and recording operations are respectively measured by a power level acquisition unit 30 .
  • the measured voltages are outputted by the power level acquisition unit 30 as V b,m , V e,m , and V wm .
  • Feedback controller units 40 in accordance with the individualdifferences between the reference voltages V b,r , V e,r , and V w,r set by a reference power level setting unit 50 and the measured voltages V b,m , V e,m , and V w,m , output the required bias level, erase level, and write level currents into an LD driving unit 60 for producing desired recording pulses into the LD for recording information pits into the optical disc.
  • a sample and hold circuit is usually employed in the power level acquisition unit 30 of a conventional optical recording apparatus.
  • Various sampling signals are issued according to the information data to be recorded and the corresponding write strategy.
  • the voltage levels of the FPDO during the bias period, erase period, and write period are sampled and held for feedback control. Precise power control is thus obtained despite fluctuations in the temperature of the LD.
  • the response speed of the FPD is approximately the same as the modulation speed of the recording pulse of the LD.
  • the FPDO must follow tightly the changes of each recording pulse of the LDso that a sampling device can correctly sample the power levels of the LD from the FPDO.
  • the time duration of the erase period in a rewritable optical disc format is generallylong enough to allow the FPDO to closely approximate the recording pulse of the LD and provide a qualified sampling area for APC.
  • the response speed ofthe FPD is likely to be slower than the modulation speed of the recording pulse of the LD. This results in the FPDO having only a short time period in steady state. This problem is illustrated in FIG. 4 where even though the FPDO response reaches steady state near the end of an erase period, a medium-speed sampling device may fail to correctly sample the desired FPDO value.
  • the sampling problems in obtaining the write and bias power levels get worse for those optical disc formats with a multiple pulse train write strategies shown in FIG. 1 because the time duration in a modulated multiple pulse is several times less than during a write/erase period.
  • the FPDO will fluctuate, as shown in FIG. 5 , and no sampling device can provide correct optical power measurement.
  • some optical disc formats like blu-ray disc can also adopt a multi-pulse write strategy in the erase period, as shown in FIG. 1 . There may be no available sampling areas in the FPDO for the power level acquisitions of the erase, write, and bias periods.
  • One method employed in the power level acquisition unit 30 is to use a peak (or bottom) envelope detection device, which continuously tracks the peaks (or bottoms) of the FPDO for feedback control.
  • Chuang herein incorporated by reference, discusses such a device in U.S. Patent Application Publication US 2002/0141313.
  • peak envelope signals outputted from the envelope detection devices are fed to standard sample and hold circuits, which in turn, output to the respective feedback control units.
  • the discharge time constant of a peak (or bottom) envelope detection device cannot be too large compared to that of the recording pulses of the LD.If the discharge time constant is too large, the peak (or bottom) envelope detection device may not correctly follow the FPDO. If the discharge time constant is too small, output from the peak (or bottom) envelope detection device may incur small dropouts in the detected peak (or bottom) envelope in spite of the same amplitude for each peak (or bottom) in the FPDO shown in FIG. 6 .
  • the FPDO cannot achieve steady state within a recording pulse, and hence the output signal of a peak (or bottom) envelope detection device will also follow the variation due to write strategy, as shown in FIG. 7 . Since a peak (or bottom) envelope detection device will track the local maximum peaks existing in the inputted pulses train, the power measured by a peak (or bottom) envelope detection device will continuously change because of the write strategy when an FPD with low response speed is used. Since the acquired power deviations result from the write strategy and temperature drifts simultaneously, the feedback controller unit will perform wrong power adjustments because of erroneously sensed FPDO variations resulting from write strategy. Consequently, it will be difficult to stably compensate real power fluctuation resulting from the effect of temperature.
  • the objective is primarily obtained through the use of a multi-pulse peak-hold device that compensates for the slow response speed of the front photodiode without requiring expensive additional hardware.
  • the multi-pulse peak-hold device of the claimed invention may obtain a maximum (the highest peak) voltage or the multi-pulse peak-hold device of the claimed invention may obtain a minimum (the lowest bottom) voltage.
  • a first embodiment of the present invention includes a peak-hold circuit and a sample and hold circuit.
  • the peak-hold circuit has a first input for receiving a front photodiode (FPD) output pulse sequence (FPDO), a second input for receiving a reset signal from a control circuit, and an output for outputting a measured maximum voltage of the FPDO.
  • the sample and hold circuit has a first input for receiving the output of the peak-hold circuit, a second input for receiving a sampling signal (SH) from the control circuit, and an output.
  • FPD front photodiode
  • SH sampling signal
  • a feedback controller unit outputs the required current level into alaser diode (LD) driving unit for producing desired recording pulses into the LD for recording information pits into an optical disc.
  • LD alaser diode
  • the reset signal and the SH signal are used to measure the optical power output of the laser diode LD.
  • the peak-hold circuit holds a maximum voltage value of the FPDO. After a predetermined time period, the sample and hold circuit samples the output of the peak-hold circuit according to the sampling signal SH issued by the control circuit. After sampling, the reset signal is issued by the control circuit to reinitialize the peak-hold circuit.
  • a second example of the present invention includes the components and functions of the first embodiment and further includes a switch for controlling transmission of the FPDO from the front photodiode to the peak-hold circuit according to a window signal received by the switch from the control circuit.
  • a window signal received by the switch from the control circuit.
  • one or more active window signals are issued by the control circuit allowing the peak-hold circuit to receive, monitor, and hold the maximum voltage value of the FPDO only during active window signals.
  • the use of a window signal may select random sequences of recording pulses from the FPDO pulses train or allow only consideration of fixed data patterns that make local maximum peaks in the FPDO, such as the combination of a longest bias period and a shortest writing period.
  • the control circuit issues the sampling signal SH and causes the sample hold circuit to sample and hold the output voltage of the peak-hold circuit. After sampling, the control circuit issues the reset signal to re-initialize the peak-hold circuit.
  • all examples of the present invention may include a calibration gain.
  • the calibration gain is a proportional constant and may be used to realize the real optical power output when, due to insufficient FPD response speed, the output of the multi-pulse peak-hold device is different than the real optical power output.
  • the proportional constant indicates a predefined relationship between a real maximum optical output power level and amaximum measurable optical output power level.
  • the proportional constant may be implemented either by adjusting the output of the sample and hold circuit or by adjusting the reference voltage and may be implemented merely by a change in the firmware of the reference power level setting unit.
  • FIG. 1 shows some write strategies for present optical disc formats.
  • FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a prior art Automatic Power Control apparatus.
  • FIG. 3 illustrates the FPDO in closely approximation of the recording pulse during an erase period.
  • FIG. 4 illustrates the FPDO reaching steady state near the end of an erase period.
  • FIG. 5 illustrates the FPDO unable to reach steady state.
  • FIG. 6 illustrates a peak envelope waveform during changes in the FPDO.
  • FIG. 7 illustrates a peak envelope waveform during changes in write strategy.
  • FIGS. 8 - 10 are block diagrams of an Automatic Power Control according to the present invention.
  • FIG. 11 is a block diagram of a multi-pulse peak-hold circuit according to the present invention.
  • FIGS. 12-13 contrast the action of a present invention peak-hold circuit with that of a prior art peak envelope circuit.
  • FIG. 14 illustrates the operation of the multi-pulse peak-hold circuit in FIG. 11 when a relatively low-speed FPD is used.
  • FIG. 15i s a block diagram of another multi-pulse peak-hold circuit according to the present invention.
  • FIG. 16 illustrates the operation of the multi-pulse peak-hold circuit in FIG. 15 when a relatively low-speed FPD is used.
  • FIG. 17i s a block diagram of another multi-pulse peak-hold circuit according to the present invention.
  • FIG. 18 shows a procedure for obtaining a calibration constant according to the present invention.
  • FIG. 19i s a block diagram of another multi-pulse peak-hold circuit according to the present invention.
  • FIG. 8 is a block diagram of the present invention if three power level controls are configured in an Automatic Power Control (APC) structure 110 . Similar reference numerals are used for those components of the APC 110 that serve the same function as the corresponding components of the prior art APC 10 . These functions have been previously described in this paper and will not be again elaborated on here.
  • APC Automatic Power Control
  • FPD front photodiode
  • peak-hold circuit in this disclosure is defined as a device capable of acquiring and holding a voltage reflecting a portion of an electrical signal having maximum amplitude or a device capable of acquiring and holding a voltage reflecting a portion of an electrical signal having minimum amplitude.
  • a low-pass filter is usually employed to alleviate noise effect on the FPDO output.
  • Another implementation of the present invention 175 including a low-pass filter 182 between the current to voltage conversion unit 20 and the multi-pulse peak-hold device 130 is shown in FIG. 9 .
  • the effect of low-pass filter 182 on the output of the multi-pulse peak-hold device 130 can also be compensated for by the calibration gain.
  • a forwardpath from the reference voltage setting unit 150 to the feedback controller unit 40 may be configured for the respective power level control in an APC structure to speed-up its transient response when operating from a reading state to a writing state in a conventional optical recording apparatus.
  • FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing the application of the present invention 190 if forward paths 195 are added to each APC loop.
  • FIG. 11i llustrates a first embodiment of the present invention multi-pulse peak-hold device 200 .
  • the multi-pulse peak-hold device 200 comprises a peak-hold circuit 210 and a sample and hold circuit 220 .
  • the peak-hold circuit 210 comprises a first input for receiving a front photodiode (FPD) output pulse sequence (FPDO), a second input for receiving a reset signal from an encoding circuit 230 , and an output for outputting a measured maximum voltage of the FPDO.
  • FPD front photodiode
  • FPDO front photodiode
  • FPDO reset signal from an encoding circuit 230
  • an output for outputting a measured maximum voltage of the FPDO.
  • the sample and hold circuit 220 comprises a first input for receiving the output of the peak-hold circuit 210 , a second input for receiving a sampling signal (SH) from the encoding circuit 230 , and an output electrically connected to one of the Feedback control Units 40 ( FIG. 8 ).
  • the reset signal and the SH signal are used to measure the optical power output of a laser diode LD (not shown).
  • the peak-hold circuit 210 holds the maximum voltage value of the FPDO, denoted as a Maximum Peak-Hold Output (MPHO) signal, which is received by the first input of the sample and hold circuit 220 .
  • MPHO Maximum Peak-Hold Output
  • the sample and hold circuit 220 samples the MPHO according to the sampling signal SH.
  • the reset signal is issued by the encoding unit 230 to reinitialize the peak-hold circuit 210 .
  • the SH signal and the reset signal are described here as originating from the encoding unit 230 , another embodiment of the present invention may provide for one or more of these signals to originate from another control circuit within the optical recording apparatus.
  • FIG. 12a nd FIG. 13 contrast the action of the peak-hold circuit 210 with that of a prior art peak envelope circuit.
  • the response speed of the FPD is approximately the modulation speed of the recording pulse of the LD and the FPDO goes to steady state in each pulse. That is, the peaks in the FPDO pulses are equal in magnitude no matter what write strategy is used.
  • a low-speed peak-hold circuit 210 can follow the peaks up after a certain number of pulses and hold it, as shown in FIG. 12 . Subsequently, a low-speed sample and hold circuit is satisfactory for sampling the real write power of the LD by an appropriate sampling signal SH.
  • the write power will be measured correctly.
  • the result is superior to that of using the prior art peak envelope detection device in the power level acquisition unit 30 , in the sense that the peak-hold circuit 210 of the present invention substantially avoids the slight dropout in the detected peak envelope as shown in FIG. 12 .
  • the response speed of the FPD is slower than the modulation speed of the recording pulse of the LD.
  • the FPDO may only very briefly attain a steady state within each recording pulse and the peaks of the FPDO may not accurately measure the true write power.
  • the peak-hold circuit 210 by means of a low-speed peak-hold circuit 210 , the local maximum of the peaks can be followed up and held after a certain number of pulses. If a higher peak is encountered, the peak-hold circuit 210 will track tightly, resulting in the holding of the maximum peak of the FPDO given a repeated set of recording pulses within a predetermined time span.
  • the recording pulse train can be viewed as the superposition of many single recording pulses occurring in different timings and the FPDO is the superposition of the FPD response for each single recording pulse.
  • the FPD response for a single recording pulse of short period will go to zero after a certain time duration.
  • T is the period of the channel bit clock for the considered optical storage application.
  • only first-order response is taken into account here for a low-speed FPD. It can then be approximated mathematically that less than 0.003% of the FPD response of the considered recording pulse will remain at the starting point of the next recording pulse that is 20T away. That means that only those recording pulses within several channel bits before the next recording pulse will contribute to any significant degree to the FPD response at the starting point of the next recording pulse, which can be regarded as the initial condition of the FPD response for the next recording pulse.
  • the FPD response of each next recording pulse dependsgreatly on the width of that next pulse and the initial condition and also results in many responsessimilar in amplitude within a certain time span because of finite pulse widths and combined patterns.
  • the FPDO gets several equivalent highest peaks and a few peaks very close to the highest peaks within a certain time span, and MPHO will be held almost fixed after a short time interval in the considered time span by a low-speed peak-hold circuit.
  • FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating the operation of the multi-pulse peak-hold device 200 if an FPD with low response speed is used.
  • the steady state of the FPDO in the erase period is so short that it is inconvenient for power sampling.
  • the write power can still be acquired via the peak-hold circuit 210 employed in the multi-pulse peak-hold device 200 .
  • the sampling signal SH is issued to sample the MPHO in a frequency much lower than that of the recording pulses because the bandwidth requirement of the APC response is low.
  • the time span necessary forthe MPHO to come to a stable state can be experimentally determined.
  • the reset signal is issued after the sampling signal SH goes low to clear the MPHO and to re-initialize the action of the peak-hold circuit 210 .
  • the output of the multi-pulse peak-hold device 200 is V w,m which is maintained approximately constant if there is no temperature drift.
  • a low-speed sample and hold circuit 220 is capable of acquiring the maximum value of the FPDO during high-speed and/or high-density optical storage applications.
  • the MPHO may be different from the real optical power output of a laser diode due to slow FPD response speed
  • the ratio of the measured power to the real power signifying the response capability of FPD or the sensor gain under specified recording speed can be obtained through an identification procedure. Then the calibration gain in the output of multi-pulse peak-hold device can be set equal to the inverse of the ratio. Then, precise write power control can be achieved. A detailed description of the identification procedure will be explained later.
  • sample and hold circuit 220 it may be possible to omit the sample and hold circuit 220 from the above-described device, it is preferred to include the sample and hold circuit 220 to avoid the unnecessary variations in the output of the peak-hold circuit 210 immediately following the reset signal.
  • a low-speed bottom-hold circuit can also be used in the multi-pulse peak-hold device 200 to hold the minimum value of the bottoms in the FPDO.
  • a low-speed sample and hold circuit 220 is also capable of acquiring the bias power for low-speed optical storage applications or that of the minimum value in the FPDO for high-speed and/or high-density optical storage applications even though an FPD with relative low response speed is employed.
  • FIG. 15 is another multi-pulse peak-hold device 300 according to the present invention.
  • the multi-pulse peak-hold device 300 comprises a switch 340 , a peak-hold circuit 310 , and a low-speed sample and hold circuit 320 .
  • the choice of using a peak-hold circuit 310 or a bottom-hold circuit 310 depends on the requirement of power level measurements in an APC structure and the use of either is intended to fall within the spirit of the invention.
  • the peak-hold circuit 310 comprises a first input for receiving a front photodiode output (FPDO) pulse sequence, a second input for receiving a reset signal from either the encoding circuit 330 or possibly from another control circuit, and an output for outputting a measured maximum voltage of the FPDO.
  • the sample and hold circuit 320 comprises a first input for receiving the output of the peak-hold circuit 310 , a second input for receiving a sampling signal (SH) from the encoding circuit 330 (or possibly from another control circuit), and an output electrically connected to one of the feedback control units 40 ( FIG. 8 ).
  • the reset signal and the SH signal are used to measure the optical power output of a laser diode LD (not shown).
  • the peak-hold circuit 310 holds the maximum value of the FPDO, denoted as a Maximum Peak-hold Output (MPHO) signal, which is received by the first input of the sample and hold circuit 320 .
  • MPHO Maximum Peak-hold Output
  • the sample and hold circuit 320 samples the MPHO according to the sampling signal SH. After sampling, the reset signal is issued to reinitialize the peak-hold circuit 310 .
  • the window signal may select random sequences from the FPDO pulse train.
  • the feasibility of selecting random FPDO sequences is similar to that of the first embodiment of the present invention 200 because the MPHO, after a certain time interval, comes to a stable value for random FPDO sequences.
  • the width of the window signal (the time span) can be experimentally determined.
  • the window signal may also select a predetermined FPDO sequence according to fixed recording data patterns. The example of selecting a FPDO pulse sequence with predetermined recording data patterns will be discussed later.
  • the FPDO goes to steady state in each pulse. Therefore, the use of the switch 340 and window signal can be effectively omitted and the present implementation can easily function similarly to that of FIG. 11 by maintaining an active window signal and setting the sampling signal SH in FIG. 11 as the logical AND operation of the two signals, SH and window, in FIG. 15 .
  • the FPDO may only very briefly attain a steady state within each recording pulse or even worse the FPDO may never attain a steady state, as previously discussed. Accordingly, the peaks of the FPDO are much likely to be fluctuant, not always correctly indicating the real LD power level. Through the use of a window signal, only those recording data patterns that make local maximum peaks or attain values near local maximum peaks in the FPDO sequence need be considered.
  • the MPHO will attain a stable value.
  • the special combination of the longest bias (erase) period and the shortest writing period, corresponding to a data pattern of the longest land and the shortest pit usually produces a maximum or a near fixed FPDO value because the longest bias (erase) period will result in close initial conditions for the following recording pulse and the shortest write period often starts with the widest recording pulse.
  • the window signal can be enabled at the start of that pattern and can be disabled at the end of the pattern.
  • FIG. 16 illustrates the operation of the multi-pulse peak-hold device 300 when a relatively low-speed FPD is used.
  • the steady state of the FPDO in the erase period is so short that it is inconvenient for power sampling.
  • the window signal is issued to sift the pattern consisting of the longest erase period and the shortest write period.
  • the FPDO corresponding to the erase period is not suitable to be sampled on account of a too short sampling area as shown in FIG. 4 or no sampling area as shown in FIG. 5 .
  • the window signal can be issued to coincide with the longest erase period.
  • a low-speed peak-hold circuit can hold the erase power or the maximum achievable FPDO within the erase period.
  • a peak-hold or bottom-hold circuit can be used to hold the maximum or minimum achievable erase power.
  • the reasoning is the same as the aforementioned peak-hold or bottom-hold circuit used in obtaining the maximum write power or the minimum bias power.
  • the write power, erase power, and bias power used in an APC structure can be acquired from the multi-pulse peak-hold device by appropriate employment of a peak-hold circuit and/or a bottom-hold circuit. If three power levels are required in the APC structure as shown in FIG. 8 , a peak-hold circuit for the write power, a bottom-hold circuit for the bias power, and a peak-hold circuit for the erase power can be simultaneously applied in the multi-pulse peak-hold device 110 .
  • FIG. 17 illustrates an implementation of an APC structure 400 where only the write power level is measured because the write power has a better Signal to Noise Ratio (SNR) than the erase power.
  • the bias power is controlled by an open-loop control method, i.e. the reference power level setting unit 150 , via a digital to analog converter 480 , sets the bias level current directly.
  • the write power is precisely controlled with a feedback controller unit 40 by means of a multi-pulse peak-hold device 130 embedded in the loop.
  • the erase power is nearly fixed proportionally to the write power. Consequently, if the write power is accurately measured, the erase power can be referred to from the write power by multiplying it with a proportional constant 485 C e . As a result, the erase power can be controlled by such a pseudo-closed loop method.
  • two peak-hold circuits can be employed in the multi-pulse peak-hold device to obtain the required measurements of write power and erase power, respectively.
  • the bias power can be controlled by an open-loop control method, like the one shown in FIG. 17 . That is, the recording power levels can be acquired from the multi-pulse peak-hold device by appropriate employment of a peak-hold circuit and/or a bottom-hold circuit if necessary.
  • the present invention can also be constructed easily in other APC structures for those familiar with the art.
  • the MPHO may be different from the real optical power output of the laser diode due to insufficient FPD response speed as shown in FIG. 14 and FIG. 16 .
  • precise output power control of the LD can be realized via a proper calibration procedure.
  • a calibration approach is disclosedthat may be used in the present invention.
  • FIG. 18 shows an identification procedure for obtaining a calibration gain G, i.e. the inverse of the ratio of the measured power to the real power.
  • This identification procedure may be performed before the optimal power calibration (OPC) procedure that is used to determine the optimal recording power for a specified recording speed. Additionally, if the identification procedure is executed under the condition of de-focus so that the light intensity of the LD is greatly reduced in the focal region, the test write power will not impair the optical storage medium.
  • the identification procedure comprises two steps: Step 1 measures the voltage level Y 1 of the FPDO using LD recording pulses with a time duration long enough to allow the MPHO to closely reflect the maximum real power; step 2 measures the voltage level Y 2 under normal LD recording pulses. Obviously reversing the order of performing steps 1 and 2 are intended to fall within the scope of the present invention.
  • step 1 control signals issued by the encoding unit for producing a recording pulse train of the LD with a long time duration are sent into the LD driving unit.
  • Each recording pulse in the train can be set equal but it is not necessary that they are equal in length to produce correct results.
  • the write power for the recording pulse can be specified as the normal writing power for the targeted recording speed by the reference power level setting unit and the time duration of the recording pulse is designed long enough so that the FPDO can attain steady state. This means that the FPDO and the MPHO can reflect the real optical power output. How to determine an appropriate pulse length is apparent for those skilled in this field, for example, the time duration corresponding to the largest recording pit length under the lowest recording speed is qualified.
  • Y 1 denote the output of the multi-pulse peak-hold device. Then Y 1 represents the real optical power output.
  • Step 2 random information data can be sent to the encoding unit to issue control signals for producing a recording pulse train of the LD with short time duration.
  • the write power is set equal to the write power used in step 1 and the time duration of a recording pulse is dependent on the write strategy and is the same as the time duration of a real recording.
  • Y 2 denote the output of the multi-pulse peak-hold device. Then Y 2 represents the maximum achievable FPDO, i.e. the maximum measurable output power.
  • the calibration gainG in FIG. 8 can be determined as being equal to the inverse of Y 2 /Y 1 which represents the response capability of the FPD under the specified recording speed. If the response speed of the FPD isapproximately the same as the modulation speed of the recording pulse of the LD, G x approximately equals “1”. G x becomes larger if the response speed of the FPD becomesslower than the modulation speed of the recording pulse of the LD.
  • a second way is to reduce the output of the reference power level setting unit 150 by multiplying the output of the reference power level setting unit 150 with a proportional constant 505 and to maintain the input to the feed-back controller unit 40 unchanged by multiplying the output ofan error amplifier 515 with another proportional constant 510 .
  • An alternative implementation as shown in FIG. 19 can be thus constructed for achieving stable power control even a FPD with insufficient response speed is used.
  • the calibration gainG x in FIG. 19 can be determined as being equal to Y 1 /Y 2 and the calibration gain K x (proportional constant 505 ) can be determined as being equal to Y 2 /Y 1 .
  • the system controller will set the corresponding calibration gains G x andK x for each power level control loop in the APC structure 530 . Consequently, precise power control for desired power levels can be achieved.
  • the present invention utilizes a low-speed, peak-hold circuit to obtain, hold, and output a maximum of the FPDO.
  • One example of the present invention uses a predetermined window signal or a plurality of window signals of a total duration long enough to allow the outputted MPHO to stabilize.
  • an SH signal causes a low-speed and low-cost sample and hold circuit to sample and hold the outputted MPHO.
  • a reset signal clears the outputted MPHO and reinitializes the peak-hold circuit.
  • a feedback controller unit outputs the required current level into an LD driving unit for producing desired recording pulses into the LD for recording information pits into the optical disc.
  • a proportional constant, or calibration gain may be used to realize the real optical power output when, due to insufficient FPD response speed, the MPHO is different than the real optical power output.
  • the proportional constant may be implemented either by adjusting the voltage level being outputted by the sample and hold circuit or by adjusting the reference voltage.
  • the use of a switch and a window signal or window signals allow the selection of a random sequence or a predetermined sequence of recording pulses insuring MPHO stabilization at a maximum of the FPDO.
  • the use of a reset to reinitialize the peak-hold circuit insures an accurate reading of the present LD power level during each cycle.
  • the use of the calibration gain insures that accurate power readings are obtained even when the FPD response speed is too slow to accurately follow the recording pulses.
  • the present invention offers improved performance and improved flexibility over the prior art without the requirement of expensive additional hardware.

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