Ricoh Company, Ltd.

Shinichi Kurobe

Shinichi Sato

Hideki Iwasaki

An apparatus for generating push-pull signals is disclosed. The apparatus, used in an optical-disk apparatus, includes a first signal-adjusting circuit, a second signal-adjusting circuit, gain-determining means, and a difference-signal generating circuit.

Push-pull signal-generating apparatus, and optical-disk apparatus

A writing method for an optical disc to optimize a writing speed, wherein a spiral track on the optical disc is divided into a plurality of zones, and different CLV writing speeds are used for performing a ZCLV writing to the zones respectively. The writing method comprises steps of: setting a plurality of writing modes; storing a plurality of zone parameter sets for the writing modes respectively in a memory, wherein each of the zone parameter sets comprises dividing times for dividing the zones, and the different CLV writing speeds for the zone respectively; determining a disc type of the optical disc by a disc type determining device before the ZCLV writing is performed; selecting one of the zone parameter sets that is suitable to the disc type of the optical disc; and performing the ZCLV writing with the writing mode corresponding to the selected zone parameter set.

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Kanagawa, Japan

Shinichi Kurobe