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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 1994
Filed:
Mar. 04, 1992
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A track cross signal generation circuit comprises a tracking error signal generation circuit, an offset compensation circuit, a level setting circuit, and a comparator. The comparator directly receives a tracking error signal output from the tracking error signal generation circuit without passing through the offset compensation circuit and a reference level output from the level setting circuit. Further, the comparator compares the tracking error signal with the reference level, and generates a track cross signal representing the tracks formed on an optical recording medium crossed by a beam. Namely, the gain of the tracking error signal is not affected by the offset compensation circuit even within a high-speed region of the beam. Consequently, the track zero cross signal correctly indicates tracks crossed by the beam, and correctly and stably carries out a seek operation in the high-speed region of the beam.