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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 1995
Filed:
May. 06, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Donald F Johann, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Maxoptix Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ; G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
369 59 ; 364 54 ; 364124 ; 327 78 ; 327175 ; 327 31 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for setting a threshold voltage for determining bit positions of digital data stored on an optical recording device utilizing pulse width modulation. The optical recording device reads a pattern from an optical medium. The read pattern has a fixed, known duty cycle. A feedback circuit processes the pattern according to an initial threshold voltage. The feedback signal is then input to a comparator. The comparator compares the feedback signal against the pattern. Based on this comparison, the amount of current input to and output from a compensation circuit is adjusted. Thereupon, the compensation circuit sets the threshold voltage accordingly.