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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 1997
Filed:
Feb. 12, 1996
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Kadoma, JP;
Abstract
The optical disk reproducing apparatus of the invention includes: a waveform equalizing section for emphasizing a predetermined range of frequency band of a reproduced signal; a digitizing section for digitizing the reproduced signal which has been emphasized by the wave equalizing section at a predetermined level, so as to convert the emphasized reproduced signal into a digital signal; a period detecting section for detecting and outputting a period of a predetermined pattern included in the digital signal; a phase lock loop section having a free-run period, for controlling the free-run period based on the output of the period detecting section so that the free-run period becomes substantially equal to a period of a clock component of the digital signal, and for outputting a reproduced clock signal by reproducing the clock component of the digital signal; and a synchronizing section for synchronizing the digital signal with the reproduced clock signal so as to output a synchronized signal as reproduced data.