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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 1998
Filed:
Jul. 05, 1996
Yasuhito Soma, Kadoma, JP;
Masayuki Shibano, Izumisano, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka-fu, JP;
Abstract
An optical disk apparatus for recording and reproducing data to and from an optical disk has a pit area where data are recorded along a track by pits and a groove area where grooves are formed along a track to record data. The optical disk apparatus includes an optical head for projecting a light beam on the optical disk and a photodetector array for receiving the reflected light. A preamplifier is connected to the photodetector array for producing a tracking error signal and an RF signal representing the pits. The tracking error signal is used as a clock signal in flip-flops and the RF signal is used as an initial setting signal, so that the flip-flop produces a signal indicating that the optical head is in the pit area.