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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 1998
Filed:
Aug. 13, 1997
Yoshihiro Sakanushi, Kanagawa, JP;
Mitsumi Elecric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An improved laser control circuit in a recordable optical disk drive is disclosed. The laser control circuit includes a feeding circuit which supplies an auxiliary current into a bypass capacitor provided on a control line of a drive current switching circuit for a laser diode, so that the charge current for the bypass capacitor is increased. Therefore, the required time to start the emission of the laser beam for recording is reduced. The laser control circuit also includes a control circuit which controls the on/off state of the feeding circuit. The control circuit turns off upon detecting to the transition of the state of the drive current switching circuit to the on state, accordingly it ensure the normal operation of the laser control circuit.