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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2000
Filed:
Aug. 14, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jun Inagawa, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Yasuhiro Hayashi, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Hiroshi Kobata, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
369 50 ; 369 59 ;
Abstract
An apparatus, a signal processing circuit and a method for reproducing data stored on a disc to prevent a buffer memory from experiencing overflow/underflow. Writing information data read from the disc to the buffer memory is performed in response to a reproduction stage clock, and reading from the buffer memory is in response to a signal processing stage clock. The signal processing stage clock for reading information data may be derived from the reproduction stage clock.