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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
John Kelly, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Daniel R. Salmonsen, Saratoga, CA (US);
Assignee:
Zoran Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 7/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 7/00 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for sub-1× recording is described. The method of writing a mark on a compact disk (CD-R) medium spinning at a slow rate comprises varying the laser power between a write power and a read power while writing the mark, such that when read, the mark is read as a single mark.