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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2004
Filed:
May. 10, 2001
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Kadoma, JP;
Abstract
This invention relates to an optical disk apparatus for optically reproducing information recorded on an information carrier by an optical beam emitted by a light source, the optical disk apparatus comprising: a converging section for directing the optical beam to the information carrier in a converged state; a light detection section for generating a reproduction signal corresponding to the optical beam reflected by or transmitted through the information carrier; a waveform equalization section for varying a frequency characteristic of the reproduction signal generated by the light detection section; a jitter measuring section for measuring a jitter of a signal output from the waveform equalization section; and a minimum jitter value searching section for determining a minimum value of the jitter in an initial area of an X-Y plane defined by a variable x and a variable y which can vary the jitter measured by the jitter measuring section. A PLL circuit is disclosed.