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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2002
Akihiro Asada, Chigasaki, JP;
Hideo Ohnuki, Yokohama, JP;
Masaaki Kurebayashi, Ebina, JP;
Yasuhito Tanaka, Tokyo, JP;
Toshimitsu Kaku, Sagamihara, JP;
Takashi Hoshino, Yokohama, JP;
Hidehiko Kando, Matsudo, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A laser drive integrated circuit and an optical disk apparatus using the laser drive integrated circuit for forming high-density marks. The optical disk apparatus includes a drive waveform information storage unit for storing at least one information of a drive waveform for driving a laser diode in response to a binary recording signal to be recorded in a recording medium, and a drive waveform decoder for decoding the drive waveform based on the information stored in the drive waveform information storage unit. A recording strategy can be changed in accordance with variations and fluctuations of recording media or characteristics of the recording media, while at the same time reducing a number of signal lines in flexible wiring and alleviating effects of signal distortion in the signal lines.