PLL Control circuit for recovery of data from audio disk

Claim 2

A phase locked loop control circuit for a reproduction system which reproduces an information signal digitally prestored in a recording medium such as an optical disk, said circuit comprising: (a) oscillator means for oscillating at a given frequency to produce an oscillation signal from an output terminal thereof and for varying said oscillating frequency of the oscillation signal; (b) signal generating means for generating a first electrical signal corresponding to a phase state of the readout digital information signal stored in said recording medium so as to hold its period values included in a range determined by minimum and maximum period values defined in accordance with a chosen modulation system; (c) comparator means connected to said signal generating means and to the output terminal of said oscillator means, for receiving the first electrical signal and the oscillation signal respectively at first and second input terminals thereof to compare the first electrical signal with the oscillation signal, and for producing a second electrical signal from an output terminal thereof which corresponds to a phase difference between the first electrical signal and the oscillation signal; (d) detector means for extracting a specific period value from a readout information signal to detect the deviation between said specific period value and a period value obtained on the basis of the oscillation signal from said oscillation means and for generating a third electrical signal corresponding to the deviation at an output terminal thereof; and (e) adder means connected to output terminals of said comparator means and said detector means, for receiving and adding the second and third electrical signals and for supplying sum data as an oscillation control signal to said oscillator means, whereby said oscillator means varies the oscillating frequency of the oscillation signal therefrom in response to the oscillation control signal to initiate an updated oscillation locking state.

Claim 3

A circuit according to claim 1, wherein said digital information signal is prestored in said information recording medium so as to hold predetermined maximum and minimum period values of a readout information signal in accordance with an eight to fourteen modulation method, and said specific period value is preferably so selected to be equal to said maximum period value.

Claim 4

A circuit according to claim 2, further comprising: first frequency-divider means connected between said signal generating means and said comparator means, for receiving the first electrical signal and for frequency-dividing the first electrical signal by a predetermined number; and second frequency-divider means connected between the output terminal of said oscillator means and the second input terminal of said comparator means, for receiving the oscillation signal from said oscillator means and for frequency-dividing the oscillation signal by a second predetermined number.

Claim 5

A circuit according to claim 3, further comprising: third frequency-divider means connected between the output terminal of said oscillator means and said signal generating means, for frequency-dividing the oscillation signal generated from said oscillator means by a third predetermined number to feed back the oscillation signal to said signal generating means.

Claim 6

A circuit according to claim 4, wherein said oscillator means includes a voltage-controlled oscillator.

Claim 7

A circuit according to claim 4, further comprising: fourth frequency-divider means connected between the output terminal of said oscillator means and said detector means, for receiving and frequency-dividing by a fourth predetermined number the oscillation signal from said oscillator means to feed back said oscillation signal to said detector means.

Claim 8

A phase locked loop control circuit used for a system for reproducing digital information such as audio data digitally prerecorded in an optical disk so as to hold a pulse period which satisfies a period range determined by minimum and maximum inverting period values inherent in a predetermined modulation technique, said circuit comprising: (a) signal generating means having an input terminal adapted to be connected to readout means included in said information reproduction system to read out the digital audio data recorded in said optical disk and to produce a digital audio signal corresponding to the digital audio data, for generating a reference signal indicating a reference frequency corresponding to a pulse phase state of the digital audio signal; (b) first frequency-divider means connected to said signal generating means, for frequency-dividing the reference signal by a first predetermined number; (c) voltage-controlled oscillator means for oscillating at a given frequency to generate an oscillation signal from an output terminal thereof; (d) second frequency-divider means connected to the output terminal of said voltage-controlled oscillator means, for frequency-dividing a variable frequency of the oscillation signal by a second predetermined number; (e) comparator means connected to said first and second frequency-divider means, for comparing the reference signal and the oscillation signal, which are frequency-divided, to generate an error signal corresponding to a frequency difference between said frequency-divided reference and oscillation signals from an output terminal thereof; (f) detector means having an input terminal adapted to be connected to said readout means, for detecting a frequency component included in the digital audio signal on the basis of a specific value between the minimum and maximum inverting period values of the digital audio signal initially defined in accordance with the predetermined modulation technique to generate a detection signal indicating the frequency component from the output terminal thereof; and (g) adder means connected to said comparator means, to the output terminal of said detector means and to said oscillator means, for adding the error signal to the detection signal and for supplying a sum signal as an oscillation control signal to said oscillator means, whereby said voltage-controlled oscillator means varies the oscillating frequency in response to the oscillation control signal.

Claim 9

A phase locked loop control circuit used for a system for reproducing digital information such as audio data digitally prerecorded in an optical disk so as to hold a pulse period which satisfies a period range determined by minimum and maximum inverting period values inherent in a predetermined modulation technique, said circuit comprising: (a) signal generating means having an input terminal adapted to be connected to readout means included in said information reproduction system to read out the digital audio data recorded in said optical disk and to produce a digital audio signal corresponding to the digital audio data, for generating a reference signal indicating a reference frequency corresponding to a pulse phase state of the digital audio signal; (b) first frequency-divider means connected to said signal generating means, for frequency-dividing the reference signal by a first predetermined number; (c) voltage-controlled oscillator means for oscillating at a given frequency to generate an oscillation signal from an output terminal thereof; (d) second frequency-divider means connected to the output terminal of said voltage-controlled oscillator means, for frequency-dividing a variable frequency of the oscillation signal by a second predetermined number; (e) comparator means connected to said first and second frequency-divider means, for comparing the reference signal and the oscillation signal, which are frequency-divided, to generate an error signal corresponding to a frequency difference between said frequency-divided reference and oscillation signals from an output terminal thereof; (f) detector means having an input terminal adapted to be connected to said readout means, for detecting a frequency component included in the digital audio signal on the basis of a specific value between the minimum and maximum inverting period values of the digital audio signal initially defined in accordance with the predetermined modulation technique to generate a detection signal indicating the frequency component from the output terminal thereof; and (g) adder means connected to said comparator means, to the output terminal of said detector means and to said oscillator means, for adding the error signal to the detection signal and for supplying a sum signal as an oscillation control signal to said oscillator means, whereby said voltage-controlled oscillator means varies the oscillating frequency in response to the oscillation control signal.

Claim 10

A circuit according to claim 7, further comprising third frequency-divider means connected between the output terminal of said voltage-controlled oscillator means and said detector means, for frequency-dividing the oscillation signal by a third predetermined number and for supplying a divided oscillation signal as a data separation signal to said detector means, and wherein said detector means performs detection in response to the data separation signal.