Title :
Twin-actuators for ultra-fast access in CD-ROM systems
Author_Institution :
Opt. Recording Dev. Lab., Philips Laser Opt., Eindhoven, Netherlands
fDate :
11/1/1996 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
This paper describes the principle of the twin-actuator CD-ROM drive and the improvement it brings to the access performance. After a brief introduction, a novel one-sledge twin-actuator construction is presented which leads to very short seek times. An adaptive twin-actuator construction is also described. Finally, some calculations for systems with two independent actuators are carried out. The seek performance of a twin-actuator drive is calculated as related to a standard CD-ROM benchmark
Keywords :
CD-ROMs; adaptive systems; electric actuators; CD-ROM drive; CD-ROM systems; access performance; adaptive twin-actuator; one-sledge twin-actuator construction; seek performance; standard CD-ROM benchmark; ultrafast access; very short seek times; Actuators; Bit rate; CD-ROMs; DVD; Drives; Helium; Laboratories; Optical recording; Read only memory; Servosystems;
Journal_Title :
Consumer Electronics, IEEE Transactions on
