Philips Semiconductors
Laser driver and controller circuit
Preliminary specification
TZA1032
1 FEATURES
• Separate 3.3 V digital, analog and output driver power
supplies
• Selective power-down of internal functions via I2C-bus
for power saving
• Low voltage-swing of the differential Run Length Limited
Code (RLC) inputs for high speed transmission and
good electromagnetic compatibility
• High-impedance input switching to control two or more
TZA1032 ICs in parallel for double writer applications
• Supports I2C-bus interface up to 400 kbits/s with block
transfer feature in slave mode only
• 3.3 and 5 V tolerant input logic
• Supports any RLC code with run lengths from 1 to 15
• Automatic write-read switching for run lengths ≥16
• Channel decoding rate up to 105 Mbits/s, according to
DVD 4×
• Look back function to enable write pre-compensation by
data dependent write strategy with a land-pit
compensation up to five
• Supports Forced Erase (FE) mode for quick initialisation
of disc
• Fixed propagation delay within RLC clock periods to
allow accurate data linking on disc
• Supports CD-R, CD-RW, DVD+RW, DVD-R, DVD-RW
and DVR formats or any comparable existing or future
format
• Programmable write strategy via I2C-bus; completely
flexible up to a maximum of two output level transitions
per RLC clock period
• Pulse timing resolution of 2 ns at 500 MHz internal clock
• Minimum pulse width of 4 ns at 500 MHz internal clock
• Four programmable threshold current levels with an
8-bit resolution, and eight programmable delta levels
with an 8-bit resolution
• Independent laser threshold and laser delta current
control
• Programmable modulation unit
• Pointer memory mapping to allow compact write
strategy coding
• PLL oscillator features a self-learning oscillator mode for
non-locked operation during read
• Wide frequency range: PLL locking factor ≥2.5
• Two output channels, delta and threshold current levels,
each capable of delivering 240 mA delta and 200 mA
threshold peak current to the output
• Rise and fall times of 1 to 2 ns, depending on package
and laser
• Typical output resistance of 120 Ω
• Programmable current step size for a threshold level of
0 to 1 mA at a 16-bit resolution, and a delta level of
0 to 1.2 mA at an 8-bit resolution
• Internal modulator up to 565 MHz
• Forward Sense (FS) Laser Power Control (LPC) loop to
compensate laser drift due to temperature and aging
• Internal set point generation to allow read-write
switching without any transient effects
• Digital LPC algorithm based on FS feedback
• Single forward sense diode connection
• Programmable FS input current gain to allow for spread
in FS efficiency
• Supports running Optimum Power Control (OPC) loop,
so called alpha loop, to monitor and control the quality of
writing
• Programmable loop bandwidths: up to 1 kHz for the
LPC, and up to 50 kHz for the alpha loop
• Programmable minimum and maximum limiting of laser
currents and running OPC range
• Programmable OPC stepper.
2 GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The TZA1032 is a laser driver circuit which is intended for
a wide range of recordable and re-writable optical drives.
Figure 3 shows a function diagram of TZA1032 in relation
to a disc recording system. The TZA1032 is intended to be
located close to the laser diode on the Optical Pick-up
Unit (OPU). It can be used in CD-R/RW systems
with 1×, 2×, 4×, 8×, 12×, 16× and 24× (24× is not
guaranteed yet: evaluation pending) speed and in
DVD-R/RW systems with 1×, 2× and 4× speed (4× is not
guaranteed yet). Furthermore, it is suitable for future
standards like DVR.
2002 May 06
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