Abstract: A method of optimal power calibration adapted to rewritable or recordable disks is disclosed. In addition to an original power calibration area (PCA) in the inner track of a disk, another rearranged PCA is allocated in the lead-out area of the outmost track. Two optimal power calibration processes are performed on both of the power calibration areas allocated on the inner and outmost tracks to respectively derived optimal recording powers. A relation curve is established by using these two optimal recording powers that this relation curve describes the relationships between the optimal recording powers of the recording positions and the distances from these recording positions to the center of the optical storage disk. Required optimal recording power of any recording position can be derived from the relation curve while performing data recording operations.

Abstract: A method of optimal power calibration adapted to an optical storage medium such as a rewritable (CD-RW) disk is disclosed. The method takes the advantages of rewritable characteristic defined in the Orange Book to perform a plurality of optimal power calibration (OPC) processes on the power calibration area allocated in inner track and several recording positions on the rewritable disk. The OPC processes write erasable patterns such as the “Sub Q mode 0” pattern define in Orange Book on data written area(s) of the rewritable disk so that these erasable patterns will be overwritten by sequentially recording data. A relation curve, which indicates the relationships between optimal recording powers of a recording position and the distance from the center of the rewritable disk to the recording position, is then established by using the optimal recording powers measured from the aforementioned OPC processes.

Abstract: A method of optimal power calibration adapted to an optical storage medium such as a rewritable (CD-RW) disk is disclosed. The method takes the advantages of rewritable characteristic defined in the Orange Book to perform a plurality of optimal power calibration (OPC) processes on the power calibration area allocated in inner track and several recording positions on the rewritable disk. The OPC processes write erasable patterns such as the “Sub Q mode 0” pattern define in Orange Book on data written area(s) of the rewritable disk so that these erasable patterns will be overwritten by sequentially recording data. A relation curve, which indicates the relationships between optimal recording powers of a recording position and the distance from the center of the rewritable disk to the recording position, is then established by using the optimal recording powers measured from the aforementioned OPC processes.

Abstract: A method of optimal power calibration adapted to rewritable or recordable disks is disclosed. In addition to an original power calibration area (PCA) in the inner track of a disk, another rearranged PCA is allocated in the lead-out area of the outmost track. Two optimal power calibration processes are performed on both of the power calibration areas allocated on the inner and outmost tracks to respectively derived optimal recording powers. A relation curve is established by using these two optimal recording powers that this relation curve describes the relationships between the optimal recording powers of the recording positions and the distances from these recording positions to the center of the optical storage disk. Required optimal recording power of any recording position can be derived from the relation curve while performing data recording operations.