Abstract
With the ever increasing demand for on storage media with more memory and faster speeds, Digital Versatile Disc (DVD) appears to eclipse Compact Discs (CD). Its denser track pitch and shorter minimum pit length allows for at least eight time more storage memory in the same area. However, smaller tracks increase the performance demands placed on control algorithms. Moreover, to achieve shorter read times, higher disc rotation speed is required, further increasing the demands on the controller. Classical single-loop control design techniques, the usual approach used in such applications, become less effective for DVDs and may even fail to yield a design for higher disc speeds and with increased coupling in the mechanism's dynamics. For this purpose, we employ the Quantitative Feedback Theory (QFT) and specialized graphical user interface to experimentally demonstrate that new design tools can accomplish the task. Specifically, we show that our multivariable design approach can cope with performance robustness issues and achieve back-compatibility for dual use (i.e. play both CD and DVD discs) in a single drive. Moreover, since QFT can be used with direct frequency response measurements to represent the dynamics, our control tuning procedure facilitates fast and efficient use in an industrial setting so as to minimize the time it takes to bring new products to market.
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