Optical disk apparatus wherein recording clock signal is stopped being supplied to semiconductor laser drive circuit on optical pickup during reproduction operation

摘要

According to the present invention, in an optical disk apparatus constructed to supply signals for controlling a semiconductor laser drive circuit provided to an optical pickup from a signal processing circuit through a flexible cable, the semiconductor laser drive circuit is so constructed as to generate a drive current signal for the semiconductor laser on the basis of a binary signal and a clock signal which are supplied from the signal processing circuit through the flexible cable and the signal processing circuit is so constructed as to supply the clock signal during recording of data and stop the supply of the clock signal during reproduction of data.