ISO/IEC 17342:2004

INTERNATIONAL ISO/IEC
STANDARD 17342
First edition
2004-07-15

Information technology — 80 mm
(1,46 Gbytes per side) and 120 mm
(4,70 Gbytes per side) DVD re-recordable
disk (DVD-RW)
Technologies de l'information — Disque DVD réenregistrable
(DVD-RW) de 80 mm (1,46 Go par face) et 120 mm (4,70 Go par face)




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ISO/IEC 17342:2004(E)
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Contents Page
Foreword. vii
Section 1 - General . 1
1 Scope . 1
2 Conformance . 1
2.1 Optical Disk. 1
2.2 Generating system. 1
2.3 Receiving system. 2
3 Normative references . 2
4 Terms and definitions . 2
5 Conventions and notations . 4
5.1 Representation of numbers . 4
5.2 Names. 5
6 Acronyms . 5
7 General description of the disk. 6
8 General requirement.7
8.1 Environments . 7
8.1.1 Test environment . 7
8.1.2 Operating environment. 7
8.1.3 Storage environment.7
8.1.4 Transportation. 8
8.2 Safety requirements . 8
8.3 Flammability . 8
9 Reference measurement devices . 8
9.1 Pick-Up Head (PUH).8
9.1.1 PUH for measuring recorded disks . 8
9.1.2 PUH for measuring unrecorded disks . 9
9.2 Measurement conditions . 11
9.2.1 Recorded and unrecorded disk. 11
9.2.2 Recorded disk . 11
9.2.3 Unrecorded disk. 11
9.3 Normalized servo transfer function. 11
9.4 Reference servo for axial tracking. 11
9.5 Reference servo for radial tracking . 12
Section 2 - Dimensional, mechanical and physical characteristics of the disk . 13
10 Dimensional characteristics (figures 6, 7 and 8). 13
10.1 Overall dimensions (figure 6) . 15
10.2 First transition area (figure 6). 15
10.3 Second transition area (figure 6) . 15
10.4 Clamping Zone (figure 6) . 16
10.5 Third transition area (figure 6) . 16
10.6 R-Information Zone (figure 6). 16
10.6.1 Sub-divisions of the R-Information Zone. 16
10.7 Information Zone (figure 6) . 16
10.7.1 Sub-divisions of the Information zone . 16
10.8 Track geometry. 17
10.9 Channel bit length. 17
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10.10 Rim area (figure 7).17
10.11 Remark on tolerances.18
10.12 Label.18
11 Mechanical parameters .18
11.1 Mass.18
11.2 Moment of inertia.18
11.3 Dynamic imbalance .18
11.4 Sense of rotation.19
11.5 Runout .19
11.5.1 Axial runout.19
11.5.2 Radial runout.19
12 Optical parameters.19
12.1 Recorded and unrecorded disk parameters .19
12.1.1 Index of refraction.19
12.1.2 Thickness of the transparent substrate .19
12.1.3 Angular deviation.20
12.1.4 Birefringence of the transparent substrate.20
12.2 Recorded disk reflectivity.20
12.3 Unrecorded disk parameters .21
12.3.1 Polarity of reflectivity modulation .21
12.3.2 Recording power sensitivity variation.21
Section 3 - Operational signals.21
13 Operational signals for recorded disk.21
13.1 Measurement conditions.21
13.2 Read conditions.21
13.3 Recorded disk high frequency (HF) signals.21
13.3.1 Modulated amplitude (figure 10) .21
13.3.2 Signal asymmetry.22
13.3.3 Cross-track signal .22
13.4 Quality of signals.22
13.4.1 Jitter .22
13.4.2 Random errors.22
13.4.3 Defects .22
13.5 Servo signals.23
13.5.1 Differential phase tracking error signal.23
13.5.2 Tangential push-pull signal .23
13.6 Groove wobble signal .25
14 Operational signals for the unrecorded disk .26
14.1 Measurement conditions.26
14.2 Recording conditions.26
14.3 Basic write strategy for media testing .26
14.4 Servo signals.27
14.4.1 Radial push-pull tracking error signal.27
14.4.2 Defects .28
14.5 Addressing signals.28
14.5.1 Land Pre-Pit signal.29
14.5.2 Groove wobble signal .30
14.5.3 Relation in phase between wobble and Land Pre-Pit.31
15 Operational signals for Embossed Zone.32
15.1 Operational signals from the Control data blocks.32
15.1.1 Measurement conditions.32
15.1.2 Read conditions.32
15.1.3 High frequency (HF) signals.32
15.1.4 Quality of signals.32
15.1.5 Servo signals.32
15.1.6 Groove wobble signal .33
15.2 Operational signals from the Servo Blocks .33
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15.2.1 Measurement conditions . 33
15.2.2 Read conditions. 33
15.2.3 Servo signals . 34
15.2.4 Addressing signals . 34
Section 4 - Data format. 35
16 General. 35
17 Data Frames (figure 23) . 35
17.1 Identification Data (ID). 36
17.2 ID Error Detection Code. 36
17.3 RSV . 37
17.4 Error Detection Code. 37
18 Scrambled Frames . 37
19 ECC Block configuration . 38
20 Recording Frames. 40
21 Modulation . 41
22 Physical Sectors . 41
23 Suppress control of the d.c. component . 43
24 Linking scheme. 44
24.1 Structure of linking. 44
24.2 2K-Link and 32K-Link . 44
24.3 Lossless-Link . 45
Section 5 - Format of the Information Zone. 47
25 General description of the Information Zone . 47
25.1 Layout of the Information Zone . 47
25.2 Physical Sector numbering. 47
26 Lead-in and Lead-out Zone. 48
26.1 Lead-in Zone. 48
26.1.1 Initial Zone . 49
26.1.2 Buffer Zone 0. 49
26.1.3 RW-Physical Format Information Zone. 49
26.1.4 Reference Code Zone . 52
26.1.5 Buffer Zone 1. 52
26.1.6 Control Data Zone . 52
26.1.7 Extra Border Zone. 56
26.2 Lead-out Zone. 57
Section 6 - Format of the Unrecorded Zone . 57
27 General description of the Unrecorded Zone. 57
27.1 Layout of the Unrecorded Zone . 57
27.2 ECC Block address . 57
27.3 ECC Block numbering . 58
28 Pre-pit Data format. 58
28.1 General description. 58
28.2 Pre-pit block structure. 60
28.3 Pre-pit data block configuration. 62
28.3.1 Relative address. 63
28.3.2 ECC Block address data configuration. 64
28.3.3 Parity A and Parity B. 64
28.3.4 Field ID0. 65
28.3.5 Field ID1. 65
28.3.6 Field ID2 and ID5 . 67
28.3.7 Field ID3 and Field ID4. 74
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29 Data structure of R-Information Zone.75
29.1 Layout of Power Calibration Area and Recording Management Area .75
29.2 Structure of the Power Calibration Area .75
29.3 Data configuration of the Recording Management Area (RMA).76
29.3.1 Sector format of the Recording Management Area (figure 62).76
29.3.2 The data structure of RMA .78
29.3.3 Recording Management Data (RMD) .79
Annex A (normative)  Measurement of the angular deviation αααα.96
Annex B (normative)  Measurement of birefringence.98
Annex C (normative)  Measurement of the differential phase tracking error .101
Annex D (normative)  Measurement of light reflectance .105
Annex E (normative)  Tapered cone for disk clamping.107
Annex F (normative)  Measurement of jitter.108
Annex G (normative)  8-to-16 Modulation with RLL (2,10) requirements.111
Annex H (normative)  Optimum Power Control .121
Annex J (normative)  Measurement of the groove wobble amplitude .124
Annex K (normative)  Measurement methods for the operational signals for an unrecorded disk .126
Annex L (normative)  NBCA Code .127
Annex M (normative)  Border Zone.133
Annex N (normative)  Write Strategy Options .143
Annex P (normative)  Measurement method of the Land Pre-Pit signal .145
Annex Q (informative)  Transportation .146
Annex R (informative) Erase operation and Format operation .147

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Foreword
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