Front Cover; Digital Audio and Compact Disc Technology; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; A Short History of Audio Technology; Part I: Principles of Digital Signal Processing; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. Principles of Sampling; The Nyquist Theorem; Sampling Frequency; Sample-Hold Circuits; Aperture Control; Characteristics and Terminology of Sample-Hold Circuits; Chapter 3. Principles of Quantization; Quantization Error; Calculation of Theoretical Signal-to-Noise Ratio; Masking of Quantization Noise; Conversion Codes; Chapter 4. Overview of A/D Conversion Systems

Linear (or Uniform) QuantizationCompanding Systems; Floating-Point Conversion; Block Floating-Point Conversion; Differential PCM and Delta Modulation; Chapter 5. Operation of A/D-D/A Converters; A/D Converters; Sony A/D Converter; Video 8 PCM Converter; D/A Conversion in Digital Audio Equipment; Chapter 6. Codes for Digital Magnetic Recording; Non-Return to Zero (NRZ); Bi-Phase; Modified Frequency Modulation (MFM); 3-Position Modulation (3PM); High Density Modulation -- 1 (HDM-1); Eight-to-Fourteen Modulation (EFM); Chapter 7. Principles of Error Correction; Types of Code Errors

Error CompensationError Detection; Error Correction; Error Concealment; Interleaving; Part II: The Compact Disc; Chapter 8. Overview of the Compact Disc Medium; Main Parameters; Optical Discs; Recording and Readout System on a CD; Signal Parameters; Audio Signal; Compact Disc Production; Chapter 9. Compact Disc Encoding; CIRC Encoding; The Control Word; The Q Subcode and its Usage; EFM Encoding; The Sync Word; Final Bit Rate; Chapter 10. Opto-electronics and the Optical Block; The Optical Spectrum; Interaction of Optical Waves with Matter; Optical Components; The Injection Laser Diode (ILD)

TOP: T-type Optical Pick-upFOP: Flat-type Optical Pick-up; Chapter 11. The Servo Circuits in CD Players; Summary of the Servo Circuits in a CD Player; The Focus Servo Circuit; The Tracking Servo Circuit; The Sled Servo Motor; The Disc Motor Servo Circuit; Chapter 12. Signal Processing 15; RF Amplification; Signal Decoding; D/A Converter; High Accuracy D/A Conversion; Part III: Digital Audio Recording Systems; Chapter 13. Outline; Chapter 14. PCM Adapters According to EIAJ; A/D Conversion; Encoding System; Video Format; Basic Circuitry of a PCM Processor; The Recording Circuit

The Playback CircuitChapter 15. PCM-1600/1610 Format; Encoding Scheme; Video Format; Chapter 16. Video 8 PCM-Format; A/D -- D/A Conversion; Description of the Format; Chapter 17. Digital Audio Tape (DAT) Format; R-DAT; Automatic Track Following; Error-Correction; Subcode; Tape Duplication; Cassette; Appendix 1: Error Correction; Appendix 2: Anatomy of a PA L Composite Video Signal (Monochrome); Appendix 3: Sampling Theorem; Index