A laser diode drive circuit for an optical disc recording and/or reproducing
apparatus
includes a plurality of laser diodes to output laser beams having different wavelengths,
a switch circuit for selectively connecting a required laser diode from a plurality
of laser diodes, a laser diode drive power supply circuit for driving the laser
diode selectively connected by the switch circuit, a photodiode for detecting at
least part of laser beams emitted from the laser diode to convert a detected part
of laser beams into an electrical signal, a plurality of current-to-voltage conversion
amplifiers connected to an output of the photodiode and whose conversion resistance
values can be adjusted and having differently designed center conversion resistance
values and an automatic power control circuit connected to outputs of the current-to-voltage
conversion amplifiers to output a feedback signal to the laser diode drive power
supply circuit. An amplifying circuit for such a laser diode drive power supply
circuit, an optical disc recording and/or reproducing apparatus including such
a laser diode drive circuit and a laser diode drive method for an optical disc
recording and/or reproducing apparatus are also provided.