An interface device for an optical recording and/or reproducing apparatus
for recording and playback of an optical disc, wherein the configuration
of an interface circuit between a pickup that reads and writes
information from/on the optical disc and a radio frequency (RF)
integrated circuit (IC) for signal processing is simplified. To this end,
the interface device includes a pickup, an integrated circuit, and a
multiplexer. The pickup drives a plurality of laser diodes generating
laser signals to record and/or reproduce information on a plurality of
discs, respectively, and receives the laser signals reflected from the
discs and output photodiode (PD) signals corresponding respectively to
the received laser signals. The integrated circuit controls outputs of
the laser diodes, and processes the PD signals from the pickup. The
multiplexer is disposed in the pickup, and selects a PD signal
corresponding to a particular one of the discs from among the PD signals
from the pickup and interface the selected particular PD signal to the
integrated circuit.