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Floppy disk drive control apparatus capable of ensuring seek operation using a stepping motor having a low torque

US6351093B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateSep 17, 1999
Grant dateFeb 26, 2002
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Expiry dateSep 17, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B33/121
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In an FDD control apparatus for controlling a floppy disk drive for driving a floppy disk loaded in the floppy disk drive, an FDD control part including a floppy disk controller (FDC) is disposed in an FDD side in lieu of a host side (a SET side). The host side (SET side) is loaded with a USB connector connected to the FDD control part. The FDD control part includes a flash ROM for storing a program for adjusting a step timing of a stepping motor.

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