Electronic device for driving an actuator device for a hard disk and for driving a motor that turns the hard disk
US6721127B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 30, 2001 |
| Grant date | Apr 13, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 9, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B33/10
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An electronic device for driving an actuator device for a hard disk and a motor for turning the hard disk, the device having a first driving circuit connected to the rotation motor and integrated in a chip of semiconductor material having a substrate defining a reference-potential region, a second driving circuit integrated in the chip and connected to a first actuation stage of the actuator device, and a third driving circuit integrated in the chip and connected to a second actuation stage of the actuator device. The actuator device supports a read/write transducer of the hard disk. The first actuation stage performs a rough displacement of the read/write transducer, while the second actuation stage performs a finer displacement of the same read/write transducer.
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