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BEMF timing system

US6754151B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 10, 2001
Grant dateJun 22, 2004
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Expiry dateDec 9, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B7/0946
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system and method for controlling operation of a motor system that addresses the design challenges for the small form factor optical disk system. The control system can be operable to detect a first BEMF crossing and setting a first time stamp, to detect a second BEMF crossing and setting a second time stamp, to calculate a measured spin period as the difference between the first time stamp and the second time stamp, to compare the measured spin period to a reference spin period to determine a period error, to operate on the period error with a proportional gain and an integrator gain to provide a command output; and to drive a winding in the spin motor with a current to cause the spin motor to change velocity in response to the command output.

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