Differential voice coil motor control
US7522368B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 10, 2007 |
| Grant date | Apr 21, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 10, 2027 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH02P25/034
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A disk drive controller including a differential voice coil motor control function is disclosed. The differential voice coil motor control function includes an on-chip compensation network for the inner control loop, including a resistor formed of one or more MOS transistors connected in series. The gate of the MOS transistors in the compensation network is driven with a bias voltage based on a tuning current, where the tuning current is derived so that it varies with process and temperature variations of the integrated circuit, for example with variations in an on-chip capacitor. The on-chip compensation network can be tuned with sufficient precision to properly compensate the inner control loop to provide the desired frequency response in driving the voice coil motor in the disk drive.
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