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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2001
Shigekazu Minechika, Kishiwada, JP;
Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A magnetic head drive circuit comprises a control circuit for receiving a recording signal for recording data on a recording medium with use of magnetism and producing a control signal based on the recording signal, and a switch circuit comprising switching FETs for changing the direction of current to be passed through a field coil of a magnetic head based on the control signal received from the control circuit. Pch FETs and Nch FETs are both used as the switching FETs. The maximum value of the gate voltage of the switching FETs is lower than the voltage Vd of a coil power source for supplying the current to be passed through the field coil and higher than the gate threshold voltage of the switching FETs.