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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jannis Pieter van der Linde, Eindhoven, NL;
Henricus Marinus van Hout, Eindhoven, NL;
Assignee:
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02P 3/08 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02P 3/08 ;
Abstract
A device for controlling a motor intended to set an arm provided with a head for reading/writing information in motion with respect to a surface carrying information. The device having a controller for enabling the power supply of the winding of the motor to be managed and a measurer for measuring the value of a counter-electromotive force induced in the winding by the movement of the rotor when the power supply of the winding is interrupted. This device enables the angular speed of the arm to be measured and controlled during an emergency return phase of the arm towards a rest position.