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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 18, 2007
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2004
Yu-kuang Tseng, Taipei, TW;
Yu-Kuang Tseng, Taipei, TW;
Vasstek International Corporation, Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
A voice coil motor apparatus for positioning is disclosed. The voice coil motor is used by the auto-focus lens control module of a miniature camera. The apparatus contains a voice coil motor, a position feedback sensor, and a positioning controller. The voice coil of the voice coil motor can be either movable or stationary, where in the former case the attached power cable is a flexible circuit board, and in the latter case the power cable is fixed. The position feedback sensor includes a photo interrupter, a light reflector, and a bias circuit used for tracking any displacement of the movable part of the motor. The positioning controller uses the voltage signals to be processed through a proportional-integral-differential computation unit to manipulate an output current for accurate positioning of the movable part of the motor within a prescribed range.