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Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 2010

Filed:

May. 18, 2007
Applicants:

Craig Smith, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Stan Shepherd, Morgan Hill, CA (US);

Xin Yang, Fremont, CA (US);

Yu Sun, Pleasanton, CA (US);

Inventors:

Craig Smith, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Stan Shepherd, Morgan Hill, CA (US);

Xin Yang, Fremont, CA (US);

Yu Sun, Pleasanton, CA (US);

Assignee:

Seagate Technology LLC, Scotts Valley, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02P 6/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Devices and methods for performing dynamic sampling of a back electromotive force (BEMF) measurement are provided. A device has hardware, including a voice coil motor (VCM) for receiving a VCM command signal and a correction circuit, for obtaining the VCM command signal and a coil voltage measurement from the hardware, where the correction circuit removes a transient voltage measurement due to a change in the VCM command signal from the coil voltage measurement and outputs an estimated BEMF measurement.


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