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Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2010

Filed:

Nov. 14, 2007
Applicants:

Kenichi Kuramoto, Kanagawa, JP;

Shinya Sakamoto, Kanagawa, JP;

Nobuhiko Wasa, Kanagawa, JP;

Sayaka Nojiri, Kanagawa, JP;

Hidefumi Tominaga, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Kenichi Kuramoto, Kanagawa, JP;

Shinya Sakamoto, Kanagawa, JP;

Nobuhiko Wasa, Kanagawa, JP;

Sayaka Nojiri, Kanagawa, JP;

Hidefumi Tominaga, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/55 (2006.01); G11B 21/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention help to prevent destabilization in voice coil motor (VCM) velocity control. According to one embodiment, a hard disk controller/multiprocessing unit (HDC/MPU) calibrates a correction operational coefficient of a detected back electromotive force (EMF) voltage before unloading. The calibration is carried out in a state that an actuator is pivoting. The HDC/MPU calibrates the correction coefficient according to a motion equation of the actuator using VCM current applied to a VCM and a detected value of a back EMF voltage detection circuit.


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