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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2009
Applicants:
Siew Yong Chui, Singapore, SG;
Jye Sheng Hong, Singapore, SG;
Inventors:
Siew Yong Chui, Singapore, SG;
Jye Sheng Hong, Singapore, SG;
Assignee:
Marvell International Ltd., Hamilton, BM;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02P 6/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A circuit for controlling a voice-coil motor (VCM) may incorporate a pulse-width modulation driver to drive the VCM, a zero-current detector to determine whether the current across the VCM is zero, and a Back-EMF voltage detector to measure the voltage across the VCM when the current across the VCM is determined to be zero. The circuit may determine the current velocity of the VCM and use this information to control the velocity of the VCM.