IP Library Granted Patent US 6,864,656
Granted Patent B2
US 6,864,656 · App. 10/633,720 · Granted Mar 8, 2005

Magnetic disk drive and voice coil motor drive circuit

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Patent No.
US 6,864,656
App. No.
10/633,720
Granted
Mar 8, 2005
Kind
B2
Abstract

A magnetic disk drive that drives and positions an actuator using a voice coil motor, includes a current sensing resistor connected in series to a terminal on current input side of the voice coil motor, a first operational amplifier and a second operational amplifier. The magnetic disk drive further includes one of a third operational amplifier and a microcomputer.

Claims (16)

1. A magnetic disk drive that drives and positions an actuator using a voice coil motor, comprises:

a current sensing resistor connected in series to a terminal on a current input side of said voice coil motor;

a first operational amplifier in which a reverse input terminal is connected to a terminal on the current input side of said voice coil motor via a first resistor, a non-reverse input terminal is connected to a terminal on a current output side of said voice coil motor via a second resistor, said non-reverse input terminal is connected via a third resistor and a first capacitor which are arranged in parallel to a reference voltage, and a reverse input terminal and output terminal are connected in parallel to a fourth resistor and a second capacitor;

a second operation amplifier in which a reverse input terminal is connected via a fifth resistor to a terminal on the current input side of said current sensing resistor, a non-reverse input terminal is connected via a sixth resistor to the current output side of said current sensing resistor, said non-reverse input terminal is connected via a seventh resistor to a reference voltage, and a reverse in input terminal and output terminal are connected by an eighth resistor; and

a third operational amplifier in which a reverse input terminal is connected via a ninth resistor to an output terminal of said second operational amplifier, non-reverse input terminal is connected via a tenth resistor to output terminal of said first operational amplifier and via an eleventh resistor to a reference voltage, and a reverse input terminal and output terminal are connected via a twelfth resistor.

2. The magnetic disk drive according to claim 1 , wherein resistance values of said first resistor and said second resistor, said third resistor and said fourth resistor, said fifth resistor and said sixth resistor, said seventh resistor and said eighth resistor, said ninth resistor and said tenth resistor, and said eleventh resistor and said twelfth resistor are respectively equal and wherein capacities of said first and said second capacitors are equal.

3. A magnetic disk drive that drives and positions an actuator with a voice coil motor, comprises:

a current sensing resistor connected in series to a terminal on a current input side of said voice coil motor;

a first operational amplifier in which a reverse input terminal is connected via a first resistor to a terminal on the current input side of said voice coil motor a non-reverse input terminal is connected via a second resistor to the current output side of said voice coil motor, said non-reverse input terminal is connected via third resistor and a first capacitor which are arranged in parallel to a reference voltage, and a reverse input terminal and output temiinal are connected in parallel by a fourth resistor and a second capacitor;

a second operational amplifier in which a reverse input terminal is connected via a fifth resistor to a terminal on a current input side of said current sensing resistor, a non-reverse input terminal is connected via a sixth resistor to a current output side of said current sensing resistor, said non-reverse input terminal is connected via a seventh resistor to a reference voltage, and a reverse input terminal and output terminal are connected by an eighth resistor; and

a microcomputer having an AD converter that encrypts the output of said first operational amplifier and said second operational amplifier, a sampler tha samples the encrypted output of said first operational amplifier and said second operational amplifier, and a computation means that subtracts the sampled output of aid first and second operational amplifiers.

4. The magnetic disk drive according to claim 3 , wherein resistance values of said first resistor and said second resistor, said third resistor and said fourth resistor, said fifth resistor and said sixth resistor, and said seventh resistor and said eighth resistor, are equal, and wherein capacities of said first capacitor and said second capacitor are respectively equal.

5. The magnetic disk drive according to claim 3 , wherein said microcomputer further comprises:

a constant gain unit coupled to said sampler that samples the encrypted output of said second operational amplifier;

a digital compensator inputted with a difference between a target back electromotive force and a subtracted output by said computation means; and

a DA converter which converts an output of said digital compensator into a current command value.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 14, 2006
From: HITACHI, LTD.
To: HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES JAPAN, LTD.
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