IP Library Granted Patent US 9,638,508
Granted Patent B2
US 9,638,508 · App. 14/163,953 · Granted May 2, 2017

Offset reduction for displacement sensor

Inventor: Hans Leuthold (Santa Cruz, CA)
Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
G01B7/023G11B5/5582G11B5/59627G11B5/59694
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Patent No.
US 9,638,508
App. No.
14/163,953
Granted
May 2, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A device including a displacement measurement circuitry and a charge adjuster circuitry is disclosed. The displacement measurement circuitry may be configured to measure displacement associated with a rotating object. The charge adjuster circuitry is coupled to the displacement measurement circuitry. The charge adjuster circuitry is configured to measure an offset associated with ambient noise in the device over time. The charge adjuster circuitry is further configured to adjust sensors of the displacement measurement circuitry to reduce the measured offset.

Claims (34)

1. A device comprising:

a sensing circuitry configured to measure displacement associated with a rotating object, and wherein the sensing circuitry is further configured to measure ambient noise as the rotating object rotates;

a charge adjuster circuitry coupled to the sensing circuitry, wherein the charge adjuster circuitry is configured to measure an offset associated with the sensing circuitry over time, and wherein the charge adjuster circuitry is further configured to adjust sensors of the sensing circuitry to reduce the measured offset; and

an ambient noise reduction circuitry configured to remove the measured ambient noise from the measured displacement.

2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the offset is associated with the measured ambient noise.

3. The device of claim 1 , wherein the offset is associated with the measured displacement.

4. The device of claim 1 , wherein the charge adjuster circuitry comprises an integrator.

5. The device of claim 1 , wherein the charge adjuster circuitry comprises a counter configured to increment in response to the offset increasing and decrement in response to the offset decreasing.

6. The device of claim 1 further comprising:

an integrator configured to measure an offset associated with the measured displacement after the ambient noise is removed; and

a signal gain adjuster circuitry configured to control sensors associated with the sensing circuitry for measuring the displacement to reduce the offset associated with the measured displacement after the ambient noise is removed.

7. The device of claim 6 , wherein the integrator and the signal gain adjuster circuitry are configured to reduce hysteresis associated with the sensing circuitry.

8. The device of claim 1 , wherein the ambient noise reduction circuitry is a difference amplifier.

9. The device of claim 1 , wherein the offset is reduced by adjusting a set point associated with a capacitance of sensors of the sensing circuitry.

10. A device comprising:

a displacement measurement circuitry configured to measure displacement associated with a moving object;

a noise measurement circuitry configured to measure ambient noise;

a charge adjuster circuitry coupled to the noise measurement circuitry, wherein the charge adjuster circuitry is configured to measure an offset associated with the measured ambient noise over time, and wherein the charge adjuster circuitry is further configured to adjust sensors of the displacement measurement circuitry and further configure to adjust sensors of the noise measurement circuitry to reduce the offset associated with the measured ambient noise over time;

an integrator configured to measure an offset associated with the measured displacement after the ambient noise is removed; and

a signal gain adjuster circuitry configured to control sensors associated with the displacement measurement circuitry for measuring the displacement to reduce the offset associated with the measured displacement after the ambient noise is removed.

11. The device of claim 10 , wherein the charge adjuster circuitry comprises an integrator.

12. The device of claim 10 , wherein the charge adjuster circuitry comprises a counter configured to increment in response to the offset increasing and decrement in response to the offset decreasing.

13. The device of claim 10 , wherein the integrator and the signal gain adjuster circuitry are configured to reduce hysteresis associated with the displacement measurement circuitry.

14. The device of claim 10 further comprising:

a difference amplifier configured to remove the measured ambient noise from the measured displacement.

15. The device of claim 10 , wherein the offset is reduced by adjusting a set point associated with a capacitance of sensors of the displacement measurement circuitry and further by adjusting a set point associated with a capacitance of sensors of the noise measurement circuitry.

16. A device comprising:

a displacement measurement circuitry configured to measure displacement associated with a moving object; and

a charge adjuster circuitry configured to measure an offset associated with ambient noise in the device over time, wherein the charge adjuster circuitry is further configured to adjust sensors to reduce the measured offset, wherein the offset is reduced by adjusting a set point associated with a capacitance of sensors of the displacement measurement circuitry.

17. The device of claim 16 further comprising:

an integrator configured to measure an offset associated with the measured displacement after the ambient noise is removed; and

a signal gain adjuster circuitry configured to control sensors associated with the displacement measurement circuitry to reduce the offset associated with the measured displacement after the ambient noise is removed.

18. The device of claim 17 , wherein the integrator and the signal gain adjuster circuitry are configured to reduce hysteresis associated with the displacement measurement circuitry.

19. The device of claim 16 , wherein the sensors are associated with the displacement measurement circuitry.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 24, 2014
From: LEUTHOLD, HANS
To: SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
Reel/Frame 032044/0759 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation In Part 14084611 · Nov 19, 2013
Continuation In Part 13363713 · Feb 1, 2012
Related Publication 20140139237A1 · May 22, 2014