Electronic system with servo management mechanism and method of operation thereof
View Patent ↗An apparatus includes: a media; a head over the media; a head actuation motor (HAM) coupled to the head; control circuitry, coupled to the head actuation motor, including: a system-on-chip (SOC) configured to manage a control of the head actuation motor, a pulse width modulation (PWM) code bus, coupled to the SOC, configured to communicate the control of the HAM, and a power integrated circuit (PIC), coupled to the PWM code bus, configured to drive a HAM control signal.
1. An apparatus comprising:
media;
a head over the media;
a head actuation motor (HAM) coupled to the head; and
control circuitry, coupled to the head actuation motor, including:
a system-on-chip (SOC) configured to manage a control of the head actuation motor,
a pulse width modulation (PWM) code bus, coupled to the SOC, configured to communicate the control of the HAM, the PWM code bus including a PWM signal code and an activation signal, and
a power integrated circuit (PIC), coupled to the PWM code bus, configured to drive a HAM control signal that controls the HAM based on the control of the HAM communicated by the PWM code signal code and the activation signal,
wherein an activation period of the PWM signal code is offset from the activation signal by at least one-half of a cycle time of the activation signal.
2. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein the SOC is further configured to manage control of a media motor.
3. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein the SOC is further configured to generate a PWM code to adjust the HAM in response to a position error signal (PES).
4. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein the SOC is further configured to generate a PWM group code for control of a media motor.
5. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein the PIC is further configured to generate a PWM control to position the HAM.
6. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein the PIC is further configured to generate a group PWM control to rotate a media motor.
7. The apparatus as claimed in claim 6 wherein the group PWM control further includes PWM control to control a head height of the head.
8. The apparatus according to claim 6 wherein the SOC includes an arbitration circuit to prioritize PWM control requests used to generate the group PWM control.
9. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein the PIC is further configured to concurrently control a media motor and the HAM.
10. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein the SOC is further configured to generate a stream of PWM signal codes to control the HAM and a media motor.
11. A method of operating an apparatus, the method comprising:
managing a head actuation motor (HAM) by a system-on-chip (SOC);
communicating the control of the HAM through a pulse width modulation (PWM) code bus, the PWM code bus including a PWM signal code and an activation signal; and
driving a HAM control signal that controls the HAM, from a power integrated circuit (PIC), coupled to the PWM code bus based on the control of the HAM communicated by the PWM code signal code and the activation signal,
wherein an activation period of the PWM signal code is offset from the activation signal by at least one-half of a cycle time of the activation signal.
12. The method as claimed in claim 11 further comprising managing a media motor by the SOC.
13. The method as claimed in claim 11 further comprising generating a PWM code, by the SOC, for responding to a position error signal (PES) by adjusting the HAM.
14. The method as claimed in claim 11 further comprising generating a PWM group code, by the SOC, for controlling a media motor.
15. The method as claimed in claim 14 wherein the PWM group control further includes PWM control to control a height of a head coupled to the HAM.
16. The method as claimed in claim 14 wherein the method further comprises prioritizing PWM control requests used to generate the PWM group control.
17. The method as claimed in claim 11 further comprising generating a PWM control, by the PIC, for positioning the HAM.
18. The method as claimed in claim 11 further comprising generating a group PWM control, by the PIC, for rotating a media motor.
19. The method as claimed in claim 11 further comprising concurrently controlling a media motor and the HAM by the PIC.
20. The method as claimed in claim 11 further comprising generating a stream of PCM signal codes for controlling the HAM and a media motor.
21. An apparatus comprising:
control circuitry, coupled to a head actuation motor (HAM), including:
a system-on-chip (SOC) configured to manage a control of the HAM coupled to a head over a media,
a pulse width modulation (PWM) code bus, coupled to the SOC, configured to communicate the control of the HAM, the PWM code bus including a PWM signal code and an activation signal, and
a power integrated circuit (PIC), coupled to the PWM code bus, configured to drive a HAM control signal that controls the HAM based on the control of the HAM communicated by the PWM code signal code and the activation signal,
wherein an activation period of the PWM signal code is offset from the activation signal by at least one-half of a cycle time of the activation signal.
22. The apparatus as claimed in claim 21 wherein the SOC is further configured to generate a PWM code to adjust the HAM in response to a position error signal (PES).
23. The apparatus as claimed in claim 21 wherein the SOC is further configured to generate a PWM group code for control of a media motor.
24. The apparatus as claimed in claim 21 wherein the PIC is further configured to generate a PWM control to position the HAM.
25. The apparatus as claimed in claim 21 wherein the PIC is further configured to generate a group PWM control to rotate a media motor.
26. The apparatus as claimed in claim 21 wherein the PIC is further configured to control a media motor and the HAM.
27. The apparatus as claimed in claim 21 wherein the SOC is further configured to generate a stream of PWM signal codes to control the HAM and a media motor.