公开(公告)号：US11336280B2

公开(公告)日：2022-05-17

申请号：US17150156

申请日：2021-01-15

Applicant: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.

Inventor： Giuseppe Maiocchi ,  Ezio Galbiati ,  Michele Boscolo Berto ,  Maurizio Ricci

IPC: H03K17/687 ,  H02M3/157 ,  H02M1/00

Abstract: A half-bridge control circuit comprises an input terminal, an output terminal for providing a pulsed signal to a half-bridge driver circuit configured to drive two electronic switches connected between two supply terminals, and a feedback terminal for receiving a feedback signal indicative of the instantaneous voltage value at a switching node between the two electronic switches. A selector circuit provides a digital feedback signal. A subtractor generates an error signal by subtracting the digital feedback signal from the reference signal. An integrator generates an integration signal by integrating the value of the error signal. A down-scale circuit generates a reduced resolution integration signal by discarding one or more least significant bits of the integration signal. A sampling circuit generates a sampled integration signal by sampling the reduced resolution integration signal. A pulse generator circuit generates the pulsed signal as a function of the sampled integration signal.

公开(公告)号：US20210226624A1

公开(公告)日：2021-07-22

申请号：US17150156

申请日：2021-01-15

Applicant: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.

Inventor： Giuseppe Maiocchi ,  Ezio Galbiati ,  Michele Boscolo Berto ,  Maurizio Ricci

IPC: H03K17/687

Abstract: An embodiment half-bridge control circuit comprises an input terminal, an output terminal for providing a pulsed signal to a half-bridge driver circuit configured to drive two electronic switches connected between two supply terminals, and a feedback terminal for receiving a feedback signal indicative of the instantaneous voltage value at a switching node between the two electronic switches. A selector circuit provides a digital feedback signal. A subtractor generates an error signal by subtracting the digital feedback signal from the reference signal. An integrator generates an integration signal by integrating the value of the error signal. A down-scale circuit generates a reduced resolution integration signal by discarding one or more least significant bits of the integration signal. A sampling circuit generates a sampled integration signal by sampling the reduced resolution integration signal. A pulse generator circuit generates the pulsed signal as a function of the sampled integration signal.

公开(公告)号：US09431934B2

公开(公告)日：2016-08-30

申请号：US14247955

申请日：2014-04-08

Applicant: STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. ,  STMICROELECTRONICS S.r.l.

Inventor： Frederic Bonvin ,  Ezio Galbiati

IPC: H02P6/10 ,  G11B19/20 ,  H02P6/08 ,  H02P6/18

CPC classification number: H02P6/10 ,  G11B19/20 ,  H02P6/085 ,  H02P6/18

Abstract: An embodiment of a motor controller includes a motor driver and a signal conditioner. The motor driver is operable to generate a motor-coil drive signal having a first component at a first frequency, and the signal conditioner is coupled to the motor driver and is operable to alter the first component. For example, if the first component of the motor-coil drive signal causes the motor to audibly vibrate (e.g., “whine”), then the signal conditioner may alter the amplitude or phase of the first component to reduce the vibration noise to below a threshold level.

Abstract translation: 马达控制器的实施例包括马达驱动器和信号调节器。 马达驱动器可操作以产生具有第一频率的第一分量的电动机线圈驱动信号，并且信号调节器耦合到马达驱动器并且可操作以改变第一分量。 例如，如果电动机线圈驱动信号的第一分量使得电动机听起来振动（例如，“呜呜”），则信号调节器可以改变第一组件的幅度或相位，以将振动噪声降低到低于 门限等级。

公开(公告)号：US08873193B2

公开(公告)日：2014-10-28

申请号：US14013968

申请日：2013-08-29

Applicant: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.

Inventor： Ezio Galbiati

IPC: G11B21/02 ,  G11B21/12 ,  H02P6/18 ,  G11B5/54 ,  H02P25/02 ,  G11B19/20 ,  H02P6/24

CPC classification number: G11B19/2063 ,  G11B5/54 ,  G11B21/12 ,  H02P6/182 ,  H02P6/24 ,  H02P25/028 ,  H02P25/034

Abstract: A control circuit of a voice coil motor is configured to move at least one read/write head of an hard disk into a parking position. The control circuit compares a received supply signal with a reference signal having a minimum value and a maximum value and a frequency. When the value of the supply signal is between the minimum value and the maximum value of the reference signal, the controller causes alternation of a working condition of the voice coil motor, when the value of said supply signal is higher than the value of the reference signal, and of a stop condition of the voice coil motor, when the value of said supply signal is lower than the value of the reference signal, with a frequency equal to the frequency of said reference signal.

Abstract translation: 音圈电机的控制电路被配置为将至少一个硬盘的读/写头移动到停放位置。 控制电路将接收到的电源信号与具有最小值和最大值和频率的参考信号进行比较。 当供给信号的值在参考信号的最小值和最大值之间时，当所述供给信号的值高于参考值时，控制器使音圈马达的工作状态发生变化 信号和音圈电动机的停止状态，当所述电源信号的值低于参考信号的值时，其频率等于所述参考信号的频率。