METHOD OF OPERATING HARD DISK DRIVES AND CORRESPONDING CONTROL CIRCUIT

    公开(公告)号:US20240038263A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-02-01

    申请号:US18354797

    申请日:2023-07-19

    IPC分类号: G11B5/54 H02P7/025

    CPC分类号: G11B5/54 H02P7/025

    摘要: An embodiment method includes rectifying a back electromotive force of a spindle motor in a hard disk drive and energizing a voice coil motor in the hard disk drive using the rectified back electromotive force of the spindle motor via a voice coil motor power stage to retract a head of the hard disk drive to a park position. The head is retracted by moving the head towards the park position during a first retract phase and retaining the head in the park position during a second retract phase by applying a bias voltage to the voice coil motor power stage during a bias interval of the second retract phase. The method also includes producing a saturation signal indicative of onset of saturation in the voice coil motor power stage and controlling the bias voltage during the second retract phase.

    Circuit with hot-plug protection, corresponding electronic device, vehicle and method

    公开(公告)号:US11888304B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-01-30

    申请号:US16666989

    申请日:2019-10-29

    IPC分类号: H02H1/06 H02H9/04 H02J7/00

    摘要: An integrated circuit with a hot-plug protection circuit includes input pins and an output pin. The input pins are electrically coupled to a common node in the hot-plug protection circuit via respective electrical connections. The integrated circuit includes clamping circuitry coupled between the common node and the output pin, the clamping circuitry activatable as a result of a voltage spike applied across the clamping circuitry. The plurality of electrical connections and the clamping circuitry provide respective current discharge paths between the input pins in the input pins and the output pin, the respective current discharge paths configured to become conductive as a result of a voltage spike applied to any of the input pins in the plurality of input pins being transferred to the common node via the respective electrical connection in the plurality of electrical connections electrically coupling said any of said input pins to the common node.

    MEMS MIRROR DEVICE WITH PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATION AND MANUFACTURING PROCESS THEREOF

    公开(公告)号:US20240019688A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-01-18

    申请号:US18220554

    申请日:2023-07-11

    IPC分类号: G02B26/08 B81B3/00 B81C1/00

    摘要: Disclosed herein is a micro-electro-mechanical mirror device having a fixed structure defining an external frame delimiting a cavity, a tiltable structure extending into the cavity, a reflecting surface carried by the tiltable structure and having a main extension in a horizontal plane, and an actuation structure coupled between the tiltable structure and the fixed structure. The actuation structure is formed by a first pair of actuation arms causing rotation of the tiltable structure around a first axis parallel to the horizontal plane. The actuation arms are elastically coupled to the tiltable structure through elastic coupling elements and are each formed by a bearing structure and a piezoelectric structure. The bearing structure of each actuation arm is formed by a soft region of a first material and the elastic coupling elements are formed by a bearing layer of a second material, the second material having greater stiffness than the first material.

    INTEGRATED SENSOR AND METHOD OF TIMING MONITORING IN AN INTEGRATED SENSOR

    公开(公告)号:US20240019475A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-01-18

    申请号:US18348993

    申请日:2023-07-07

    发明人: Matteo QUARTIROLI

    IPC分类号: G01R29/12 G01R23/02

    CPC分类号: G01R29/12 G01R23/02

    摘要: The integrated sensor has a clock which provides a clock signal having a clock frequency; a digital detector which detects a power grid signal and generates a reference digital signal indicative of the power grid signal and having a sample rate which is a function of the clock frequency; and a timing monitoring stage which receives the reference digital signal and a nominal signal indicative of a nominal timing of the reference digital signal. The timing monitoring stage also compares the reference digital signal with the nominal signal and, in response, provides an error signal indicative of a timing error between the reference digital signal and the nominal signal.

    METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A STATOR FOR AN ELECTRIC MOTOR, STATOR, AND ELECTRIC MOTOR

    公开(公告)号:US20240014718A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-01-11

    申请号:US18345863

    申请日:2023-06-30

    IPC分类号: H02K15/02 H02K15/00

    摘要: A stator for an electric actuator or motor, including: a solid body; a ferromagnetic core region between the layers of semiconductor material, electrically insulated from the layers of semiconductor material; a plurality of conductive through vias through the solid body; a first plurality of conductive strips, which extend parallel to one another above the core; and a second plurality of conductive strips, which extend parallel to one another above the core and opposite to the first plurality of conductive strips; wherein the first plurality of conductive strips, the plurality of conductive through vias, and the second plurality of conductive strips form a winding or coil of the stator.

    SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND CORRESPONDING METHOD OF MANUFACTURE

    公开(公告)号:US20240006277A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-01-04

    申请号:US18369652

    申请日:2023-09-18

    IPC分类号: H01L23/495 H01L21/48

    摘要: Disclosed herein is a method for manufacturing a semiconductor product package. The method includes arranging a leadframe with one or more leads such that each lead has an inner end facing a portion of a die-pad, attaching a semiconductor chip to the die-pad, attaching a first electrically conductive mass to the die-pad such that it is aligned with the inner end of a lead protruding over the die-pad, attaching an electrical component to the first electrically conductive mass such that a longitudinal axis of the electrical component is arranged traverse to the die-pad, and coupling a second electrically conductive mass between a termination of the electrical component and the inner end of the lead.