Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Actuator driver
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Application No.: US16989081Application Date: 2020-08-10
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Publication No.: US11218624B2Publication Date: 2022-01-04
- Inventor: Akihito Saito , Tatsuya Ninomiya , Nobuo Kohmura , Kento Nishizawa , Tatsuro Shimizu , Takahiro Akahane , Go Asayama , Yuki Urano
- Applicant: ROHM CO., LTD. , Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
- Applicant Address: JP Kyoto; JP Atsugi
- Assignee: ROHM CO., LTD.,Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
- Current Assignee: ROHM CO., LTD.,Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Kyoto; JP Atsugi
- Agency: Cantor Colburn LLP
- Priority: JPJP2018-022116 20180209
- Main IPC: H04N5/225
- IPC: H04N5/225 ; H04N5/232 ; H04N5/378

Abstract:
An image sensor includes a pixel array including multiple pixels. A lens is provided on an optical path of incident light to the image sensor. An actuator includes a coil, and supports positioning of the lens according to a driving signal applied to the coil. A position detection coil is arranged such that it magnetically couples with the coil of the actuator. An actuator driver supplies a pulse-shaped driving signal to the coil of the actuator driver. A position detection circuit generates a position detection signal that indicates the position of the lens based on an induced electromotive force that occurs in the position detection coil according to the driving signal, and feeds back the position detection signal to the actuator driver.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200374428A1 ACTUATOR DRIVER Public/Granted day:2020-11-26
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