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公开(公告)号:JP2001101608A
公开(公告)日:2001-04-13
申请号:JP2000274654
申请日:2000-09-11
Applicant: ST MICROELECTRONICS INC
Inventor: PATTI GUISEPPE , ALINI ROBERTO , DENOYER GILLES P
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an improved driver circuit for a writing head of a disk storage device. SOLUTION: In this circuit, the current is supplied to one terminal of the writing head in the manner of activating a pull-up device of one driver sub- circuit by a control circuit, meanwhile, the current is absorbed from another terminal of the writing head by activating a 1st current sync circuit of another driver sub-circuit.
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公开(公告)号:JP2001101609A
公开(公告)日:2001-04-13
申请号:JP2000275203
申请日:2000-09-11
Applicant: ST MICROELECTRONICS INC
Inventor: PATTI GUISEPPE , ALINI ROBERTO , PAKRISWAMY ELANGO
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an improved circuit and the method for driving a writing head of a disk storage device. SOLUTION: When the current flowing direction through the writing head is inverted from the 1st direction supplying the current to the writing head through a writing head terminal to the 2nd direction drawing out the current from the writing head through the writing head terminal, a bootstrap circuit and a current sync circuit are activated to enable the current to be quickly drawn out from the writing head.
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公开(公告)号:JP2000163705A
公开(公告)日:2000-06-16
申请号:JP32907799
申请日:1999-11-19
Applicant: ST MICROELECTRONICS INC
Inventor: PATTI GUISEPPE , LEE EUGENE C , ALINI ROBERTO
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To remove the ringing and unnecessary offset of a read signal by making resistance values equal to a 1st and a 2nd specific resistance value in response to a 1st and a 2nd control input and generating the 2nd control input in response to the detection of a thermal event. SOLUTION: An effective resistance value is given by a resistance R1 and the programmed resistance value of a resistance R1 and a variable resistance value circuit 132 and the cutoff frequency of a filter 112 varies as the resistance value of the variable resistance value circuit 132 varies. In a normal operation period of a read channel, the resistance value of the variable resistance value circuit 132 is relatively high impedance and the effective resistance value of the filter 112 becomes substantially equal to the resistance value of the resistance R1. When thermal variation is detected, the effective resistance value of the filter 112 decreases to increase the cutoff frequency. This effective resistance value decreases by programming the variable resistance value circuit 132 to a specific resistance value in response to the input signal from a control circuit 110.
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公开(公告)号:JP2003187402A
公开(公告)日:2003-07-04
申请号:JP2002327083
申请日:2002-11-11
Applicant: ST MICROELECTRONICS INC
Inventor: VENCA ALESANDRO , POSAT BARIS , OZANOGLU KEMAL , ALINI ROBERTO
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a circuit and a method which comparatively rapidly transition a current flowing through a write head during normal operating conditions, without generating capacitively coupled noise. SOLUTION: A drive voltage signal which will not have a common mode voltage level in a transition period among the normal operating conditions in the write head is supplied to the write head. That is, the drive voltage signal impressed to the writing head is substantially and entirely differential during the transition period of a write head current. A driver circuit has the terminal of the write head and a switching circuit, connected between reference voltage supply sources such as positive and negative voltage sources. The driver circuit has a timing circuit for generating a controlling signal which controls the switching circuit. COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO
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公开(公告)号:JP2002123902A
公开(公告)日:2002-04-26
申请号:JP2001260774
申请日:2001-08-30
Applicant: ST MICROELECTRONICS INC
Inventor: PATTI GUISEPPE , ALINI ROBERTO
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an improved method and the circuit for controlling a write head for a magnetic disk storage device. SOLUTION: When the flow direction of the current is reversed from the 1st direction in which the current is being supplied to the write head through a write head terminal to the 2nd direction in which the current is drawn out from the write head through the write head terminal, an appropriate pull-up device is activated during the period of specified time. A clamp device being connected to the pull-up device to be temporarily activated is activated after that, thereby the corresponding write head terminal is clamped to the intermediate voltage level at the steady state.
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公开(公告)号:JP2002123903A
公开(公告)日:2002-04-26
申请号:JP2001261663
申请日:2001-08-30
Applicant: ST MICROELECTRONICS INC
Inventor: ALINI ROBERTO , LAM QUOCDZUNG T , CHEW XIAOKUN LIU , MACCORNACK MARK , BEZINQUE DAVID JOSEPH , LEE TEHRI , LE SU DANG , AXEL ALLEGRET DE LA SJORLES , DENOYER GILLES
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an improved method for controlling a writing head of a magnetic disk recorder. SOLUTION: In this method, the current is sunk from a 1st terminal of the writing head and also the current is substantially and simultaneously supplied to a 2nd terminal of the writing head, and consequently the voltage level of 1st normal state is presented on the 1st terminal of the writing head and the voltage level of 2nd normal state is presented on the 2nd terminal of the writing head, and these levels show the nearly middle points between the high reference voltage level and low reference voltage level. The common mode voltage of the writing head is substantially constant as to the time, accordingly.
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公开(公告)号:DE60043833D1
公开(公告)日:2010-04-01
申请号:DE60043833
申请日:2000-08-31
Applicant: ST MICROELECTRONICS INC
Inventor: PATTI GIUSEPPE , ALINI ROBERTO , DENOYER GILLES P
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公开(公告)号:DE602005013715D1
公开(公告)日:2009-05-20
申请号:DE602005013715
申请日:2005-04-14
Applicant: ST MICROELECTRONICS SRL , ST MICROELECTRONICS INC
Inventor: VENCA ALESSANDRO , ALINI ROBERTO , POSAT BARIS
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公开(公告)号:DE602006003798D1
公开(公告)日:2009-01-08
申请号:DE602006003798
申请日:2006-04-25
Applicant: ST MICROELECTRONICS INC , ST MICROELECTRONICS SA , ST MICROELECTRONICS SRL
Inventor: ALINI ROBERTO , ROVATI SERGIO STEFANO , VANDENBOSSCHE ERIC , PASKINS CHRISTOPHER
IPC: G11C17/16
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