Inventor
MAIOCCHI GIUSEPPE
IT27 patents
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ST MICROELECTRONICS SRL
18 patentsUS6310912B1Oct 30, 2001
System for increasing the definition in converting a digital datum in a PWM signal for driving a full-bridge output stage
ST MICROELECTRONICS SRL21 citations92
US7215094B2May 8, 2007
Method for sensing the back electromotive force induced in the winding of a voice coil motor
ST MICROELECTRONICS SRL7 citations73
US6566838B2May 20, 2003
Fully digital control and drive combination IC with on-board DSP for disk mass storage device
ST MICROELECTRONICS SRL12 citations73
US9947350B1Apr 17, 2018
Method of detecting back electromotive force in electro-mechanical actuators, corresponding device and apparatus
ST MICROELECTRONICS SRL6 citations72
US7049781B2May 23, 2006
Method for controlling a DC motor and relative open-loop voltage mode controller
ST MICROELECTRONICS SRL9 citations69
US8018364B2Sep 13, 2011
Control apparatus for a load supply device
ST MICROELECTRONICS SRL3 citations62
US12080327B2Sep 3, 2024
Method of operating hard disk drives and corresponding control circuit
ST MICROELECTRONICS SRL0 citations61
US11652479B2May 16, 2023
Method of controlling a half-bridge circuit
ST MICROELECTRONICS SRL0 citations61
US11336280B2May 17, 2022
Half-bridge control circuit, related integrated circuit and half-bridge circuit
ST MICROELECTRONICS SRL0 citations61
USRE42113EFeb 8, 2011
Control system of motors for rotating a disk and for positioning heads of a mass storage disk device
ST MICROELECTRONICS SRL2 citations61
US7332886B2Feb 19, 2008
Control system of motors for rotating a disk and for positioning heads of a mass storage disk device
ST MICROELECTRONICS SRL4 citations61
US7050257B2May 23, 2006
Method for estimating the resistance of a DC motor for positioning read/write heads of a hard disk
ST MICROELECTRONICS SRL4 citations59
US9780703B2Oct 3, 2017
Power supply for multiphase motor providing recirculation compensation features and related methods
ST MICROELECTRONICS SRL1 citations52
US10892740B2Jan 12, 2021
Digital filtering method, corresponding circuit and device
ST MICROELECTRONICS SRL0 citations51
US8044619B2Oct 25, 2011
Prevention of concurrent PWM or PSM commutations of power signals driving a voice coil motor (VCM) to reduce S/N ratio degradation of low level signal lines of a R/W head
ST MICROELECTRONICS SRL1 citations51
US9385639B2Jul 5, 2016
Switching controller for electric motors and related method of controlling electric motors
ST MICROELECTRONICS SRL0 citations41
US9294030B2Mar 22, 2016
Method of PWM regulation of a continuous current electric motor
ST MICROELECTRONICS SRL0 citations36
US9780770B2Oct 3, 2017
Control unit for a bridge circuit, and related method and integrated circuit
ST MICROELECTRONICS SRL0 citations33
SGS THOMSON MICROELECTRONICS
7 patentsUS5731670AMar 24, 1998
Method for driving a brushless DC electric motor
SGS THOMSON MICROELECTRONICS54 citations96
US5397972AMar 14, 1995
Start-up procedure for a brushless, sensorless motor
SGS THOMSON MICROELECTRONICS82 citations96
US5343127AAug 30, 1994
Start-up procedure for a brushless, sensorless motor
SGS THOMSON MICROELECTRONICS104 citations96
US5838128ANov 17, 1998
Reconstruction of BEMF signals for synchronizing the driving of brushless- sensorless motors by means of predefined driving signals
SGS THOMSON MICROELECTRONICS36 citations92
US5764020AJun 9, 1998
Method and apparatus for synchronous driving of the phase windings of a DC motor
SGS THOMSON MICROELECTRONICS19 citations92
US5844388ADec 1, 1998
Drive systems for a brushless motor employing predefined driving profiles stored in a nonvolatile memory
SGS THOMSON MICROELECTRONICS19 citations84
US5793180AAug 11, 1998
Fully digital drive system for brushless motor with voltage or current profiles read from a digital memory
SGS THOMSON MICROELECTRONICS19 citations83