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GALBIATI EZIO
IT53 patents
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ST MICROELECTRONICS SRL
40 patentsUS6804131B2Oct 12, 2004
PWM/linear driver for an electromagnetic load
ST MICROELECTRONICS SRL26 citations92
US6420847B1Jul 16, 2002
Device for detection of current or voltage on a PWM driven winding with reduced jitter and related methods
ST MICROELECTRONICS SRL37 citations92
US6310912B1Oct 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
US6137253AOct 24, 2000
Method of PWM driving a brushless motor with digitally stored voltage profiles with reduced losses
ST MICROELECTRONICS SRL44 citations92
US6094022AJul 25, 2000
Low jitter zero crossing BEMF detector and motor incorporating the same
ST MICROELECTRONICS SRL30 citations92
US6061258AMay 9, 2000
Monitoring of current in an inductive load, PWM driven through a bridge stage
ST MICROELECTRONICS SRL22 citations92
US5917720AJun 29, 1999
Method and circuit for driving a bridge by a PWM procedure
ST MICROELECTRONICS SRL21 citations92
US6542324B1Apr 1, 2003
Digital control of the speed of a motor by a power stage driven in discontinuous mode
ST MICROELECTRONICS SRL45 citations87
US7705548B2Apr 27, 2010
Enhancement of the efficiency of energy recovery during spindle motor step-up phases for parking the R/W head of a disk storage device upon external supply failure
ST MICROELECTRONICS SRL12 citations84
US6949906B2Sep 27, 2005
Driving circuit and method for preventing voltage surges on supply lines while driving a DC motor
ST MICROELECTRONICS SRL17 citations84
US6841903B2Jan 11, 2005
Method for detecting the position of a rotor of a DC motor and related circuit
ST MICROELECTRONICS SRL13 citations84
US6549044B2Apr 15, 2003
Driving circuit for a voice coil motor and driving method thereof
ST MICROELECTRONICS SRL13 citations84
US6788490B2Sep 7, 2004
Circuit for estimating the speed of an electromagnetic actuator
ST MICROELECTRONICS SRL18 citations83
US6385067B2May 7, 2002
Analog/digital PWM control circuit of a winding
ST MICROELECTRONICS SRL19 citations79
US6919763B2Jul 19, 2005
Transconductance amplifier for inductive loads and method for driving inductive loads
ST MICROELECTRONICS SRL7 citations74
US7215094B2May 8, 2007
Method for sensing the back electromotive force induced in the winding of a voice coil motor
ST MICROELECTRONICS SRL7 citations73
US6680598B2Jan 20, 2004
Circuit for the speed recovery of a direct current motor and method using said circuit
ST MICROELECTRONICS SRL12 citations73
US6057663AMay 2, 2000
Current control in driving DC-brushless motor with independent windings
ST MICROELECTRONICS SRL9 citations73
US10749455B2Aug 18, 2020
Method for current control and corresponding system and apparatus
ST MICROELECTRONICS SRL4 citations72
US9947350B1Apr 17, 2018
Method of detecting back electromotive force in electro-mechanical actuators, corresponding device and apparatus
ST MICROELECTRONICS SRL6 citations72
US6594308B1Jul 15, 2003
Conversion of a numeric command value in a constant frequency PWM drive signal for an electromagnetic load
ST MICROELECTRONICS SRL11 citations71
US6249099B1Jun 19, 2001
Silent phase commutation in a three-phase brushless DC motor
ST MICROELECTRONICS SRL13 citations71
US6150963ANov 21, 2000
Method and system for compensating for variations in supply voltage applied to pulse width modulation conversion circuits
ST MICROELECTRONICS SRL8 citations68
US8873193B2Oct 28, 2014
Circuitry for controlling a voice coil motor
ST MICROELECTRONICS SRL3 citations63
US7542262B2Jun 2, 2009
Apparatus for driving an electromagnetic load
ST MICROELECTRONICS SRL4 citations63
US7184288B2Feb 27, 2007
System for controlling the dissipated power supply of a power stage working in a mixed Linear/PWM mode and driving an electromagnetic load
ST MICROELECTRONICS SRL3 citations63
US7106546B2Sep 12, 2006
System for controlling the speed of a voice coil motor (VCM) in order to provide a low noise ramp loading of a hard disk head
ST MICROELECTRONICS SRL5 citations63
US12355385B2Jul 8, 2025
Method of operating a hard disk drive, corresponding controller, hard disk drive and processing device
ST MICROELECTRONICS SRL0 citations62
US12119024B2Oct 15, 2024
Method of operating hard disk drives, corresponding control circuit, hard disk drive and processing device
ST MICROELECTRONICS SRL0 citations62
US11855554B2Dec 26, 2023
Method of driving an electrical load and corresponding driver circuit
ST MICROELECTRONICS SRL0 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
US8054023B2Nov 8, 2011
Method and related circuit for driving a sensorless brushless motor
ST MICROELECTRONICS SRL6 citations58
US7834568B2Nov 16, 2010
Method and device for driving a brushless motor with voltage waveform predisposed for a progressive and automatic switching from a three-phase sinusoidal driving to a square wave three-phase driving
ST MICROELECTRONICS SRL3 citations58
US12033663B2Jul 9, 2024
Current sensing circuit and hard disk drive including same
ST MICROELECTRONICS SRL0 citations52
US11888431B2Jan 30, 2024
Methods and systems of sensing back-electromotive force in electric motors
ST MICROELECTRONICS SRL0 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
US12190909B2Jan 7, 2025
Method of operating an electric motor, corresponding device and hard disk drive
ST MICROELECTRONICS SRL0 citations50
GALBIATI EZIO
5 patentsUS8415908B2Apr 9, 2013
Driving apparatus for electric motor and related method
GALBIATI EZIO8 citations83
US8829837B2Sep 9, 2014
Driving apparatus for an electromagnetic load and related method
GALBIATI EZIO2 citations62
US8207695B2Jun 26, 2012
Control circuit of a full-bridge stage
GALBIATI EZIO3 citations62
US8471505B2Jun 25, 2013
Device to synchronize the change of the driving mode of an electromagnetic load
GALBIATI EZIO4 citations59
US8614859B2Dec 24, 2013
Stopping method for a spindle motor and related device
GALBIATI EZIO2 citations53
SGS THOMSON MICROELECTRONICS
1 patentBONVIN FREDERIC
1 patentMAIOCCHI GIUSEPPE
1 patentST MICROELECTRONICS INT NV
1 patentST MICROELECTRONICS INC
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