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GALBIATI EZIO

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ST MICROELECTRONICS SRL

40 patents
US6804131B2Oct 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 patents

SGS THOMSON MICROELECTRONICS

1 patent

BONVIN FREDERIC

1 patent

MAIOCCHI GIUSEPPE

1 patent

ST MICROELECTRONICS INT NV

1 patent

ST MICROELECTRONICS INC

1 patent

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