Control method of spindle motor
AssigneePhilips & Lite-On Digital Solutions Corporation
InventorChun-Lung Ho
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Abstract
A control method for a spindle motor in disk drive including a tray for carrying a disk, a detect switch movable to different inclined positions for detecting different positions of the tray during tray ejection and retraction operation, a firmware for receiving signals transmitted by the detect switch upon reaching the different inclined positions so as to start up the spindle motor in advance.
Claims9
A method for controlling spindle motor of a disk drive that includes a tray for carrying a disk, a detect switch, a DC motor, a spindle motor, a traverse module and a firmware, wherein during tray retraction operation, a voltage is applied to the DC motor to move the tray in sequence through a first position, a second position, a third position to a fourth position meanwhile the detect switch is correspondingly shifted in sequence through a first inclined position, a second inclined position, a third inclined position to a fourth inclined position, wherein a first signal is transmitted to the firmware when the detect switch is shifted to the second inclined position, and a second signal is transmitted to the firmware when the detect switch is shifted to the third inclined position, the spindle motor control method comprising the following steps:
- moving the tray from the fourth position to the third position, wherein the traverse module is disposed at a lower position;
- receiving the first signal;
- moving the tray from the third position to the second position, wherein the traverse module is raised from said lower position to an upper position;
- receiving the second signal;
- determining whether the disk is present on the tray or not;
- starting up the spindle motor;
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- moving the tray from the second position to the first position, wherein the traverse module is disposed at said upper position, the traverse module being retained at said upper position during movement of the tray from the second position to the first position.
A method for controlling spindle motor of a disk drive that includes a tray for carrying a disk, a detect switch, a DC motor, a spindle motor, a traverse module and a firmware, wherein during tray retraction operation, a voltage is applied to the DC motor to move the tray in sequence through a first position, a second position, a third position to a fourth position meanwhile the detect switch is correspondingly shifted in sequence through a first inclined position, a second inclined position, a third inclined position to a fourth inclined position, wherein a first signal is transmitted to the firmware when the detect switch is shifted to the second inclined position, and a second signal is transmitted to the firmware when the detect switch is shifted to the third inclined position, the spindle motor control method comprising the following steps:
- moving the tray from the fourth position to the third position, wherein the traverse module is disposed at a lower position;
- receiving the first signal;
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- after receiving the first signal for a predetermined time, determining whether the disk is present on the tray or not, and starting up the spindle motor.
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