US 7,531,975 B1
Adjustable frequency PWM driver
Sakti P. Rana, Singapore (Singapore); Foo Leng Leong, Singapore (Singapore); and Cheng Yong Teoh, Singapore (Singapore)
Assigned to Marvell International Ltd., Hamilton (Bermuda)
Filed on Apr. 12, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/103,755.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/618508, filed on Oct. 13, 2004.
Int. Cl. H02P 25/08 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 318—254.1  [388/801; 360/73.03; 360/69] 41 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A spindle/voice coil motor (VCM) driver comprising:
a clock management module that receives a system clock signal and a second clock signal, and that selects one of the system clock signal and the second clock signal as a selected clock signal;
a reference generating module that generates a reference signal;
a ramp generating module that receives the selected clock signal and that generates a ramp signal; and
a first pulse width modulation (PWM) module that receives the reference signal and the ramp signal, and that outputs a first PWM driver signal based on the reference signal and the ramp signal, wherein the selected clock signal is selected based on at least one of an inductance and a power dissipation of a hard disk drive.