• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2010.11a
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• pp.329-330
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• 2010

과거 볼베어링을 이용하던 하드 디스크 드라이브(HDD: Hard Disk Drive)의 스핀들 모터는 유체 동역학 베어링(FDB: Fluid Dynamic Bearing) 장착으로 저전력 소비 및 고속 구동이 가능하게 되었다. 하드 디스크 드라이브에서 스핀들 모터의 제어는 주된 읽기 쓰기 동작을 위한 가장 기본적인 제반 여건이며, 단위 면적당 데이터(BPI)가 증가함에 따라서 스핀들 모터의 제어 성능은 드라이브 성능과 직결되는 더욱 중요한 인자중의 하나가 되었다. 본 논문에서는 스핀들 모터의 샘플링 주기를 기존 대비 4배 증가하여 제어 성능 향상하는 4배속 스핀들 모터 제어 방법을 제시하고 있다.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2010.11a
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• pp.327-328
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• 2010

1980년초 미국 실리콘 밸리 소재 시게이트사에 의해 5메가 바이트 용량의 개인 컴퓨터용 하드 디스크 드라이브(HDD)가 처음 소개된 이후, HDD 개발 기술은 꾸준한 성장을 거듭하였다. 최근 인터넷의 보급으로 엄청나게 많은 정보저장용량을 요구하게 되었으며, 정보저장기기에 대한 폭발적인 수요에 부합하고 있는 기기중의 하나가 HDD이다. 드라이브에서 스핀들 모터의 제어는 주된 읽기 쓰기 동작을 위한 가장 기본적인 제반 여건이며, 단위 면적당 데이터(BPI)가 증가함에 따라서 스핀들 모터의 제어 성능은 드라이브 성능과 직결되는 더욱 중요한 인자중의 하나가 되었다. 본 논문에서는 스핀들 모터의 제어 성능 향상을 위해 스핀들 모터의 출력 이득을 조정하여 제어 분해능을 향상시키는 방법을 제시하고 있다.

• 전기의세계
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• v.48 no.6
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• pp.29-35
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• 1999

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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• 2008.11a
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• pp.401-406
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• 2008

This paper proposes a method to calculate the static characteristics of the FDBs with the curved surface. The general Reynolds equations are derived for the curved surfaces in the ${\theta}s$ plane. And the Reynolds equation is transformed to the finite element equations by considering the continuity of pressure and flow at the interface between the curved, journal and the thrust bearings. It also includes the Reynolds boundary condition in the numerical analysis to simulate the cavitation phenomenon. The static characteristics of the coupled journal and conical bearings were investigated due to the variation of conical angle. It shows that the conical angle is one of the important design parameters affecting the static and dynamic characteristics of FBBs.

• Journal of KSNVE
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• v.5 no.2
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• pp.163-168
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• 1995

A criterion for the selection of spindle motor speeds in a hard disk drive (HDD) is investigated to guarantee stability and reduce nonrepeatable runout of a spining disk. Since the natural frequencies of the spining disk and the forced frequencies generated from the spindle motor depend on the rotating speed, careful consideration should be taken to avoid the resonance between the disk and motor. To do this, the natural frequencies of the spining disk are calculated and they are compared with the forced frequencies from the spindle motor.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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• 2009.04a
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• pp.216-217
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• 2009

• Transactions of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering
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• v.18 no.10
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• pp.1065-1072
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• 2008

A HDD adopts a sensorless brushless DC (BLDC) motor as a spindle motor. Because there is no direct sensor measuring rotor position. open loop commutations with inductive sensing are used to increase the rotor speed up to a certain speed where the zero crossings of the back electromotive force (EMF) voltage are measurable. Therefore, successful open loop commutations are necessary for the stable start-up control of the spindle motors. In this paper, the time scale and the number of the open loop commutations are employed for design parameters to guarantee robustness to torque constant variation and initial rotor position. The design results are verified by experiments on a very low current start-up of the spindle motor with various environment. The experimental results show that the design results can decrease the start-up failure rate considerably.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers B
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• v.49 no.11
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• pp.742-748
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• 2000

This paper presents a numerical method to analyze the electromechanical-coupled field in the spindle motor of a computer hard drive and investigates dynamic response due to the electromechanical excitation, i.e. unbalanced magnetic force and centrifugal force for the rotational asymmetric motor. Magnetic field is calculated from Maxwells equation and voltage equation by introducing nonlinear time-dependent finite element analysis. Mechanical motion of rotor is calculated by solving Newton-Euler equation. Electromechanical excitation and dynamic response are characterized by analyzing the free response of a rotating rotor and Fourier analysis of the excitation force and resulting vibration of a rotor. It shows that centrifugal force produces the unbalanced magnetic force even in the rotational symmetric motor. It also shows that resonance produces quite considerable vibration even when the high excitation frequency with small amplitude matches with the natural frequency of the spindle motor.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers B
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• v.51 no.9
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• pp.499-508
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• 2002

This paper presents a finite element analysis of the electromechanical field in the spindle motor of a computer hard disk drive considering the speed control and mechanical flexibility. The driving circuit equation is modified by considering the switching action of PWM inverter, and is coupled with the Maxwell equation to obtain the nonlinear time-stepping finite element equation for the analysis of magnetic field. Magnetic force and torque are calculated by the Maxwell stress tensor. Mechanical motion of a rotor is determined by a time-stopping finite element method considering the flexibility of shaft, rotor and bearing. Both magnetic and mechanical finite element equations are combined in the closed loop to control the speed using PWM. Simulation results are verified by the experiments, and they are in food agreement with the experimental results.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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• 2008.04a
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• pp.869-873
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• 2008

Optimization method for the open loop commutation time intervals in HDD spindle start-up control is presented in this paper. A hard disk drive(HDD) uses a sensorless brushless DC motor(BLDC) for the platter rotation. Because there is no direct sensor for the rotor position, open loop commutations after sensing the rotor position at a standstill using inductive sensing method are performed to speed up the rotor up to a certain speed where the zero crossings of the back electromotive force(EMF) are measurable. Therefore successful open loop commutations are necessary for the stable start-up control of the spindle motors. Random neighborhood search(RNS) algorithm is introduced as a optimization technic in this paper. Rotor speed and its standard deviation are used as a cost function and commutation intervals obtained from the spindle motion equation are used as initial parameter values for the RNS. With the help of the proposed method optimized open loop commutation time intervals for the very low start-up current are acquired and tested. The experimental results shows that the proposed method can decrease the start-up failure rate of a HDD spindle motor.