Patent ID: 7099247
Filing Date: 2006-08-29
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A disk drive apparatus having driving means for driving a disk mounted on a motor by controlling said motor in accordance with a signal indicating the timing of phase switching, comprising: first timing signal generating means for generating, based on a phase difference among a plurality of drive signals for driving said motor, a first timing signal which determines a timing of phase switching of said motor; second timing signal generating means for generating, based on the period of any one of said drive signals, a second timing signal which determines a timing of phase switching of said motor[; and motor control means for selectively supplying said first timing signal or said second timing signal to said driving means in accordance with the speed of rotation of the rotor of said motor], wherein said second timing signal generating means includes period measuring means for selectively measuring N or M periods of said any one of said drive signals in accordance with a selection signal supplied thereto, where N and M are natural numbers different from each other, and wherein the timing of phase switching is set in every N periods or M periods measured by said period measuring means; and motor control means for selectively supplying said first timing signal or said second timing signal to said driving means in accordance with the speed of rotation of the rotor of said motor, wherein the motor is controlled according to the second timing signal when the rotation speed of the rotor is lower than a predetermined speed to suppress an influence of fluctuation of inter-phase offsets and is controlled according to the first timing signal when the rotation speed of the rotor exceeds the predetermined speed.