• DocumentCode
    880978
  • Title

    Low-profile spindle motor for 5-mm-height PCMCIA disk drive

  • Author

    Kuroba, Y. ; Yamada, T. ; Aruga, K. ; Mizoshita, Y.

  • Author_Institution
    Fujitsu Labs. Ltd., Atsugi, Japan
  • Volume
    32
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    1996
  • fDate
    5/1/1996 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1733
  • Lastpage
    1735
  • Abstract
    We developed a new spindle motor with a unique structure for PCMCIA Type-II magnetic disk drives. The motor has extremely small dimensions and has to be highly efficient. The magnetic circuit has radial gaps, axial cores, and a pole-anisotropic ring magnet. We found that the core material and the joints of the core and yoke strongly influenced the motor efficiency and the torque constant. We achieved a motor efficiency 5 times greater than the conventional axial gap motor
  • Keywords
    hard discs; magnetic circuits; magnetic cores; magnetic flux; permanent magnet motors; small electric machines; torque; 5 mm; PCMCIA Type-II magnetic disk drives; axial cores; core joints; core material; extremely small dimensions; low-profile spindle motor; magnetic circuit; magnetic flux paths; motor efficiency; pole-anisotropic ring magnet; radial gaps; torque constant; yoke joints; Coils; Disk drives; Iron; Magnetic circuits; Magnetic cores; Magnetic flux; Magnetic materials; Rotors; Stator cores; Torque;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9464
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/20.492857
  • Filename
    492857