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Article: Taiwanese Inventor Develops Voice Coil Motor Apparatus

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December 24, 2007
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ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 24 -- Yu-Kuang Tseng of Taipei, Taiwan, has developed a voice coil motor apparatus.

According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The voice coil motor is used by the auto-focus lens control module of a miniature camera. The apparatus contains a voice coil motor, a position feedback sensor, and a positioning controller. The voice coil of the voice coil motor can be either movable or stationary, where in the former case the attached power cable is a flexible circuit board, and in the latter case the power cable is fixed."

An abstract of the invention, released by the Patent Office, said: "The position feedback sensor includes a photo interrupter, a light ...

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