A miniaturized low-power VCM actuator for auto-focusing applications

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 2533-2540

  Liu, Chien Sheng ^a   Lin, Psang Dain ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMERA LENSES; CLOSED LOOP SYSTEMS; FOCUSING; HALL EFFECT; POSITION CONTROL;

AUTOFOCUSING ACTUATORS; VOICE COIL MOTORS (VCM);

ACTUATORS;

EID: 39749118660     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.002533     Document Type: Article

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