Abstract: A position detecting device includes a detector circuit detecting a detection signal including information on a position of a magnet from a coil disposed in a housing and opposing the magnet, which is disposed in a lens barrel; and a control circuit converting the detection signal into a count value, determining a conversion formula based on the count value and a velocity of change in the count value, and detecting a position value using the determined conversion formula.

Abstract: A position detecting device includes a detector circuit detecting a detection signal including information on a position of a magnet from a coil disposed in a housing and opposing the magnet, which is disposed in a lens barrel; and a control circuit converting the detection signal into a count value, determining a conversion formula based on the count value and a velocity of change in the count value, and detecting a position value using the determined conversion formula.

Abstract: An actuator of a camera module includes a comparison unit sequentially calculating each error value by comparing a target position with a current position of a lens barrel, a controller integrated circuit (IC) generating a control signal by applying a control gain based on a proportional-integral-derivative (PID) control scheme to each error value sequentially input thereto from the comparison unit, and a driving circuit unit generating a driving signal in response to the control signal to move the lens barrel to the target position, wherein the controller IC changes the control gain in response to the error values sequentially input including both overshoot and undershoot.

Abstract: Provided are an electronic apparatus in which a duplicate data transmission is prevented even if the data is asynchronously transmitted and received, a method of transmitting data asynchronously, and an optical image stabilization module. An electronic apparatus includes a control unit configured to request a data transmission according to a main clock signal, and a first circuit unit configured to transmit data corresponding to the data transmission request to the control unit, according to a first clock signal, wherein the first clock signal is asynchronous with the main clock signal, and the first circuit unit is further configured to set a flag during a period of the first clock signal in which the data transmission request is input to check for a duplicate data request.

Abstract: Provided are an electronic apparatus in which a duplicate data transmission is prevented even if the data is asynchronously transmitted and received, a method of transmitting data asynchronously, and an optical image stabilization module. An electronic apparatus includes a control unit configured to request a data transmission according to a main clock signal, and a first circuit unit configured to transmit data corresponding to the data transmission request to the control unit, according to a first clock signal, wherein the first clock signal is asynchronous with the main clock signal, and the first circuit unit is further configured to set a flag during a period of the first clock signal in which the data transmission request is input to check for a duplicate data request.

Abstract: There are provided a circuit and a method for detecting a duty ratio of a PWM signal. The circuit includes: a counting unit counting a PWM signal; a detection indication determining unit determining whether a detection indication signal indicating a start of detection of the duty ratio of the PWM signal has been input; an edge detecting unit detecting a preset PWM edge of the PWM signal; and a duty calculating unit calculating the duty ratio of the PWM signal using a count value during a section from a k-th point in time (T(k)) (k being a natural number of 1 or more) at which the PWM edge is detected after it is determined that the detection indication signal has been input to a k+1-th point in time (T(k+1)) at which the PWM edge is detected after it is subsequently determined that the detection indication signal has been input.

Abstract: There are provided an apparatus and a method for controlling a motor. The apparatus includes: a comparing unit comparing a target value and an output value and calculating error values therefrom; and a controlling unit controlling the motor by selecting one of a proportional control and a proportional integral control according to an average error value calculated by averaging the error values for each section having a predetermined interval and adjusting a gain value of the selected control.

Abstract: There is provided a method of controlling a BLDC motor driving device, including aligning a rotor; storing alignment information of the rotor, determining whether the alignment of the rotor is correct or incorrect, and realigning the rotor based on the alignment information.

Abstract: There are provided a circuit and a method for detecting a duty ratio of a PWM signal. The circuit includes: a counting unit counting a PWM signal; a detection indication determining unit determining whether a detection indication signal indicating a start of detection of the duty ratio of the PWM signal has been input; an edge detecting unit detecting a preset PWM edge of the PWM signal; and a duty calculating unit calculating the duty ratio of the PWM signal using a count value during a section from a k-th point in time (T(k)) (k being a natural number of 1 or more) at which the PWM edge is detected after it is determined that the detection indication signal has been input to a k+1-th point in time (T(k+1)) at which the PWM edge is detected after it is subsequently determined that the detection indication signal has been input.

Abstract: There are provided an apparatus and a method for controlling a motor. The apparatus includes: a comparing unit comparing a target value and an output value and calculating error values therefrom; and a controlling unit controlling the motor by selecting one of a proportional control and a proportional integral control according to an average error value calculated by averaging the error values for each section having a predetermined interval and adjusting a gain value of the selected control.

Abstract: A sampling frequency offset estimation apparatus of an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) system includes a first differential operation unit performing complex conjugate multiplication of scattered pilots of complex symbols subjected to a fast Fourier transform (FFT) in an OFDM receiver, an interpolation unit repeating an operation of obtaining a median complex symbol between two consecutive symbols among complex symbols having first phase difference information from the first differential operation unit by a predetermined number, a second differential operation unit performing complex conjugate multiplication of two consecutive median complex symbols among median complex symbols from the interpolation unit, and a sampling frequency offset estimation unit estimating sampling frequency offset using complex symbols having second phase difference information from the second differential operation unit.

Abstract: There is provided an LED driving circuit. An LED driving circuit according to an aspect of the invention may include: a shift register separating dimming data and control data from serial peripheral interface (SPI) data and outputting the dimming data and the control data in predetermine data units; a scan register generating scan data according to the control data from the shift register; a first error detection unit detecting an error in the dimming data from the shift register; a second error detection unit detecting an error in the scan data from the scan register; and a logic operation unit performing an OR operation on an output signal from the first error detection unit and an output signal from the second error detection unit.

Abstract: There is provided an LED driving circuit. An LED driving circuit according to an aspect of the invention may include: a shift register separating dimming data and control data from serial peripheral interface (SPI) data and outputting the dimming data and the control data in predetermine data units; a scan register generating scan data according to the control data from the shift register; a first error detection unit detecting an error in the dimming data from the shift register; a second error detection unit detecting an error in the scan data from the scan register; and a logic operation unit performing an OR operation on an output signal from the first error detection unit and an output signal from the second error detection unit.

Abstract: A sampling frequency offset estimation apparatus of an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) system according to an aspect of the invention may include: a first differential operation unit performing complex conjugate multiplication of scattered pilots of complex symbols subjected to a fast Fourier transform (FFT) in an OFDM receiver; an interpolation unit repeating an operation of obtaining a median complex symbol between two consecutive symbols among complex symbols having first phase difference information from the first differential operation unit by a predetermined number; a second differential operation unit performing complex conjugate multiplication of two consecutive median complex symbols among median complex symbols from the interpolation unit; and a sampling frequency offset estimation unit estimating sampling frequency offset using complex symbols having second phase difference information from the second differential operation unit.