TRANSDUCER FEATURING MAGNETIC ROTOR CONCENTRICALLY ARRANGED IN RELATION TO MULTI -PHASE COIL

A roller responds to a force applied by a user, for providing a multi-phase coil signal containing information about the force applied by the user. The roller has a magnetic rotor and a multi-phase coil member. The magnetic rotor responds to the force applied by the user, for providing a magnetic rotor force. The multi-phase coil member responds to the magnetic rotor force, for providing a multi-phase coil signal containing information about the force applied by the user. The force applied by the user may include a rotational force applied by the user to a track ball or any force applied by the user to a mouse that causes the roller to move or rotate. In this case, the multi-phase coil signal contains information about the force applied on the track ball or mouse by the user. The roller may also respond to roller driving signals, for example, from a host system or other circuitry, for rotating the roller about the main roller axis. In this case, the multi-phase coil member responds to the roller driving signals, for providing multi-phase coil driver signals. The magnetic rotor responds to the multi-phase coil driver signals, for rotating or moving the roller. The roller may be used as a part of mobile, office, factory or military equipment, such as a joystick.