Interconnected Resonant Gyros for Improved Performance
Abstract
A brief review of the operation of vibratory gyroscopes and the status of commercial micromachined gyroscopes is presented in the introduction. Following the introduction, an alternative design approach employing multiple, coupled gyroscopes per angular axis is examined as a method to improve performance and redundancy in angular rate sensors. The results are from simulations and explore the effects of non-identical gyroscopes. variations in the driving frequency, and coupling on synclironization in the array. A novel operating approach is presented that requires the array of gyroscopes to be synchronized in phase and frequency,
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 01, 2002
- Accession Number
- ADA506955
Entities
People
- David W. Fogliatti
Organizations
- Naval Information Warfare Systems Command