An Apparatus for Demodulating Gyroscope Position Information.

Abstract

A synchronous demodulator is configured so as to extract gyroscope position information in a polar coordinate format and then resolve it into position information in a more useful cartesian coordinate format. The technique involves integrations of a gyroscope cage coil signal over integration intervals controlled noisy cage coil signal. Integration of the cage coil signal over intervals controlled by the spin reference signals yields outputs of lambda cos theta and lambda sin theta which are subsequently sampled and held and then summed to produce a precession coil drive signal whose phase is in the proper relationship to make the gyroscope precess in the correct direction,

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 05, 1983
Accession Number
ADD010469

Entities

People

  • Kenneth Nichols
  • Ronald Hooper

Organizations

  • United States Army

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Cartesian Coordinates
  • Demodulators
  • Gyroscopes
  • Intervals
  • Precession

Readers

  • Astronomy/Astrophysics
  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.
  • Control Systems Engineering.