scholarly journals Frequency tuning of a disk resonator gyro via mass matrix perturbation

Author(s):  
David Schwartz ◽  
Dong Joon Kim ◽  
Robert T. M'Closkey
Author(s):  
David Schwartz ◽  
Dong Joon Kim ◽  
Robert T. M’Closkey

Electrostatic tuning of the resonant modes in microelectromechanical vibratory gyroscopes is often suggested as a means for compensating manufacturing aberrations that produce detuned resonances. In high performance sensors, however, this approach places very stringent requirements on the stability of the bias voltages used for tuning. Furthermore, the bias voltage stability must be maintained over the operating environment, especially with regard to temperature variations. An alternative solution to this problem is to use mass perturbations of the sensor’s resonant structure for resonant mode tuning. This paper presents a new mass perturbation technique that only relies on the sensor’s integrated actuators and pick-offs to guide the mass perturbation process. The algorithm is amenable to automation and eliminates the requirement that the modal nodes of the resonator be identified by direct measurement.


2011 ◽  
Vol 134 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
David Schwartz ◽  
Robert T. M’Closkey

Axisymmetric microelectromechanical (MEM) vibratory rate gyroscopes are designed so the central post which attaches the resonator to the sensor case is a nodal point of the two Coriolis-coupled modes that are exploited for angular rate sensing. This configuration eliminates any coupling of linear acceleration to these modes. When the gyro resonators are fabricated, however, small mass and stiffness asymmetries cause coupling of these modes to linear acceleration of the sensor case. In a resonator postfabrication step, this coupling can be reduced by altering the mass distribution on the resonator so that its center of mass is stationary while the operational modes vibrate. In this paper, a scale model of the disk resonator gyroscope (DRG) is used to develop and test methods that significantly reduce linear acceleration coupling.


2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (15) ◽  
pp. 4725-4734 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dingbang Xiao ◽  
Dechuan Yu ◽  
Xin Zhou ◽  
Zhanqiang Hou ◽  
Hanhui He ◽  
...  

2008 ◽  
Vol 128 (7) ◽  
pp. 1015-1022
Author(s):  
Sheng Ge ◽  
Makoto Ichikawa ◽  
Atsushi Osa ◽  
Keiji Iramina ◽  
Hidetoshi Miike

2016 ◽  
Vol 75 (10) ◽  
pp. 887-894 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. I. Bilous ◽  
A. P. Motornenko ◽  
I. G. Skuratovskiy ◽  
O. I. Khazov

2012 ◽  
Vol 39 (11) ◽  
pp. 1082-1088
Author(s):  
Yin-Ting PENG ◽  
Qing PU ◽  
Xin-De SUN ◽  
Ji-Ping ZHANG

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