The development of a MEMS gyroscope for absolute angle measurement

IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 185-195

  Piyabongkarn, Damrongrit ^a   Rajamani, Rajesh ^a   Greminger, Michael ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

Angle measurement; Angular rate; Gyroscope; Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS)

Indexed keywords

ANGLE MEASUREMENT; BANDWIDTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEEDBACK CONTROL; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; NONLINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS; STATE SPACE METHODS; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

ANGULAR RATE; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS (MEMS);

GYROSCOPES;

EID: 15044362891     PISSN: 10636536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCST.2004.839568     Document Type: Article

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