Harsh Military Environments and Microelectromechanical (MEMS) Devices

Proceedings of IEEE Sensors

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 753-760

  Brown, T Gordon ^a  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acceleration; Angular rate; Failure; Flight performance; Harsh environment; High G; IMU; Inertial measurement; MEMS; Military requirement; Projectile; Sensor; Trajectory

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR RATE; FLIGHT PERFORMANCE; HARSH ENVIRONMENT; HIGH G SHOCKS; INERTIAL MEASUREMENT UNIT (IMU);

ACCELEROMETERS; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; PROJECTILES; TELEMETERING; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

SENSOR DATA FUSION;

EID: 1542333619     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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