A systematic method for tuning the dynamics of electrostatically actuated vibratory gyros

IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 69-81

  Kim, Dong Joon ^a   M'Closkey, Robert T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrostatic tuning; Gyroscopes; Microelectromechanical device modeling

Indexed keywords

EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; ELECTROSTATIC DEVICES; GYROSCOPES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

ELECTROSTATIC TUNING; ELECTROSTATICALLY ACTUATED VIBRATORY GYROS; SIGNAL CONDITIONING ELECTRONICS;

MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES;

EID: 32944480241     PISSN: 10636536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCST.2005.860525     Document Type: Article

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