Micromachined vibratory gyroscopes controlled by a high-order bandpass sigma-delta modulator

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 59-69

  Dong, Yufeng ^b   Kraft, Michael ^b   Redman White, William ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bandpass; Gyroscope; Micromachined; Sigma delta ( ); Vibratory

Indexed keywords

BANDPASS TOPOLOGIES; MECHANICAL RESONATOR; SIGMA-DELTA MODULATOR; VIBRATORY GYROSCOPE;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; BANDPASS FILTERS; FEEDBACK CONTROL; MICROMACHINING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TOPOLOGY;

GYROSCOPES;

EID: 33846307037     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2006.888604     Document Type: Article

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