An integrated MEMS gyroscope array with higher accuracy output

Sensors

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 2886-2899

  Honglong, Chang ^a   Liang, Xue ^a   Wei, Qin ^a   Guangmin, Yuan ^a   Weizheng, Yuan ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN POLYTECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Accuracy improving; Gyroscope array; MEMS gyroscopes; Optimal filtering; Random noise

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY IMPROVING; ATTITUDE DETERMINATION; MEASUREMENT NOISE COVARIANCE MATRIX; MEMS GYROSCOPE; OPTIMAL ESTIMATIONS; OPTIMAL FILTERING; RANDOM NOISE; SYSTEM NOISE COVARIANCE MATRIX;

COVARIANCE MATRIX; KALMAN FILTERS; OPTIMIZATION; RANDOM PROCESSES; SENSORS;

GYROSCOPES;

EID: 43049093023     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s8042886     Document Type: Article

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