Instabilities in a MEMS gyroscope subjected to angular rate fluctuations

JVC/Journal of Vibration and Control

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 299-320

  Asokanthan, S F ^a   Wang, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asymptotic stability; Method of averaging; Periodic parametric excitation; Vibratory (MEMS) gyroscope

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC ANALYSIS; ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; FORECASTING; GYROSCOPES; MEMS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; PROGRAMMING THEORY; SYSTEM STABILITY;

DESIGN PROCESSES; DYNAMIC BEHAVIORS; EXCITATION AMPLITUDES; FLOQUET; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; LYAPUNOV THEORIES; MEMS GYROSCOPES; METHOD OF AVERAGING; PERIODIC PARAMETRIC EXCITATION; RATE FLUCTUATIONS; STABILITY CONDITIONS; STABILITY DIAGRAMS; STABILITY PREDICTIONS; VIBRATORY (MEMS) GYROSCOPE;

STABILITY;

EID: 58449130698     PISSN: 10775463     EISSN: 17412986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077546308094249     Document Type: Article

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