Development of a MEMS gyroscope for northfinding applications

Record - IEEE PLANS, Position Location and Navigation Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 168-170

  Johnson, Burgess R ^a   Cabuz, Eugen ^a   French, Howard B ^a   Supino, Ryan ^a  

^a HONEYWELL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bias compensation; Carouseling; Gyrocompass; MEMS gyroscope; Northfinding

Indexed keywords

BIAS COMPENSATION; BIAS STABILITY; DSP-BASED; INTEGRATION TIME; MEMS GYROSCOPE; TEST DATA; TEST METHODOLOGY; TUNING-FORK;

NAVIGATION;

GYROSCOPES;

EID: 77955046857     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PLANS.2010.5507133     Document Type: Conference Paper

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