Environmentally robust MEMS vibratory gyroscopes for automotive applications

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1895-1906

  Acar, Cenk ^a   Schofield, Adam R ^b   Trusov, Alexander A ^b   Costlow, Lynn E ^c   Shkel, Andrei M ^b  

^a Systron Donner Automotive   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Automotive sensors; Inertial sensors; Microelec tromechanical systems (MEMS)Micromachined gyroscopes

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE APPLICATIONS; AUTOMOTIVE ENVIRONMENT; AUTOMOTIVE SENSORS; BIAS STABILITY; DESIGN TRENDS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETER; ENVIRONMENTAL VARIATIONS; FREQUENCY REGIONS; HIGH SENSITIVITY; INERTIAL SENSOR; INERTIAL SENSORS; MEMS VIBRATORY GYROSCOPE; MICRO-MACHINED GYROSCOPE; MICROELEC-TROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS (MEMS)MICROMACHINED GYROSCOPES; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS; PERFORMANCE SPECIFICATIONS; PHASE STABLE; SENSING ELEMENTS; SYSTEM ROBUSTNESS; TEMPERATURE STABILITY;

AUTOMOBILES; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS; GYROSCOPES; INERTIAL NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; MEMS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSORS; TRANSDUCERS;

FREQUENCY RESPONSE;

EID: 77958525214     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2009.2026466     Document Type: Article

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