Experimental evaluation of alternative drive-mode control electronics developed for high-performance MEMS gyroscopes

2011 16th International Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems Conference, TRANSDUCERS'11

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 2817-2820

  Sahin, E ^a   Alper, S E ^a   Akin, T ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

angular rate sensor; automatic gain control; drive mode control electronics; Gyroscope

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR RATE SENSORS; AUTOMATIC GAIN CONTROL; BIAS STABILITY; COMPREHENSIVE STUDIES; CONTROL ELECTRONICS; DRIVE-MODE CONTROL ELECTRONICS; DRIVING SIGNAL; EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATION; MEASUREMENT RESULTS; MEMS GYROSCOPE; MICROMACHINED; NOISE SOURCE; PERFORMANCE CHARACTERIZATION; RANDOM WALK; SINUSOIDAL WAVE; SQUARE WAVES; VIBRATORY GYROSCOPE; WAVE FORMS;

ACTUATORS; ARCHITECTURE; GAIN CONTROL; GYROSCOPES; MICROSYSTEMS; WHITE NOISE;

SOLID-STATE SENSORS;

EID: 80052121358     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/TRANSDUCERS.2011.5969566     Document Type: Conference Paper

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