Performance degradation of the MEMS vibratory gyroscope in harsh environments

ASME 2011 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE 2011

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages 511-515

  Patel, Chandradip ^a   McCluskey, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Angular velocity bias; Highly Accelerated Stress Test (HAST); Single axis MEMS vibratory gyroscope; Zero rate output (ZRO)

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL OFF-THE-SHELF; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT TESTING;

ACCELERATED STRESS TESTING; ELEVATED TEMPERATURE; GYROSCOPE SENSORS; HIGHLY ACCELERATED STRESS TESTS; MEMS VIBRATORY GYROSCOPE; OPERATING TEMPERATURE RANGES; PERFORMANCE DEGRADATION; ZERO RATE OUTPUT (ZRO);

GYROSCOPES;

EID: 84869198377     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/imece2011-65001     Document Type: Conference Paper

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