Performance and Design of a Silicon Micromachined Gyro

摘要

British Aerospace Systems and Equipment together with its partner Sumitomo Precision Products Company Ltd. have developed a silicon micromachined gyro for commercial applications. The design takes full advantage of the techniques developed in the electronics industry and is highly suited to high volume manufacture. As a result a true low cost sensor has been introduced into the market place which will satisfy a wide range of commercial applications, particularly automotive. In addition to this, the sensing element can withstand the environments typical of many military and aerospace applications. By use of more sophisticated control algorithms the performance of the gyro will be improved and as such is already challenging the current thinking on gyro technology for military programmes.