Design of the Frequency Tracking System for a Resonant Accelerometer

摘要

The main advantage of a resonant accelerometer based on electrostatic stiffness over other sensing principles is it can make use of the sensing voltage to adjust the sensitivity. The dynamic model of this accelerometer was built. With the aim to achieve the resonance frequency tracking,a phase-locked loop(PLL) system was used to track the resonance frequency due to changing of the acceleration, the model for the control system was established and the system behavior were analyzed using an averaging method. The analysis provides a quantitative criterion for selecting the control parameters to achieve system stability, the integral control gain will critical to the system stability and stable time. Simulation results are shown to be in agreement with the all theoretical analysis.