MECHANICAL OSCILLATOR CONTROL ELECTRONICS
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1. A mechanical oscillator control system comprising:
- a first phase locked loop connected to a mechanical oscillator pick off; and
a second phase locked loop connected to an output of the first phase locked loop; and
wherein the second phase locked loop may output a sinusoidal wave signal having a fractional multiple frequency of a signal from the mechanical oscillator motor pick off.
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Abstract
A control system for a mechanical oscillator having a sinusoidal drive signal with a frequency that is a fractional multiple of a frequency of a signal of the mechanical oscillator. The drive signal may be in phase and in registration with the signal from the mechanical oscillator. A sense signal may be picked off from the oscillator and be demodulated to obtain a parameter sensed by the oscillator. The drive signal to the oscillator may be selected or blanked out while receiving and demodulating the sense signal.
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28 Claims
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1. A mechanical oscillator control system comprising:
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a first phase locked loop connected to a mechanical oscillator pick off; and
a second phase locked loop connected to an output of the first phase locked loop; and
wherein the second phase locked loop may output a sinusoidal wave signal having a fractional multiple frequency of a signal from the mechanical oscillator motor pick off. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for sinusoidal mechanical oscillator control comprising:
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picking off a first signal having a first frequency from a mechanical oscillator;
providing a second signal having a second frequency that is a fraction of the first frequency, and is phase locked to the first signal;
providing sinusoidal wave signal that is phase locked to the second signal; and
providing the sinusoidal wave signal to a drive input of the mechanical oscillator. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A gyroscope control system comprising:
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a first phase locked loop connected to a first output of the gyroscope;
a second phase locked loop connected to an output of the first phase locked loop; and
a signal selector connected to an output of the second phase locked loop and to an input of the gyroscope. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A mechanical oscillator control system comprising:
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an analog-to-digital converter having a mechanical oscillator pickoff input;
a digital signal processor connected to an output of the analog-to-digital converter; and
a digital-to-analog converter connected to an output of the digital signal processor, and having a mechanical oscillator drive output; and
wherein;
the digital signal processor is for providing a mechanical oscillator drive signal having a synthetically generated waveform, and for receiving a mechanical oscillator pickoff signal;
the mechanical oscillator drive signal has a fractional multiple frequency of the mechanical oscillator pickoff signal; and
the mechanical oscillator drive signal is in synch with the mechanical oscillator pickoff signal. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28)
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