CIRCUIT FOR CORRECTING PHASE ERROR OF GYRO SENSOR, GYRO SENSOR SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CORRECTING PHASE ERROR OF GYRO SENSOR

• US 20130152664A1
• Filed: 12/13/2012
• Published: 06/20/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/20/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Inventors: Pyo, Seung Chul
• Application Number:
  US13/714,078
• Publication Number:
  US 20130152664A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 73/1.38
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 19/5776 Signal processing not specific to any of the devices covered by groups G01C19/5607 - G01C19/5719
• CPC Class Codes: G01P 21/00 Testing or calibrating of apparatus or devices covered by the preceding groups

Abstract

The present invention relates to a circuit for correcting a phase error of a gyro sensor, a gyro sensor system and a method for correcting a phase error of a gyro sensor. In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, the circuit for correcting a phase error of a gyro sensor includes: an offset detecting unit for detecting an offset due to the phase error included in a gyro output signal outputted by being demodulated from an output of the gyro sensor; a variable frequency generating unit for generating a switching frequency varied according to the result detected in the offset detecting unit; and a switched capacitor switched according to the switching frequency generated in the variable frequency generating unit. And also, a gyro sensor system including the circuit and a method for correcting a phase error of a gyro sensor are proposed.

Claims

1. A circuit for correcting a phase error of a gyro sensor, comprising:

an offset detecting unit for detecting an offset due to the phase error included in a gyro output signal outputted by being demodulated from an output of the gyro sensor;

a variable frequency generating unit for generating a switching frequency varied according to the result detected in the offset detecting unit; and

a phase correcting unit including a switched capacitor switched according to the switching frequency generated in the variable frequency generating unit and supplying a gyro sensor driving signal from the output of the gyro sensor as a demodulation signal to demodulate the gyro output signal, wherein the gyro sensor driving signal being supplied as the demodulation signal is corrected in phase according to a signal transmission characteristic of the switched capacitor.

2. The circuit for correcting a phase error of a gyro sensor according to claim 1, wherein the phase correcting unit includes:

the switched capacitor for playing a role of a resistor varied according to the switching frequency, wherein the switched capacitor receives and transmits the gyro sensor driving signal;

a ground capacitor connected between an output terminal of the switched capacitor and a ground; and

an amplifier for receiving the gyro sensor driving signal, outputting the gyro sensor driving signal corrected in phase according to the value of the ground capacitor and a signal transmission characteristic value of the switched capacitor being varied according to the switching frequency and supplying the gyro sensor driving signal corrected in phase as the demodulation signal.

3. The circuit for correcting a phase error of a gyro sensor according to claim 2, wherein a resistor R2 is formed on a path which is fed back from an output terminal of the amplifier to an inverted input terminal of the amplifier, a resistor R1 is connected to the inverted input terminal of the amplifier to receive the gyro sensor driving signal and to the gyro sensor driving signal transmit through the resistor R2, and the switched capacitor and the ground capacitor are connected to a non-inverted input terminal of the amplifier.

4. The circuit for correcting a phase error of a gyro sensor according to claim 2, wherein the switched capacitor includes:

a first switch for transmitting the gyro sensor driving signal received from an input terminal of the switched capacitor with performing a switching operation;

a second switch for outputting the signal received from a first capacitor through an output terminal of the switched capacitor with performing a switching operation;

the first capacitor connected between the first switch and the second switch for charging and discharging according to the switching operations of the first and second switches;

a third switch connected between a connection node of the first switch and the first capacitor and the ground; and

a fourth switch connected between a connection node of the first capacitor and the second switch and the ground.

5. The circuit for correcting a phase error of a gyro sensor according to claim 4, wherein a group of the first and third switches and a group of the second and fourth switches are alternately switched according to the switching frequency;

the second and fourth switches are turned off when the first and third switches are turned on; and

the second and fourth switches are turned on when the first and third switches are turned off.

6. A gyro sensor system, comprising:

a gyro sensor for outputting a sensor output signal according to a movement of an object through a sensor electrode by receiving a driving signal;

a signal processing unit for receiving the sensor output signal from the gyro sensor, separating a gyro signal component included in the sensor output signal and outputting as a gyro output signal;

an offset detecting unit for detecting an offset due to a phase error included in the gyro output signal outputted from the signal processing unit;

a variable frequency generating unit for generating a switching frequency varied according to the result detected in the offset detecting unit; and

a phase correcting unit for receiving the sensor output signal of the gyro sensor, converting a phase thereof and supplying a gyro sensor driving signal to the gyro sensor by feedback, wherein the phase correcting unit includes a switched capacitor switched according to a switching frequency generated in the variable frequency generating unit and supplies the gyro sensor driving signal corrected the phase thereof according to a signal transmission characteristic of the switched capacitor as a demodulation signal for demodulating the gyro output signal in the signal processing unit.

7. The gyro sensor system according to claim 6, wherein the phase correcting unit includes:

the switched capacitor for playing a role of a resistor varied according to the switching frequency, wherein the gyro sensor driving signal is inputted to and transmitted from the switched capacitor;

a ground capacitor connected between an output terminal of the switched capacitor and a ground; and

an amplifier for receiving the gyro sensor driving signal, outputting the gyro sensor driving signal corrected in phase according to the value of the ground capacitor and a signal transmission characteristic value of the switched capacitor being varied according to the switching frequency and supplying the gyro sensor driving signal corrected in phase as the demodulation signal.

8. The gyro sensor system according to claim 6, wherein the signal processing unit includes:

a charge voltage converting unit for receiving the sensor output signal from the gyro sensor to convert into a voltage signal; and

an analog signal processing unit for receiving an output signal converted from the charge voltage converting unit, separating a driving signal component and a gyro signal component included therein by using the demodulation signal applied from the phase correcting unit, and outputting the gyro output signal by removing the separated driving signal component.

9. The gyro sensor system according to claim 8, wherein the analog signal processing unit includes:

a demodulator for receiving the output signal of the charge voltage converting unit, and separating the driving signal component and the gyro signal component by using the demodulation signal; and

a low pass filter for removing the driving signal component separated from the demodulator.

10. The gyro sensor system according to claim 6, wherein the gyro sensor is a piezoelectric type or an electrostatic vibration gyro sensor.

11. The gyro sensor system according to claim 7, wherein the gyro sensor is a piezoelectric type or an electrostatic vibration gyro sensor.

12. The gyro sensor system according to claim 8, wherein the gyro sensor is a piezoelectric type or an electrostatic vibration gyro sensor.

13. The gyro sensor system according to claim 9, wherein the gyro sensor is a piezoelectric type or an electrostatic vibration gyro sensor.

14. A method for correcting a phase error of a gyro sensor, comprising:

detecting an offset due to a phase error included in a gyro output signal outputted by being demodulated from an output of the gyro sensor;

generating a switching frequency varied according to a result detected in detecting the offset; and

supplying a gyro sensor driving signal from the output of the gyro sensor as a demodulation signal to demodulate the gyro output signal, wherein the gyro sensor driving signal being supplied as the demodulation signal is corrected in phase according to a signal transmission characteristics of a switched capacitor being switched according to the switching frequency.

15. The method for correcting a phase error of a gyro sensor according to claim 14, further comprising:

receiving a driving signal in the gyro sensor and outputting a sensor output signal according to a movement of an object through a sensor electrode; and

separating a gyro signal component included in the outputted sensor output signal using the demodulation signal supplied in the step of supplying the gyro sensor driving signal, and outputting the gyro signal component as the gyro output signal,

wherein, in detecting the offset, the offset due to the phase error included in the gyro output signal outputted in outputting the gyro signal component is detected.

16. The method for correcting a phase error of a gyro sensor according to claim 15, wherein outputting the gyro signal component includes:

receiving the sensor output signal of the sensor electrode and converting into a voltage signal; and

separating a driving signal component and the gyro signal component included in the output signal converted into voltage signal and outputted using the demodulation signal to remove the separated driving signal component and outputting the gyro signal component as the gyro output signal.