GAIN CONTROL DEVICE OF GYRO SENSOR DRIVING SIGNAL AND GAIN CONTROL METHOD THEREOF

• US 20140174178A1
• Filed: 12/19/2013
• Published: 06/26/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/21/2012
• 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, Choi, Young Kil, Na, Jun Kyung, Kim, Sung Tae, Kim, Chang Hyun
• Application Number:
  US14/135,367
• Publication Number:
  US 20140174178A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 73/504.02
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 19/5776 Signal processing not specific to any of the devices covered by groups G01C19/5607 - G01C19/5719

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a gain control device of a gyro sensor driving signal, including: a gyro sensor generating a gyro signal; a driving signal supply unit applying a driving signal to the gyro sensor; and a gain control unit detecting positive and negative driving signals of the gyro sensor so as to be output as a pulse waveform and changing the pulse waveform to a resistance value corresponding to the pulse waveform to compensate for a gain of the driving signal, whereby it is possible to simply implement the circuit and reduce costs, by controlling the gain of the gyro sensor

Claims

1. A gain control device of a gyro sensor driving signal, comprising:

a gyro sensor generating a gyro signal;

a driving signal supply unit applying a driving signal to the gyro sensor; and

a gain control unit detecting positive and negative driving signals of the gyro sensor so as to be output as a pulse waveform and changing a resistance value of a resistor through which a pulse having the pulse waveform passes to a resistance value corresponding to the pulse waveform to compensate for a gain of the driving signal.

2. The gain control device as set forth in claim 1, wherein the gain control unit includes:

a driving signal detector detecting the positive and negative driving signals of the gyro sensor;

a differential amplifier amplifying a difference between the positive and negative driving signals which are detected by the driving signal detector;

a comparator having a non-inversion terminal to which a signal representing the difference between the positive and negative driving signals amplified by the differential amplifier is input and an inversion terminal to which a set reference signal is input and comparing a magnitude of the signal representing the difference between the driving signals with a magnitude of the reference signal so as to be output as the pulse waveform; and

a gain compensator changing the resistance value of the resistor through which the pulse having the pulse waveform output by the comparator passes to the resistance value corresponding to the pulse waveform to compensate for the gain of the driving signal.

3. The gain control device of claim 2, wherein the gain compensator changes the resistance value of the resistor to a resistance value corresponding to a duty ratio of the pulse waveform.

4. The gain control device as set forth in claim 3, wherein the gain compensator changes the resistance value of the resistor to the resistance value corresponding to the duty ratio of the pulse waveform, based on a look-up table in which the duty ratio of the pulse waveform and the resistance value depending on the duty ratio are written.

5. The gain control device as set forth in claim 2, wherein the duty ratio of the pulse waveform and the resistance value corresponding to the pulse waveform have a linear relationship.

6. The gain control device as set forth in claim 5, wherein the relationship of the resistance value corresponding to the pulse waveform to the duty ratio of the pulse waveform has a positive slope.

7. The gain control device as set forth in claim 2, wherein the comparator modulates and outputs a pulse width of the pulse waveform so that a magnitude difference between a signal representing a difference in the driving signals and the reference signal has a set value.

8. A gain control method of a gyro sensor driving signal, comprising:

(A) applying, by a driving signal supply unit, a driving signal to a gyro sensor;

(B) detecting, by a gain control unit, positive and negative driving signals of the gyro sensor so as to be output as a pulse waveform; and

(C) changing, by the gain control unit, a resistance value of a resistor through which the pulse having the pulse waveform passes to a resistance value corresponding to the pulse waveform to compensate for a gain of the driving signal.

9. The gain control device as set forth in claim 8, wherein the step (B) includes:

(B1) detecting, by a driving signal detector, the positive and negative driving signals of the gyro sensor;

(B2) amplifying, by a differential amplifier, a difference between the positive and negative driving signals which are detected by the driving signal detector;

(B3) inputting a signal representing the difference between the positive and negative driving signals amplified by the differential amplifier to a non-inversion terminal of a comparator and inputting a set reference signal to an inversion terminal thereof; and

(B4) comparing, by the comparator, a magnitude of the signal representing the difference between the driving signals with a magnitude of the reference signal so as to be output as the pulse waveform.

10. The gain control method as set forth in claim 9, wherein in the step (B4), the resistance value of the resistor changes to a resistance value corresponding to a duty ratio of the pulse waveform.

11. The gain control method as set forth in claim 10, wherein in the step (B4), the resistance value of the resistor changes to the resistance value corresponding to the duty ratio of the pulse waveform, based on a look-up table in which the duty ratio of the pulse waveform and the resistance value depending on the duty ratio are written.

12. The gain control method as set forth in claim 9, wherein the duty ratio of the pulse waveform and the resistance value corresponding to the pulse waveform have a linear relationship.

13. The gain control method as set forth in claim 12, wherein a relationship of the resistance value corresponding to the pulse waveform to the duty ratio of the pulse waveform has a positive slope.

14. The gain control method as set forth in claim 9, wherein the comparator modulates and outputs a pulse width of the pulse waveform so that a magnitude difference between the signal representing a difference in the driving signals and the reference signal has a set value.