APPARATUS FOR DRIVING INERTIAL SENSOR AND CONTROLLING METHOD OF THE SAME

• US 20150020593A1
• Filed: 06/27/2014
• Published: 01/22/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/22/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Inventors: Kim, Chang Hyun, Kim, Kyung Rin, Hwang, Byoung Won
• Application Number:
  US14/317,423
• Publication Number:
  US 20150020593A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 73/514.35
• 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 an apparatus for driving an inertial sensor, the apparatus including: at least one inertial sensor including a driving mass; an analog circuit unit detecting an amplitude value and a phase value of a driving mass resonance from a driving displacement signal of the inertial sensor; a first signal converting unit converting the amplitude value and the phase value into a digital value; a digital automatic gain control unit generating a control gain for controlling an amplitude or phase of the driving mass resonance so that the digitalized amplitude value or the phase value converges on a preset target value; and a second signal converting unit converting the control gain into an analog value and transmitting the analog value to the analog circuit unit, wherein the analog circuit unit applies a driving signal having the control gain reflected thereto to the inertial sensor.

Claims

1. An apparatus for driving an inertial sensor, the apparatus comprising:

an inertial sensor including at least one driving mass;

an analog circuit unit detecting an amplitude value and a phase value of a driving mass resonance from a driving displacement signal of the inertial sensor;

a first signal converting unit converting the amplitude value and the phase value into a digital value;

a digital automatic gain control unit selectively executing an operation of a control gain for an amplitude or phase of the driving mass resonance so that any one of the amplitude value or the phase value received from the first signal converting unit first converges on a preset target value; and

a second signal converting unit converting the control gain into an analog value and transmitting the analog value to the analog circuit unit.

2. The apparatus for driving the inertial sensor as set forth in claim 1, wherein the digital automatic gain control unit selectively receives data for a signal of any one of the amplitude value or the phase value from the first signal converting unit depending on a response speed of the driving mass applied with the control gain of the amplitude or phase.

3. The apparatus for driving the inertial sensor as set forth in claim 1, wherein the first signal converting unit is an analog to digital (A/D) converter.

4. The apparatus for driving the inertial sensor as set forth in claim 1, wherein the second signal converting unit is a digital to analog (D/A) converter.

5. The apparatus for driving the inertial sensor as set forth in claim 1, wherein the analog circuit unit includes:

an analog control module generating a driving signal to which the control gain for the phase or amplitude of the driving mass resonance is reflected, applying the driving signal to the inertial sensor, and receiving a driving displacement signal from the inertial sensor;

an amplitude detection module of the driving mass resonance mixing the driving displacement signal with a signal having a phase retarded by 90°

compared to the driving signal to thereby detect the amplitude value of the driving mass resonance;

a phase detection module of the driving mass resonance mixing the driving displacement signal with the driving signal to thereby detect the phase value of the driving mass resonance; and

an analog Mux selectively transmitting the amplitude value or the phase value of the driving mass resonance to the digital automatic gain control unit.

6. The apparatus for driving the inertial sensor as set forth in claim 1, wherein the digital automatic gain control unit includes:

a data selection module selectively receiving data for the amplitude value or the phase value of the driving mass resonance depending on a preset rate coefficient by considering a response speed of the driving mass applied with the control gain;

a gain control module executing an operation for generating the control gain of the phase of amplitude so that the amplitude or phase of the driving mass resonance reaches a preset target value; and

a data processing control module performing a control so that an operation of a control gain for other signal is executed, after any one of the amplitude or phase of the driving mass resonance converges on the preset target value by the gain control module.

7. The apparatus for driving the inertial sensor as set forth in claim 6, wherein the digital automatic gain control unit includes:

a memory storing a pre-operated control gain for the amplitude or phase of the driving mass resonance so that the amplitude value or the phase value of the driving mass resonance approaches the target value; and

a timer counting an operation execution time of the control gain for the amplitude or phase of the driving mass resonance in the gain control module.

8. The apparatus for driving the inertial sensor as set forth in claim 7, wherein the gain control module uses the control gain stored in the memory at the time of initially driving the driving mass as a control gain for controlling the phase or amplitude of the driving mass resonance.

9. The apparatus for driving the inertial sensor as set forth in claim 7, wherein the timer determines whether or not the operation execution time exceeds a preset time value, and then transmits a timeout signal to the data processing control module and the gain control module when the operation execution time exceeds the preset time value.

10. The apparatus for driving the inertial sensor as set forth in claim 9, wherein the data processing control module transmits only data for other signal to the gain control module after receiving the timeout signal, and

the gain control module executes an operation of a gain control for other signals after terminating the operation execution.

11. The apparatus for driving the inertial sensor as set forth in claim 9, wherein the timer initializes the counted time value when receiving a lock flag signal for the amplitude or phase of the driving mass resonance from the gain control module or transmitting the timeout signal.

12. The apparatus for driving the inertial sensor as set forth in claim 7, wherein the digital automatic gain control unit further includes a filter unit provided between the data selection module and the gain control module and removing a noise included in the amplitude value or the phase value of the driving mass resonance.

13. The apparatus for driving the inertial sensor as set forth in claim 6, wherein the gain control module transmits a lock flag signal indicating that a value converged on the preset target value is maintained to the data processing control module, when any one of the phase or amplitude of the driving mass resonance converges on the preset target value.

14. The apparatus for driving the inertial sensor as set forth in claim 13, wherein the data processing control module transmits only data for a signal not converging on the preset target value among the phase or amplitude of the driving mass resonance when receiving the lock flag signal from the gain control module.

15. A controlling method of an apparatus for driving an inertial sensor, the method comprising:

detecting, by an analog circuit unit, an amplitude value and a phase value of a driving mass resonance from a driving displacement signal of an inertial sensor;

converting, by a first signal converting unit, the amplitude value or the phase value into a digital value;

selectively executing, by a digital automatic gain control unit, an operation of a control gain for an amplitude or phase of the driving mass resonance so that any one of the amplitude value or the phase value received from the first signal converting unit first converges on a preset target value; and

converting, by a second signal converting unit, the control gain into an analog value to thereby transmit the analog value to the analog circuit unit.

16. The controlling method as set forth in claim 15, wherein the selectively executing, by a digital automatic gain control unit, of the operation of the control gain for the amplitude or phase of the driving mass resonance includes:

selectively receiving data for a signal of any one of the amplitude value or the phase value from the first signal converting unit depending on a response speed of the driving mass applied with the control gain of the amplitude or phase; and

executing an operation of a control gain for other signal after any one of the amplitude value or the phase value converges on a preset target value by the operation of the control gain for the amplitude or phase of the driving mass resonance.

17. The controlling method as set forth in claim 15, wherein the detecting of the amplitude value and the phase value of the driving mass resonance includes:

applying, by an analog control module, a driving signal having the control gain reflected thereto to the inertial sensor and receiving a driving displacement signal from the inertial sensor;

mixing, by an amplitude detection unit of the driving mass resonance, the driving displacement signal with a signal having a phase retarded by 90°

compared to the driving signal to thereby detect the amplitude value of the driving mass resonance;

mixing, by a phase detection unit of the driving mass resonance, the driving displacement signal with the driving signal to thereby detect the phase value of the driving mass resonance; and

selectively transmitting, by an analog Mux, the amplitude value or the phase value of the driving mass resonance to the digital automatic gain control unit.

18. The controlling method as set forth in claim 15, wherein the selectively executing of the operation of the control gain for the amplitude or phase of the driving mass resonance includes:

selectively receiving, by a data selection module, data for the amplitude value or the phase value depending on a preset rate coefficient;

comparing, by a gain control module, the amplitude value or the phase value with a preset target value and generating a control gain for the phase or amplitude when the comparison result is different; and

performing, by a data processing control module, a control so that an operation of a control gain for other signal is executed, after any one of the amplitude or phase of the driving mass resonance converges on the preset target value by the gain control module.

19. The controlling method as set forth in claim 18, further comprising, after the generating of the control gain by the gain control module,

counting, by a timer, an operation execution time of the control gain for the amplitude or phase of the driving mass resonance by the gain control module and determining whether or not the operation execution time exceeds a preset time value;

and

transmitting, by the timer, a timeout signal to the data processing control module and the gain control module when the operation execution time exceeds the preset time value.

20. The controlling method as set forth in claim 19, further comprising:

transmitting, by the data processing control module, only data for other signal to the gain control module after receiving the timeout signal, and

executing, by the gain control module, an operation of a gain control for other signal after terminating the operation execution.

21. The controlling method as set forth in claim 19, further comprising, after the selectively receiving, by the data selection module, of the data for the amplitude value or the phase value, removing, by a filter unit, a noise included in the amplitude value or the phase value.

22. The controlling method as set forth in claim 18, wherein the performing, by the data processing control module, of the control so that the operation of the control gain for other signals is executed includes:

transmitting, by the gain control module, a lock flag signal when any one of the phase or amplitude of the driving mass resonance converges on the preset target value to the data processing control module; and

transmitting, by the data processing control module receiving the lock flag signal, only data for a signal not converging on the preset target value among the phase or amplitude to the gain control module.

23. The controlling method as set forth in claim 15, wherein the first signal converting unit is an analog to digital (A/D) converter.

24. The controlling method as set forth in claim 15, wherein the second signal converting unit is a digital to analog (D/A) converter.