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Methods and apparatus for improving sensor performance

  • US 5,211,051 A
  • Filed: 07/25/1991
  • Issued: 05/18/1993
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/09/1987
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for operating a sensor having a sensor proof mass elastically suspended at an initial equilibrium position by a suspension force, comprising in combination:

  • providing a tunable force opposing said suspension force;

    presetting said proof mass with said tunable force to a second equilibrium position less stable than said initial equilibrium position; and

    operating said sensor from the preset second equilibrium position of said proof mass short of instability.

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