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Device for determining the rotational speed

  • US 6,249,754 B1
  • Filed: 06/24/1998
  • Issued: 06/19/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/19/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A device for determining a rotation rate, having a rotation rate sensor which outputs one or two output signals (A or A and B), which among other things are a measure for the Coriolis acceleration and thus also for the rotation rate, characterized in that the output signals (A, B) are delivered in the form of pulse width modulated signals or sigma-delta signals to a digital evaluation circuit, which includes digital means for subtraction and multiplication of the signals and a digital phase shifter, to which the carrier signal (T1) that induces the rotation rate sensor to oscillate is delivered, wherein the digital phase shifter puts the carrier signal (T1) in phase with the Coriolis acceleration components, and the associated signal (T2) is delivered to the means for multiplication, whose output signal is delivered to a digital/analog converter and low-pass filter (13), at whose output the rotation rate signal (DR) is available.

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