Microelectromechanical gyroscope with suppression of capacitive coupling spurious signals and control method
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1. A microelectromechanical gyroscope comprising:
- a microstructure, including a first mass and a second mass, wherein the first mass is oscillatable about a first axis with a resonance frequency and the second mass is constrained to the first mass so as to be drawn along by the first mass about the first axis and to oscillate about a second axis in response to a rotation of the microstructure; and
a driving device, coupled to the microstructure so as to form a feedback control loop that includes the first mass and configured to maintain the first mass in oscillation at the resonance frequency, the driving device comprising a trans-conductance amplifier that generates detection voltages followed by a low-pass filter having a passband of frequencies and transfer function such that the resonance frequency is in the passband and a disturbance frequency associated with disturbance signals due to electrical coupling between the first mass and the second mass is not in the passband, the low-pass filter followed by a derivative stage having a transfer function that eliminates offsets, including offsets introduced by the trans-conductance amplifier.
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Abstract
A microelectromechanical gyroscope having a microstructure with a first mass, which can oscillate according to a first axis, and a second mass constrained to the first mass so as to oscillate according to a second axis in response to a rotation of the microstructure, and a driving device coupled to the microstructure to maintain the first mass in oscillation at a resonance frequency, the driving device provided with a low-pass filter having a passband such that the resonance frequency is in the passband and a disturbance frequency associated with disturbance signals due to coupling between the first mass and the second mass is not in the passband.
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1. A microelectromechanical gyroscope comprising:
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a microstructure, including a first mass and a second mass, wherein the first mass is oscillatable about a first axis with a resonance frequency and the second mass is constrained to the first mass so as to be drawn along by the first mass about the first axis and to oscillate about a second axis in response to a rotation of the microstructure; and a driving device, coupled to the microstructure so as to form a feedback control loop that includes the first mass and configured to maintain the first mass in oscillation at the resonance frequency, the driving device comprising a trans-conductance amplifier that generates detection voltages followed by a low-pass filter having a passband of frequencies and transfer function such that the resonance frequency is in the passband and a disturbance frequency associated with disturbance signals due to electrical coupling between the first mass and the second mass is not in the passband, the low-pass filter followed by a derivative stage having a transfer function that eliminates offsets, including offsets introduced by the trans-conductance amplifier. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for controlling a microelectromechanical gyroscope, comprising:
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providing a microstructure including a first mass, oscillatable about a first axis with a resonance frequency, and a second mass; constraining the second mass to the first mass so that the second mass is drawn along by the first mass about the first axis and oscillates about a second axis in response to a rotation of the microstructure; and feedback controlling a velocity of the first mass to maintain the first mass in oscillation at the resonance frequency, the step of feedback controlling comprising generating detection voltages with a trans-conductance amplifier, low-pass filtering with a low-pass filter having a passband of frequencies such that the resonance frequency is in the passband and a disturbance frequency associated with disturbance signals due to coupling between the first mass and the second mass is not in the passband, and following the low-pass filter with a derivative stage that eliminates offsets, including offsets introduced by the trans-conductance amplifier.
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13. A circuit for use with a microstructure having a first mass and a second mass, the circuit comprising:
a driving circuit coupled to the first mass and configured to maintain the first mass in oscillation at a resonance frequency, the driving circuit including a low-pass filter having a pass band of frequencies that include the resonance frequency in the pass band and that exclude a disturbance frequency associated with disturbance signals generated from electrical coupling between the first mass and the second mass, the low-pass filter having a transfer function - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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16. A system, comprising:
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a control unit; and a microelectromechanical gyroscope coupled to the control unit, the microelectromechanical gyroscope comprising; a first mass and a second mass that moves in response to movement of the first mass; and a driving circuit coupled to the first mass and configured to maintain the first mass in oscillation at a resonance frequency, the driving circuit including a trans-conductance amplifier followed by a series connected low-pass filter and a derivative stage, the low-pass filter having a pass band of frequencies that include the resonance frequency in the pass band and that exclude a disturbance frequency associated with disturbance signals generated from electrical coupling between the first mass and the second mass and the derivative stage structured to eliminate offsets in the system, including offsets introduced by the trans-conductance amplifier. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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