Title
A multi-fork z-axis quartz micromachined gyroscope.
Abstract
A novel multi-fork z-axis gyroscope is presented in this paper. Different from traditional quartz gyroscopes, the lateral electrodes of the sense beam can be arranged in simple patterns; as a result, the fabrication is simplified. High sensitivity is achieved by the multi-fork design. The working principles are introduced, while the finite element method (FEM) is used to simulate the modal and sensitivity. A quartz fork is fabricated, and a prototype is assembled. Impedance testing shows that the drive frequency and sense frequency are similar to the simulations, and the quality factor is approximately 10,000 in air. The scale factor is measured to be 18.134 mV/(degrees/s) and the nonlinearity is 0.40% in a full-scale input range of +/- 250 degrees/s.
Year
DOI
Venue
2013
10.3390/s130912482
SENSORS
Keywords
Field
DocType
quartz micromachined gyroscope,multi-fork,coriolis force,anisotropic etching
Transducer,Scale factor,Gyroscope,Electronic engineering,Finite element method,Beam (structure),Quartz,Engineering,Miniaturization,Fabrication
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
13
9.0
1424-8220
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
2
0.41
1
Authors
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Lihui Feng131.43
Ke Zhao220.41
Yu-nan Sun320.75
Jianming Cui4191.70
Fang Cui520.41
Aiying Yang643.48