Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Driving circuit, method for driving a MEMS gyroscope and a corresponding MEMS gyroscope
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Application No.: US16123849Application Date: 2018-09-06
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Publication No.: US10955244B2Publication Date: 2021-03-23
- Inventor: Stefano Facchinetti
- Applicant: STMICROELECTRONICS S.r.l.
- Applicant Address: IT Agrate Brianza
- Assignee: STMICROELECTRONICS S.r.l.
- Current Assignee: STMICROELECTRONICS S.r.l.
- Current Assignee Address: IT Agrate Brianza
- Agency: Seed IP Law Group LLP
- Priority: IT102017000103058 20170914
- Main IPC: G01C19/5776
- IPC: G01C19/5776 ; G01C19/5712

Abstract:
A driving circuit for a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) gyroscope operating based on the Coriolis effect is provided. The driving circuit supplies drive signals to a mobile mass of the MEMS gyroscope to cause a driving movement of the mobile mass to oscillate at an oscillation frequency. The driving circuit includes an input stage, which receives at least one electrical quantity representing the driving movement and generates a drive signal based on the electrical quantity; a measurement stage, which measures an oscillation amplitude of the driving movement based on the drive signal; and a control stage, which generates the drive signals based on a feedback control of the oscillation amplitude. The measurement stage performs a measurement of a time interval during which the drive signal has a given relationship with an amplitude threshold, and measures the oscillation amplitude as a function of the time interval.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190078889A1 DRIVING CIRCUIT, METHOD FOR DRIVING A MEMS GYROSCOPE AND A CORRESPONDING MEMS GYROSCOPE Public/Granted day:2019-03-14
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