Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Microelectromechanical gyroscope with improved start-up phase, system including the microelectromechanical gyroscope, and method for speeding-up the start up phase
- Patent Title (中): 具有改进启动阶段的微机电陀螺仪,包括微机电陀螺仪的系统以及加速起动阶段的方法
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Application No.: US13685364Application Date: 2012-11-26
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Publication No.: US09146109B2Publication Date: 2015-09-29
- Inventor: Davide Magnoni , Marco Garbarino , Andrea Donadel
- 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 PLLC
- Main IPC: G01C19/56
- IPC: G01C19/56 ; G01C19/5726

Abstract:
A driving device of a driving mass of a gyroscope comprises a differential read amplifier to supply first signals indicating a rate of oscillation of the driving mass; a variable-gain amplifier to supply second signals to drive the driving mass based on said first signals; a voltage elevator providing a power supply signal to the variable-gain amplifier; a controller generating a first control signal to control a gain of the variable-gain amplifier; and a first comparator, coupled to the variable-gain amplifier, generating a second control signal based on a comparison of the first control signal with a threshold, the second control signal controlling at least one among: (i) the variable-gain amplifier in such a way that the gain is increased only during the start-up phase of the gyroscope, and (ii) the voltage elevator in such a way that the power supply signal is increased only during the start-up phase.
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