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公开(公告)号:US11118937B2
公开(公告)日:2021-09-14
申请号:US15897907
申请日:2018-02-15
Applicant: HRL Laboratories, LLC
Inventor: Adour V. Kabakian , Shuoqin Wang , Logan D. Sorenson , Hung Nguyen , Raviv Perahia
Abstract: Described is a system for adaptive calibration of a sensor of an inertial measurement unit. Following each sensor measurement, the system performs automatic calibration of a multi-axis sensor. A reliability of a current calibration is assessed. If the current calibration is reliable, then bias and scale factor values are updated according to the most recent sensor measurement, resulting in updated bias and scale factor values. If the current calibration is not reliable, then previous bias and scale factor values are used. The system causes automatic calibration of the multi-axis sensor using either the updated or previous bias and scale factor values.
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公开(公告)号:US10697772B1
公开(公告)日:2020-06-30
申请号:US16277610
申请日:2019-02-15
Applicant: HRL LABORATORIES, LLC
Inventor: Logan D. Sorenson , Raviv Perahia , David T. Chang , Randall L. Kubena , Deborah J. Kirby , Hung Nguyen , Richard J. Joyce
IPC: G01C19/5726 , G01C19/5755
Abstract: A sensor includes an acceleration or magnetic field sensitive microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) resonator, configured to oscillate in at least a first normal mode and a second normal mode. The sensor further includes: a coarse readout circuit configured to drive the first normal mode, measure a motion of the first normal mode, and derive from the measured motion a coarse measurement of the true acceleration or true external magnetic field; and a fine readout circuit configured to drive the second normal mode, measure a motion of the second normal mode, and derive from the measured motion and the coarse measurement a measurement of the difference between the true acceleration or true external magnetic field and the coarse measurement.
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公开(公告)号:US10444014B1
公开(公告)日:2019-10-15
申请号:US15253694
申请日:2016-08-31
Applicant: HRL Laboratories, LLC
Inventor: Logan D. Sorenson , Raviv Perahia , David T. Chang , Randall L. Kubena , Deborah J. Kirby , Hung Nguyen , Richard J. Joyce
IPC: G01C19/5726 , G01C19/5755
Abstract: An angular sensor. The angular sensor includes a Coriolis vibratory gyroscope (CVG) resonator, configured to oscillate in a first pair of normal modes including a first normal mode and a second normal mode and a second pair of normal modes including a third normal mode and a fourth normal mode. The angular sensor further includes a coarse readout circuit configured to drive the first pair of modes, measure the motion of the first pair of modes, and derive from the measured motion of the first pair of modes a coarse measurement of an angular rate of the resonator. The angular sensor further includes and a fine readout circuit configured to derive a measurement of the difference between the true angular rate of the resonator and the coarse measurement.
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公开(公告)号:US10281277B1
公开(公告)日:2019-05-07
申请号:US15347748
申请日:2016-11-09
Applicant: HRL Laboratories, LLC
Inventor: Raviv Perahia , Logan D. Sorenson , Lian X. Huang , Hung Nguyen , David T. Chang , Deborah J. Kirby
IPC: G01C19/58 , G01C19/64 , G01C19/5698 , G10K11/20
Abstract: A phononic travelling wave gyroscope. The gyroscope includes a phononic waveguide including at least one loop. The phase change incurred by phonons propagating around the loop is compared to a reference phase, and utilized to form an estimate of the rotational rate of the gyroscope.
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公开(公告)号:US10175307B1
公开(公告)日:2019-01-08
申请号:US14997203
申请日:2016-01-15
Applicant: HRL Laboratories, LLC
Inventor: Logan D. Sorenson , Hung Nguyen , Raviv Perahia , David T. Chang , L. X. Coco Huang , Joshua A. Erbland
IPC: G01R33/028 , G01R33/00
Abstract: A magnetometer system has a magnetometer, an interface circuit and an electronic demodulator, the interface circuit being coupled to sense electrodes disposed on the magnetometer and the demodulator being coupled to the interface circuit. Preferably, the magnetometer has a loop electrode which follows an outline of the shape of an active portion of the magnetometer and wherein the electronic demodulator has an output for driving the loop electrode of the magnetometer. Preferably, the magnetometer includes a quartz plate with flexural and thickness shear vibratory modes and wherein the flexural vibratory mode is driven, in use, into vibration by the electronic demodulator and wherein the thickness shear vibratory mode is driven, in use, into vibration by the interface circuit.
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公开(公告)号:US09763314B1
公开(公告)日:2017-09-12
申请号:US15203298
申请日:2016-07-06
Applicant: HRL Laboratories, LLC
Inventor: Christopher S. Roper , Matthew T. Rakher , Logan D. Sorenson
IPC: H05H3/02
Abstract: In some variations, a vapor-cell system comprises: a vapor-cell region configured to allow at least one vapor-cell optical path into a vapor phase within the vapor-cell region; a first electrode disposed in contact with the vapor-cell region; a second electrode that is electrically isolated from the first electrode; and a transparent ion-conducting layer interposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the transparent ion-conducting layer is optically transparent over a selected optical band of electromagnetic wavelengths. Some embodiments provide a magneto-optical trap or atomic-cloud imaging apparatus, comprising: the disclosed vapor-cell system; a source of laser beams configured to provide three orthogonal vapor-cell optical paths through the vapor-cell gas phase, to trap or image a population of cold atoms; and a magnetic-field source configured to generate magnetic fields within the vapor-cell region. Methods of use are also disclosed herein.
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公开(公告)号:US11237000B1
公开(公告)日:2022-02-01
申请号:US16395601
申请日:2019-04-26
Applicant: HRL Laboratories, LLC
Inventor: Raviv Perahia , Lian X. Huang , Logan D. Sorenson , Hung Nguyen , David T. Chang
IPC: G01C19/5684 , H03H9/125 , H03H9/24
Abstract: A sensor comprising a resonator structure arranged for resonating along a first plane; and at least one sensing electrode arranged on a second plane parallel to said first plane at a predetermined distance of said resonator structure along a direction normal to said first plane.
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公开(公告)号:US11137249B2
公开(公告)日:2021-10-05
申请号:US16102565
申请日:2018-08-13
Applicant: HRL Laboratories, LLC
Inventor: Lian X. Huang , Logan D. Sorenson , Chia-Ming “Gavin” Chang , Raviv Perahia , Hung Nguyen , David T. Chang
IPC: G01C19/5677 , G01C19/5684
Abstract: A resonant structure comprising at least two coaxial rings, wherein adjacent coaxial rings have adjacent peripheries and are attached together by a plurality of connection structures regularly arranged along said adjacent peripheries; and wherein a first ring has a first ring portion with a first radial thickness and a second ring, portion, in a vicinity of a first connection structure, with a second radial thickness smaller than said first radial thickness.
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公开(公告)号:US11060865B1
公开(公告)日:2021-07-13
申请号:US16389462
申请日:2019-04-19
Applicant: HRL Laboratories, LLC
Inventor: Lian X. Huang , Hung Nguyen , Raviv Perahia , Logan D. Sorenson , Patrick J. Webb , David T. Chang
IPC: G01C19/5712
Abstract: Dimensions of a disk resonator gyroscope along the radial line of a resonator can be varied to engineer radial stiffness. An apparatus may comprise: a resonator comprising a plurality of concentric circumferential segments and a plurality of slots formed between the concentric circumferential segments; and at least one support supporting the resonator, wherein a width, in a radial direction, of each of the concentric circumferential segments is varied depending on a distance from the at least one support to the each of the concentric circumferential segments. The apparatus may further comprise radial segments connecting between the concentric circumferential segments. The concentric circumferential segments may have a ring shape.
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公开(公告)号:US10655964B2
公开(公告)日:2020-05-19
申请号:US16003010
申请日:2018-06-07
Applicant: HRL Laboratories, LLC
Inventor: Lian X. Huang , Logan D. Sorenson , Raviv Perahia , Hung Nguyen , David T. Chang
IPC: G01C19/5684 , G01C19/5677 , G01C19/5712
Abstract: A resonator includes an anchor, an outer stiffener ring on an outer perimeter of the resonator, and a plurality of curved springs between the anchor and the outer stiffener ring.
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