Abstract:
A geopositioning system. The geopositioning system includes an accelerometer including three sensing axes, a gyroscope including three sensing axes, and a magnetometer including three sensing axes, and a processing circuit. The processing circuit is configured to calculate a location of the geopositioning system as a latitude, longitude, and altitude with respect to the Earth.
Abstract:
A gyroscope includes a cylindrical shell having a first end and a second end, a base on the second end of the shell, a substrate, an anchor coupling the base to the substrate, and electrodes for driving and sensing mechanically separated from the cylindrical shell.
Abstract:
A resonator assembly comprising a semiconductor substrate, a resonator gyroscope, the resonator gyroscope including a first resonator formed in a layer of a first material, and an oscillator on the semiconductor substrate, the oscillator including a second resonator formed of a second material, wherein the second resonator is attached in a cavity; the cavity comprising a first recess in said layer of a first material and the edges of the first recess being attached to the substrate, or the cavity comprising a second recess in said substrate and the edges of the second recess being attached to said layer of a first material.
Abstract:
A resonator includes a base substrate with anchor pads, and a quartz resonator device including a resonant microbridge with an electrode, a first flexure beam connected to an end of the microbridge, a second flexure beam connected to a second end of the microbridge, a first and second spring connected between the first flexure beam and first and second anchor mounts, respectively, a third and fourth spring connected between the second flexure beam and third and fourth anchor mounts, respectively, the anchor mounts connected to anchor pads on the base substrate. A single crystal quartz includes the microbridge, the flexure beams, the springs, and the anchor mounts. The flexure beams and the springs prevent buildup of stress in the microbridge.