Abstract:
Disclosed herein is a circuit for measuring acceleration of a three-axis acceleration sensor. The circuit for measuring acceleration of a three-axis acceleration sensor includes: three-axis acceleration sensors connected to one another in parallel and sensing the respective accelerations applied to three axes directions of X, Y, and Z axes to output corresponding signals; a demultiplexer outputting three axes signals each output from the three-axis acceleration sensors through a single path; and an amplifier amplifying the output signal from the demultiplexer, and further includes, at a back-end of the amplifier, a multiplexer distributing a signal output from the amplifier to the respective axes, a sample and hold circuit unit sampling and storing an analog signal of each axis output from the multiplexer, and an analog-to-digital converter converting an analog signal output from the amplifier into a digital signal.
Abstract:
Disclosed herein are a self-oscillation circuit and a method thereof.The self-oscillation circuit includes: a gyroscope sensor receiving a driving signal at its input terminal to resonate with and output it; a sensor driver outputting the driving signal for driving the gyroscope sensor; a phase shifter receiving a signal from the gyroscope sensor and shifting a phase of the received signal; and a time delay unit receiving the shifted signal from the phase shifter and delaying it for a predetermined time period, and then feeding the delayed signal back to the sensor driver.
Abstract:
Disclosed herein is an apparatus for driving a gyroscope sensor, including: multi-axis sensing means; detecting circuit means; switching means that is disposed between the axes of the multi-axis sensing means and the detecting circuit means so as to connect or disconnect between the axes of the multi-axis sensing means and the detecting circuit means according to a switching control signal; and control means that controls the switching means such that the axes of the multi-axis sensing means and the detecting circuit means are sequentially connected or disconnected. By providing Integrated detecting circuit means to detect gyro signals on axes from a gyroscope sensor, size can be reduced and power consumption (current) and cost can be saved.
Abstract:
Disclosed herein are a continuous-time sigma-delta modulator and a continuous-time sigma-delta modulating method. According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the continuous-time sigma-delta modulator includes: an integrator receiving and integrating a signal; a quantizer quantizing an output of the integrator to be digitally output; a timer receiving the digital output of the quantizer to charge and discharge a charging and discharging capacitor according a predetermined timing so as to generate a trapezoidal waveform; and a digital-to-analog converter (DAC) outputting a digital-to-analog converted trapezoidal waveform depending on the digital output of the quantizer by using the timer to feedback the digital-to-analog converted trapezoidal waveform to be summed with a signal input to the integrator Further, the continuous-time sigma-delta modulating method is proposed.
Abstract:
Embodiments of the invention provide a driving circuit of a gyro sensor and a method for controlling a driving circuit of a gyro sensor. The driving circuit includes an analog circuit configured to receive one or more driving displacement signals and one or more gyro signals related to one or more sensing axes from the gyro sensor, detect one or more direct current (DC) gyro signal values through a demodulation process using a clock signal generated by using the one or more driving displacement signals and the one or more gyro signals, and receive temperature data from a temperature sensor. The driving circuit further includes a signal converter configured to convert the one or more DC gyro signals and the temperature data into one or more digital signals, and a digital circuit. The digital circuit is configured to receive the one or more DC gyro signal values and the temperature data from the signal converter, and compare an output signal value from the analog circuit based on only a pre-set reference voltage with a pre-set reference value through a predetermined control signal according to a result of a comparison between a temperature variation calculated based on the temperature data with a pre-set reference variation, to control a determination of whether an offset has been generated with respect to the output signal value and performing a correction calculation on the offset or performing a termination.
Abstract:
An apparatus for driving a gyro sensor includes a gyro sensor, an analog circuit, a signal converter, and a digital automatic gain controller. The gyro sensor includes at least one driving mass. The analog circuit detects an amplitude value or a phase value of resonance of the driving mass from first and second driving displacement signals output from the gyro sensor. The signal converter converts the amplitude value or the phase value into a digital value. The digital automatic gain controller outputs a control gain for controlling a signal driving resonance of the driving mass based on a selected one of a phase or amplitude of resonance of the driving mass, so that a selected one of the amplitude value and the phase value input from the signal converter is converged to a preset targeted value.
Abstract:
Disclosed herein is a resistive type accelerator sensor, including: a sensor unit; and a continuous time sigma-delta ADC including an input unit which receives an analog input signal transferred from the sensor unit, an addition circuit which is coupled with the input unit to receive the analog input signal and an analog feedback signal transferred from DAC to provide a summed signal, an integrator which integrates the summed signal transferred from the addition circuit, a comparator which converts an integrated signal transferred from the integrator into a digital signal, and an output unit which transfers the digital output signal.
Abstract:
Disclosed herein are a self-oscillation circuit having a means for eliminating a quadrature error and a method for eliminating a quadrature error using the circuit. The self-oscillation circuit having a means for eliminating a quadrature error according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: a voltage converter converting a current signal from the gyroscope sensor into a voltage signal, a signal magnitude detector measuring a magnitude of a quadrature error signal included in an output signal from the voltage converter, and a quadrature error eliminator generating a signal which has the same phase as the output signal from the voltage converter and the same magnitude as a signal measured by the signal magnitude detector, based on an output signal from the signal magnitude detector and the output signal from the voltage converter.
Abstract:
A filter includes series units and shunt units. Each series unit includes at least one bulk acoustic wave resonator. Each shunt unit includes at least one bulk acoustic wave resonator and is disposed between one of the series units and a ground. One of the series units or one of the shunt units includes a first bulk acoustic wave resonator, a second bulk acoustic wave resonator, and a third bulk acoustic wave resonator connected in series. The second bulk acoustic wave resonator has a polarity different from a polarity of the first bulk acoustic wave resonator and a polarity of the third bulk acoustic wave resonator.
Abstract:
Disclosed herein is a portable terminal, including: a case; a first substrate disposed at one side of the case; a second substrate spaced from the first substrate to form a battery installing space; and a connection substrate electrically connecting between the first substrate and the second substrate and disposed in parallel with a side of the case.