Shkel A. – TechConnect Briefs

Dynamically Amplified Rate Integrating Gyroscopes

Painter C., Shkel A., University of California Irvine, US

The paper presents the design, modeling, simulation, and initial characterization of a novel MEMS vibratory rate integrating gyroscope, which uses a dual mass architecture. In contrast to conventional micromachined vibratory gyroscopes which measure angular rate, [...]

Study of a Novel Isotropic Suspension Design for an Angular Gyroscope

Painter C., Shkel A., University of California Irvine, US

This paper describes the analysis of a novel isotropic suspension designed for use in a Micro Electro Mechanical System (MEMS) z-axis angular gyroscope.The suspension,consisting of six concentric interconnected rings rigidly attached to an anchored frame,supports [...]

Performance Limits of Micromachined Tunable-Cavity Filter

Moon J-S., Shkel A., University of California Irvine, US

This paper focuses on the performance limits of a tunable-cavity Fabry-Perot filter (FPF)implemented using MEMS technology.This is a versatile device capable of many functions,including light modulation and high precision sensing.Our goal is to explore challenges [...]

A Design Approach for Robustness Improvement of Rate Gyroscopes

Acar C., Shkel A., University of California Irvine, US

This paper reports a design concept for robustness improvement of micromachined gyroscopes. The novelty of the approach is in expanding the design space of the device by increasing the degrees-of-freedom (DOF) of the system. The [...]

Modeling and Simulation of Micromachined Gyroscopes in the Presence of Imperfections

Shkel A., Howe R.T., Horowitz R., University of California-Berkeley, US

This paper studies behavior of non-ideal vibratory micromachined gyroscopes. The use of methods of motion decomposition [1] is the essence of the proposed analytical approach. The method is based on partitioning the equations of motion [...]