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ReviewSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2022

A Review of MEMS Vibrating Gyroscopes and Their Reliability Issues in Harsh Environments.

Waqas Amin Gill, Ian Howard, Ilyas Mazhar, Kristoffer McKee

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Review in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

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Who cites it

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Waqas Amin GillDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Curtin University, Perth, WA 6845, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-4113-5932
Ian HowardDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Curtin University, Perth, WA 6845, Australia.
Ilyas MazharDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Curtin University, Perth, WA 6845, Australia.
Kristoffer McKeeDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Curtin University, Perth, WA 6845, Australia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) vibrating gyroscopes have gained a lot of attention over the last two decades because of their low power consumption, easy integration, and low fabrication cost. The usage of the gyroscope equipped with an inertial measurement unit has increased tremendously, with applications ranging from household devices to smart electronics to military equipment. However, reliability issues are still a concern when operating this inertial sensor in harsh environments, such as to control the movement and alignment of mini-satellites in space, tracking firefighters at an elevated temperature, and assisting aircraft navigation in gusty turbulent air. This review paper focuses on the key fundamentals of the MEMS vibrating gyroscopes, first discussing popular designs including the tuning fork, gimbal, vibrating ring, and multi-axis gyroscopes. It further investigates how bias stability, angle random walk, scale factor, and other performance parameters are affected in harsh environments and then discusses the reliability issues of the gyroscopes.

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Micro-Electrical-Mechanical SystemsAircraftElectronicsEquipment DesignReproducibility of Resultsfrequency modulatedgimbalMEMS vibrating gyroscopemode mismatchrate integratedspace applicationstuning forkvibrating ring

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PMID36236508
PMCPMC9571586

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