• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.42 no.1
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• pp.82-89
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• 2014

This paper discusses the methods for reducing the sampling time quantization errors of the body dither type ring laser gyroscope. A ring laser gyroscope has the angle quantization error which is generated by the frequency counting method of the laser beat signal and sampling time quantization error which is generated by the demodulation method for eliminating the body dithering in which the sampling periods are fitted to the dither periods. Generally, because the dither periods are longer than the calculation periods of the inertial navigation system, vehicle navigation errors are produced by long time attitude update missing during the vehicle move with a high dynamical motion. In this paper, the double demodulation method is proposed for reducing the sampling time quantization error and its effects under the dynamic situation are confirmed by simulation.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Manufacturing Technology Engineers
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• v.22 no.1
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• pp.107-111
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• 2013

The gyroscopes have been used as a suitable inertial instrument for the navigation guidance and attitude controls. The accuracy as very sensitive sensor is limited by the lock-in region (dead band) due to the frequency coupling between two counter-propagating waves at low rotation rates. This frequency coupling gives no phase difference, and an angular increment is not detected. This problem can be overcome by mechanically dithering the gyroscope. This paper presents the design method of mechanical dither by the theoretical considerations and the verification of the theoretical equations through FEM applications. As a result, comparing to the past result, the maximum prediction error of resonant frequency was within 3 percent and peak dither rate was within 5 percent. It was found that the theoretical equations can be feasible for the mechanical performance of dither.

• Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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• v.23 no.5
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• pp.203-210
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• 2012

Sagnac interferometer gyroscopes can be divided into three large generations using starting points of time or highlights of their research. As the first generational Sagnac interferometer, the ring laser gyroscopes have been studied since the 1960s by laser invention, and as the second generational Sagnac interferometer, the fiber optic gyroscopes have been studied since the 1970s by invention of optical fiber for communication. In the latter half of the 1990s, after having confirmed the wave theory of the atom, studies of atomic interferometers were started for a next generation gyroscope application. This paper discusses the operation principles, application, and future prospects of these three generations of Sagnac gyroscopes.

• Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
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• v.16 no.4
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• pp.485-491
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• 2002

The gyroscopes have been used as a suitable inertial instrument for the navigation guidance and attitude controls. The accuracy as very sensitive sensor is limited by the lock-in region (dead band) by the frequency coupling between two counter-propagating waves at low rotation rates. This frequency coupling gives no phase difference and an angular increment is not detected. This problem can be overcome by the mechanical dithering. The purpose of the mechanical dithering is to suppress the dead band, oscillate the monoblock about the rotation axis and add an external rotation rate. This paper presents the theoretical considerations of the mechanical performances of dither on the basis of the loading condition and angular characteristics due to the piezoelement deformation and the validity of theoretical equations are compared through FEM (Finite Element Method) simulations.

• Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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• v.14 no.6
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• pp.649-656
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• 2003

In this paper we confirm the relation between the phase and phase error of the beat signal at the lock-in region of the dither type ring laser gyroscope by numerical calculation. We also study the requirement of the dither noise of an amplitude modulation type for statistical zero averaging of the beat signal phase error, without accumulation. As a result, we find that the dither noise requires the increase and decrease gradients of the dither amplitude, and those gradients should be combined with similar white noise. The slope of the gradient and maximum/minimum amplitude must be changed randomly. We confirm the error accumulation characteristic related to the dither noise by comparison of the two outputs during temperature change, by operating the two kinds dither noise, one is satisfied with the requirement and the other is not.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology
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• v.17 no.4
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• pp.531-536
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• 2014

There are trapping and stripping methods as the technique to remove the dither motion from RLG(Ring Laser Gyro) output. V/F converter output of angular sensor to measure the dither motion is used in stripping method. But bias and scale factor error is always included in V/F converter output and is a critical limiting factor for the wide application of stripping method to RLG. Therefore there have been many researches to solve this problem. The method to accurately estimate the bias and scale factor error of V/F converter using measurements of the angular sensor acquired at data sampling rate of INS is presented in this paper. To this end, stripping technique based on model of dither motion is newly applied.

• The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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• v.57 no.2
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• pp.256-260
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• 2008

The Ring Laser Gyro makes use of the Sagnac effect within a resonant ring cavity of A He-Ne laser and has more accuracy than the other Gyros. The Low Earth Orbit satellite for observatory use require the high accuracy Gyro to control and determine the altitude because of the need of payload pointing accuracy. In this paper, The theory of the Path Length Control is explained. The electrical design of Path Length Controller is described. The Design for Path Length Controller is composed of the demodulator, Integrator, Phase shifter, High Voltage Amplifier. We apply the circuit to 28cm square ring laser gyro and get the test results.

• Aerospace Engineering and Technology
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• v.6 no.1
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• pp.109-113
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• 2007

In this paper, the design process of the High Voltage Power Supply for RLG(Ring Laser Gyroscope) is described. The specification for High Voltage Power Supply(HVPS) is proposed. Also, The analysis of Flyback converter topology is explained. The Design for the HVPS is composed of the inverter circuit, feedback control circuit, high frequency switching transformer design, and voltage doubler circuit.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.39 no.8
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• pp.788-795
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• 2011

In this paper, we present the requirements specification to develop the small ring laser gyroscope(RLG) which is applicable to the medium-grade inertial navigation system(INS) widely used as a main navigation system. To this end, first we analyse the performance specifications of RLG which is needed to configure the medium-grade INS and then we present the design results of RLG to meet the performance specifications, based on the overseas technology survey and the theoretical analysis. It is also shown in this paper what technology is required to develop a small RLG.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2009.07a
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• pp.1503_1504
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• 2009

MEMS 구조물은 ${\mu}m$단위의 크기로 만들어지므로 각속도계와 같이 정밀한 센서를 만들 때에는 노이즈 문제를 해결하지 않으면 신호를 측정할 수가 없다. MEMS 구조물의 미세한 진동에 의해 발생되는 수 pico-coulomb의 전하를 측정해야하므로 구동 신호가 검출 전극에서 Feed-through되어 나타나는 경우 그 크기가 구동에 의한 신호보다 100배 이상 크기 때문에 원하는 신호를 검출할 수 없다. 본 논문에서는 이러한 Feed-through 현상에 의한 노이즈를 줄이기 위하여 Guard-ring을 이용한 blocking 방법과 dummy port를 이용한 canceling 방법을 고안하고 Feed-through reduction 회로를 설계, 제작, 실험하여 그 효과를 확인하였다. 그 결과 구동신호가 6Vpp, 30kHz일 때, -53.186dBm이었던 Feed-through 신호가 -77.107dBm으로 줄어드는 것을 확인하였다. 또한 노이즈를 제거하지 않은 경우 측정할 수 없었던 Q-factor를 Feed-through reduction 회로를 사용하여 측정한 결과 진공 패키징된 Si 기반 자이로스코프가 공진주파수 약 7.018kHz에서 Q-factor가 약 2500임을 확인하였다.