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"description": "A method for calibrating the stiffness mismatch ΔK or quadrature Kxy of a vibrating angular sensor includes a resonator extending about two axes x and y defining a sensor frame xy, comprising a vibrating proof mass comprising two parts configured to vibrate in phase opposition with respect to each…",
"path": "/patents/1354655",
"publishedAt": "2023-11-16T00:00:00.000Z",
"site": "at://did:plc:oql6ds5vnff4ugar6rruliwd/site.standard.publication/3mn3ohu7oxx5w",
"tags": [
"G01C25/005",
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"textContent": "A method for calibrating the stiffness mismatch ΔK or quadrature Kxy of a vibrating angular sensor includes a resonator extending about two axes x and y defining a sensor frame xy, comprising a vibrating proof mass comprising two parts configured to vibrate in phase opposition with respect to each other in a direction x′ defining a wave frame x′y′, the direction x′ making an electrical angle to the axis x; and detection, excitation, quadrature compensation and stiffness adjustment transducers; the resonator having a stiffness matrix Kin the sensor frame and a stiffness matrix Kin the wave frame; the method comprising steps of: A determining the electrical angle; B recovering a quadrature or stiffness term of the stiffness matrix Kin the wave frame, the term being a sum of functions in cos(iθ) and sin(iθ); steps A and B being reiterated either for a plurality of electrical angles (θ), or for a duration during which the vibration wave continuously rotates through an electrical angle (θ(t)) varying as a function of time; C determining the amplitudes of the functions in cos(iθ) and sin(iθ); then D determining the stiffness mismatch ΔK or the quadrature Kxy, on the basis of the amplitudes.",
"title": "METHOD FOR CALIBRATING THE DIFFERENCE IN STIFFNESS AND/OR QUADRATURE OF A VIBRATING INERTIAL SENSOR"
}