1. A 50 µW, 2.1 mdeg/s/√Hz frequency-to-digital converter for frequency-output MEMS gyroscopes
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Burak Eminoglu, Bernhard E. Boser, Mitchell Kline, Yu-Ching Yeh, and Igor Izyumin
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Microelectromechanical systems ,Engineering ,business.industry ,Dynamic range ,Bandwidth (signal processing) ,Gyroscope ,Dissipation ,law.invention ,law ,Electronic engineering ,Demodulation ,business ,Digital converter ,High dynamic range - Abstract
Frequency-modulated operation of MEMS gyroscopes promises numerous benefits, including inherently accurate scale factor, improved bias stability, high dynamic range, and low power dissipation. An FM demodulator based on sigma-delta frequency-to-digital conversion decouples dynamic range from power dissipation to achieve a resolution of 41.1µHz in a 50 Hz bandwidth for a 30 kHz signal (2.1 mdeg/s/√Hz) with a maximum input range of 2000 deg/s while consuming 27.6µA at 1.8V. The high performance and low power consumption of this circuit enable the development of high performance, ultra-low-power, frequency-output gyroscopes and other frequency-output MEMS sensors.
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- 2014
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