Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Phononic travelling wave gyroscope
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Application No.: US15347748Application Date: 2016-11-09
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Publication No.: US10281277B1Publication Date: 2019-05-07
- Inventor: Raviv Perahia , Logan D. Sorenson , Lian X. Huang , Hung Nguyen , David T. Chang , Deborah J. Kirby
- Applicant: HRL Laboratories, LLC
- Applicant Address: US CA Malibu
- Assignee: HRL Laboratories, LLC
- Current Assignee: HRL Laboratories, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Malibu
- Agency: Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie, LLP
- Main IPC: G01C19/58
- IPC: G01C19/58 ; G01C19/64 ; G01C19/5698 ; G10K11/20

Abstract:
A phononic travelling wave gyroscope. The gyroscope includes a phononic waveguide including at least one loop. The phase change incurred by phonons propagating around the loop is compared to a reference phase, and utilized to form an estimate of the rotational rate of the gyroscope.
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