- Patent Title: Microelectromechanical gyroscope having a resonant driving loop with controlled oscillation amplitude and method of controlling a microelectromechanical gyroscope
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Application No.: US17847000Application Date: 2022-06-22
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Publication No.: US11885619B2Publication Date: 2024-01-30
- Inventor: Andrea Donadel , Emanuele Lavelli , Stefano Polesel
- Applicant: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
- Applicant Address: IT Agrate Brianza
- Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
- Current Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
- Current Assignee Address: IT Agrate Brianza
- Agency: Seed IP Law Group LLP
- Priority: IT 2021000016880 2021.06.28
- Main IPC: G01C19/5712
- IPC: G01C19/5712

Abstract:
A microelectromechanical gyroscope includes a support structure, a driving mass movable according to a driving axis; and an oscillating microelectromechanical loop. The microelectromechanical loop has a resonance frequency and a loop gain and includes the driving mass, a sensing interface that senses a position of the driving mass, and a gain control stage that maintains a modulus of the loop gain at a unitary value at the resonance frequency. The gain control stage includes a sampler and an transconductance operational amplifier in an open-loop configuration. The sampler acquires samples of a loop signal from the sensing interface in a first operative condition and transfers them to the transconductance operational amplifier in a second operative condition. The sampler decouples the transconductance operational amplifier from the sensing interface in the first operative condition and in the second operative condition.
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