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Metallic resonator Q-factor is very sensitive to the resonator's material, its thermal and chemical treatment, design, and environment; i.e., pressure and temperature. In order to obtain higher accuracy for CVG it is necessary to use resonator evacuation.Resonator mass plays a very important role in sensitivity to angle rate, in stability of vibration, in response to environmental condition changes, and also to external vibration and shock resistance. tnnalabs Holding Inc. uses a cylindrical resonator with increased rim thickness of up to 2 mmn and more.This concerns resonator material and design parameters selection, material thermal treatment to increase resonator Q-factor, and improved control algorithms in order to increase metallic CVG accuracy. As a result, CVG bias instability of 0.025 degth and random walk of 0.008 degvh for the resonator diameter 43 mmn, and 0.2 deg/h for the resonator diameter 25 mm were obtained. Future opportunities for Innalabs CVG is also discussed herein.Test results are presented for CVG43 and CVG25. Three-axis CVG unit under control of one DSP "Sharc" and IMU parameters are forecasted.

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This work presents investigation of differential Coriolis vibratory gyroscope ability to external shock suppression. First of all pulse amplitude in voltage caused by external mechanical shock of 100 g is estimated for the two sensor designs. Then, using differential Coriolis vibratory gyroscope Simulink model, output signals of two measurement channels are analyzed. It is shown that differential Coriolis vibratory gyroscope damps amplitude of erroneous angle rate caused by shock directed along sensing axis of no less than 3 times in comparison with non differential Coriolis vibratory gyroscope. Influence of lateral shock is also analyzed.

In order to meet in many aspects contradictory requirements to gyroscopes used in space applications, this paper proposes to use the multimode Coriolis vibratory gyroscope, which operates in a new differential mode in addition to well-known rate and rate-integrating modes. The differential mode of operation can provide high resistance to external disturbances acting on the gyroscope under operating in launch, docking, and landing regimes of spacecraft. The differential mode of operation differs from the other two known modes by the presence of two, X and Y, measurement channels. Each of the channel measures angle rate with opposite sign. This mode of operation can be implemented by the disposition of standing wave pattern between the drive and sense electrodes. The paper presents promising capabilities of the differential mode of operation to self-compensate for external disturbances. The condition for the standing wave angle disposition that provides maximum compensation for the disturbances is proposed. Numerical and graphical test results on the determination of shock suppression coefficient, vibration sensitivity reduction coefficient, and also reduction of sensitivity to constant and variable magnetic fields are presented.

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