“…The latter can be partly compensated even with a lower damping coefficient if the accelerometer is operated closed-loop and the bandwidth is sufficiently high. In NG LITEF’s current accelerometer products, the vibration rectification error of lateral designs is kept low by both maximum damping and a very fast dead-beat controller [18] loop with a bandwidth of well above 2 kHz. The drawback is higher thermomechanical noise.…”
In the following paper, we present an industry perspective of inertial sensors for navigation purposes driven by applications and customer needs. Microelectromechanical system (MEMS) inertial sensors have revolutionized consumer, automotive, and industrial applications and they have started to fulfill the high end tactical grade performance requirements of hybrid navigation systems on a series production scale. The Fiber Optic Gyroscope (FOG) technology, on the other hand, is further pushed into the near navigation grade performance region and beyond. Each technology has its special pros and cons making it more or less suitable for specific applications. In our overview paper, we present latest improvements at NG LITEF in tactical and navigation grade MEMS accelerometers, MEMS gyroscopes, and Fiber Optic Gyroscopes, based on our long-term experience in the field. We demonstrate how accelerometer performance has improved by switching from wet etching to deep reactive ion etching (DRIE) technology. For MEMS gyroscopes, we show that better than 1°/h series production devices are within reach, and for FOGs we present how limitations in noise performance were overcome by signal processing. The paper also intends a comparison of the different technologies, emphasizing suitability for different navigation applications, thus providing guidance to system engineers.
“…The latter can be partly compensated even with a lower damping coefficient if the accelerometer is operated closed-loop and the bandwidth is sufficiently high. In NG LITEF’s current accelerometer products, the vibration rectification error of lateral designs is kept low by both maximum damping and a very fast dead-beat controller [18] loop with a bandwidth of well above 2 kHz. The drawback is higher thermomechanical noise.…”
In the following paper, we present an industry perspective of inertial sensors for navigation purposes driven by applications and customer needs. Microelectromechanical system (MEMS) inertial sensors have revolutionized consumer, automotive, and industrial applications and they have started to fulfill the high end tactical grade performance requirements of hybrid navigation systems on a series production scale. The Fiber Optic Gyroscope (FOG) technology, on the other hand, is further pushed into the near navigation grade performance region and beyond. Each technology has its special pros and cons making it more or less suitable for specific applications. In our overview paper, we present latest improvements at NG LITEF in tactical and navigation grade MEMS accelerometers, MEMS gyroscopes, and Fiber Optic Gyroscopes, based on our long-term experience in the field. We demonstrate how accelerometer performance has improved by switching from wet etching to deep reactive ion etching (DRIE) technology. For MEMS gyroscopes, we show that better than 1°/h series production devices are within reach, and for FOGs we present how limitations in noise performance were overcome by signal processing. The paper also intends a comparison of the different technologies, emphasizing suitability for different navigation applications, thus providing guidance to system engineers.
“…But for the analysis of the stability the actual roots are not needed, only if they are inside the unit circle. According to [18] there are analytical methods to decide this directly by the coefficients of the polynomial. But for (23) the necessary criteria are not meaningful enough and the sufficient criteria do not lead to manageable formulas.…”
It is an important aim to reduce the cost of driver assistance systems to bring their benefit in safety and comfort to as many drivers as possible. A single camera used as an environmental sensor has the potential for a significant cost reduction. Based on the currently available camera and image processing technology this work evaluates how the portfolio of the camera based assistance systems can be expanded by an ACC function. By transferring the method of image-based controlling from robotic to distance control of vehicles, a known controller for radar systems is adapted to the characteristics of the camera. The detailed analysis of the resulting controller shows the influence of the controller parameters on different aspects of the system behavior.
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