The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc.

James R Cousens

Jeffrey T Borenstein

Marc Steven Weinberg

Amy Elizabeth Duwel

William David Sawyer

Anthony S Kourepenis

James H Connelly

Christopher M Lento

A method for reducing errors in a tuning fork gyroscope includes determining a first distance, g, between an upper sense plate and a proof mass and a second distance, g, between a lower sense plate and the proof mass. The method further includes applying a first voltage, V, to the upper sense plate and a second voltage, V, to the lower sense plate, wherein the ratio of the first voltage and the second voltage is a function of the first distance and the second distance.

Method for fabricating a tuning fork gyroscope

A tuning fork gyroscope typically including at least one proof mass with an upper sense plate disposed above the proof mass and a lower sense plate disposed below the proof mass and means for sensing changes in the nominal gaps between the sense plate and the proof mass and for outputting a signal indicative of the gyroscope angular rate.

Tuning fork gyroscope

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Hanson, MA, United States of America

James R Cousens