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Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2020

Filed:

Mar. 29, 2019
Applicant:

Topcon Positioning Systems, Inc., Livermore, CA (US);

Assignee:

Topcon Positioning Systems, Inc., Livermore, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03L 1/00 (2006.01); G01P 15/18 (2013.01); H03B 5/04 (2006.01); G01P 15/03 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03L 1/00 (2013.01); G01P 15/03 (2013.01); G01P 15/18 (2013.01); H03B 5/04 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method and system are provided for estimating the g-sensitivity of a quartz oscillator, which includes rotating the quartz oscillator successively around each of a plurality of axes constituting a full-rank system, measuring a frequency of the quartz oscillator at a predetermined rate as a function of time during rotation, and estimating an integral g-sensitivity vector while the quartz oscillator is rotated. Estimation can be performed utilizing a data fitting and estimation model, e.g., a Least Square Method (LSM) in one example, using the frequency measurements obtained while the quartz oscillator is in rotation around the axes. The method and system are especially useful for measuring g-sensitivity of quartz oscillators that are incorporated in high-precision systems, such as navigation receivers, which operate in environments that are subjected to vibrational effects and other mechanical forces.


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