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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 1999
Filed:
Apr. 08, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael S Bielas, Tucson, AZ (US);
Tamim F El-Wailly, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Honeywell, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
356350 ;
Abstract
A signal processing circuit for a fiber optic gyroscope which prevents glitches from saturating the photodetector and gain stages of the detection electronics by inserting random noise in the detected signal is disclosed. This technique allows one to control the noise density function, the noise level and the noise spectrum of the detected signal.