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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2007
Robert E. Stewart, Woodland Hills, CA (US);
Robert E. Stewart, Woodland Hills, CA (US);
Northrop Grumman Guidance and Electronics Company, Inc., Woodland Hills, CA (US);
Abstract
One embodiment is a micro hemispheric resonator gyro having: a plurality of pickoff and forcer electrodes; a hemispheric resonator; a guard ring having first and second opposed sides, the guard ring containing the plurality of pickoff and forcer electrodes, and the hemispheric resonator; a top cover operatively coupled to the first side of the guard ring; and a bottom cover operatively coupled to the second side of the guard ring; wherein the plurality of pickoff and forcer electrodes, the hemispheric resonator, the guard ring, the top cover and the bottom cover form a micro hemispheric resonator gyro.