High Q-Factor Mode-Matched Silicon Gyroscope with a Ladder Structure

Abstract

A high Q-factor and mode-matched silicon MEMS gyroscope composed of a ladder structure has been developed. The ladder structure that is capable of suppressing energy dissipation has allowed the Q-factors of drive and sense modes to reach 120,000, which is a great value as a Si-tuning fork gyroscope. Moreover, the mode-matched high Q-factor ladder gyroscope shows an angle random walk (ARW) of 0.020 deg/√h and a bias instability (BI) of 0.20 deg/h. These measured results demonstrate that the ladder structure has enabled this silicon gyroscope to achieve high performance that is required for autonomous driving systems.