Micromachined Inertial Sensor Development at Northrop

Joe Blanco and John Geen

Abstract:	A design approach for micromachined inertial sensors is described. The success of the approach has been illustrated by the manufacture of very low cost instruments with tacti- cal performance potential. A range of &3000°/sec, in-run stability of 15’/hr, noise of lOO’/hr, 0.1% linearity and good vibration performance have all been demonstrated in laboratory prototype gyros. Pilot production ac- celerometers showed k6Og range, lmg accuracy, excellent linearity and outstanding physical robustness.
Published in:	Proceedings of the 49th Annual Meeting of The Institute of Navigation (1993) June 21 - 23, 1993 Royal Sonesta Hotel Cambridge, MA
Pages:	577 - 586
Cite this article:	Blanco, Joe, Geen, John, "Micromachined Inertial Sensor Development at Northrop," Proceedings of the 49th Annual Meeting of The Institute of Navigation (1993), Cambridge, MA, June 1993, pp. 577-586.
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