Ultraminiature tactical grade cryogenic RFOG
US5229831A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 20, 1991 |
| Grant date | Jul 20, 1993 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 20, 2011 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01C19/728
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An axial gyroscopic pointing reference for mounting on optics within an internally cooled telescope a resonant fiber optic gyroscope, in which the elements of the fiber optic gyroscope are cryogenically cooled with the same system that cryogenically cools the telescope optical elements. In one specific configuration the pointing reference includes three orthogonally positioned resonant fiber optic gyroscopes supported in a tetrahedron configuration and cryogenically cooled by the telescope cooling system.
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