Quartz-based disk resonator gyro with ultra-thin conductive outer electrodes and method of making same
US8766745B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 22, 2009 |
| Grant date | Jul 1, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 12, 2031 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH03H2009/02496
- WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A disk resonator gyroscope includes a quartz base, a quartz resonator disk having a central pillar connected to the base, the quartz resonator disk having a surface facing the base and having plurality of circumferential slots in the surface of the quartz resonator disk around the central pillar, and an electrode comprised of quartz and connected to the base outside of an outer edge of the resonator disk.
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