Complementary frequency electromagnetic gyroscope

This paper proposes a complementary frequency electromagnetic gyroscope. In this gyroscope, a voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) is applied to generate complementary frequency signals and the angular rate detection is realized based on a phase-locked loop. The complementary frequency electromagnetic gyroscope can be fully realized by micro-electronic technology, which is beneficial to the miniaturization of the angular rate measurement system and has a wide application prospect. The complementary frequency electromagnetic gyroscope extends the application of the Sagnac effect and replaces the optical signal with the electromagnetic pulse signal. It can make full use of the advantages of microelectronic technology and microwave technology to realize the miniaturization of measuring components and even realize the system on a chip. In this paper, the mathematical model of the complementary frequency electromagnetic gyroscope is established and verified by simulation analysis. Theoretical analysis shows that the measured angular rate is proportional to the relative frequency difference of complementary VCO output. The simulation results indicate that the sensitivity of the complementary frequency gyroscope is 1 × 10−5 rad/s and is insensitive to noise. When the signal-to-noise ratio is lower than 0 dB, the gyroscope still has good angular rate measurement accuracy.