Angular MET sensor for precise azimuth determination

Dmitry Zaitsev; Alexander Antonov; Vladimir Krishtop

doi:10.1117/12.2267073

30 December 2016 Angular MET sensor for precise azimuth determination

Dmitry Zaitsev, Alexander Antonov, Vladimir Krishtop

Proceedings Volume 10224, International Conference on Micro- and Nano-Electronics 2016; 102241H (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2267073
Event: The International Conference on Micro- and Nano-Electronics 2016, 2016, Zvenigorod, Russian Federation

Abstract

This paper describes using a MET-based low-noise angular motion sensor to precisely determine azimuth direction in a dynamic-scheme method of measuring Earth’s rotation velocity vector. The scheme includes installing a sensor on a rotating platform so that it could scan a space and seek for the position of highest Earth’s rotation vector projection on its axis. This method is very efficient provided a low-noise sensor is used. We take a low-cost angular sensor based on MET (molecular electronic transduction) technology. Sensors of this kind were originally developed for the seismic activity monitoring and are well-known for very good noise performance and high sensitivity. This approach, combined with use of special signal processing algorithms, allowed for reaching the accuracy of 0.07° for a measurement time of 200 seconds.

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Dmitry Zaitsev, Alexander Antonov, and Vladimir Krishtop "Angular MET sensor for precise azimuth determination", Proc. SPIE 10224, International Conference on Micro- and Nano-Electronics 2016, 102241H (30 December 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2267073

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