The direct measurement of the Earth's rotation rate by means of a micromechanical yaw-rate gyroscope is difficult to achieve due to the considerable parameter variations of the current state-of-the-art sensors of this type. This paper outlines and applies a model of the external factors' effect on the sensor measurement via a method for their compensation through a mechanical change in the sensor's orientation. This allows the determination of a value such as the Earth's rotation rate, which is at the limit of the sensor's sensitivity and less than its short-term stability. A specialized information-measurement system has been developed for the implementation of the method. This system has been used for a number of measurements, presented in a graphical form. As a result, an average value of the Earth's rotation rate has been derived. This method is applicable for a subjective categorization and evaluation of micromechanical gyroscopes using a natural source of a very low angular speed.

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Recent progress in the investigation of the material parameters of Al/Al2O3systems leads to an increase in the possibilities for using embedded TaOXN1‐X layers. The use of Al‐sheets as mechanical strength carriers in combination with vacuum‐deposited Al‐layers and electrochemically anodized Al2O3 structure requires study. This was found to create a periodic multilayer Al/Al2O3 structure. The material qualities of this system allow optimization in order to achieve high speed data processing and signal propagation. The existing studies using Al and Ta combination as well as the high resistance qualities of the modified TaOXN1‐X layers have shown satisfactory results. It can be concluded that the development of this new layer combination is possible in the multilayer carrier structures. Some preliminary research studies show a proper adhesion and satisfactory characteristics of the two integrated resistive planes in the multilayer combination Al/Al2O3//TaOXN1‐X/Ta2O5/Al.

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