A 3-Axis Gyroscope for Electronic Stability Control With Continuous Self-Test

Balachandran, Ganesh K.; Petkov, V.; Mayer, Thomas; Balslink, Thorsten

doi:10.1109/jssc.2015.2496360

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“…The MEMS gyroscope’s BI is mainly determined by the 1/ f noise of the MEMS resonator and readout circuit. With the development of MEMS resonators, readout circuit noise has become the bottleneck to improving BI 2 – 5 . Since the BGR is an important block in the readout circuit for providing a reference voltage, its 1/ f noise is a key factor affecting the BI.…”

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A 0.82 μVrms ultralow 1/f noise bandgap reference for a MEMS gyroscope

Zou

Wei

et al. 2023

Microsyst Nanoeng

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High-precision microelectromechanical system (MEMS) gyroscopes are significant in many applications. Bias instability (BI) is an important parameter that indicates the performance of a MEMS gyroscope and is affected by the 1/f noise of the MEMS resonator and readout circuit. Since the bandgap reference (BGR) is an important block in the readout circuit, reducing its 1/f noise is key to improving a gyroscope’s BI. In a traditional BGR, the error amplifier is applied to provide a virtual short-circuit point, but it introduces the main low-frequency noise sources. This paper proposes an ultralow 1/f noise BGR by removing the error amplifier and applying an optimized circuit topology. In addition, a simplified but accurate noise model of the proposed BGR is obtained to optimize the BGR’s output noise performance. To verify this design, the proposed BGR has been implemented in a 180 nm CMOS process with a chip area of 545 × 423 μm. The experimental results show that the BGR’s output integrated noise from 0.1 to 10 Hz is 0.82 μV and the thermal noise is 35 nV/√Hz. Furthermore, bias stability tests of the MEMS gyroscope fabricated in our laboratory with the proposed BGR and some commercial BGRs are carried out. Statistical results show that reducing the BGR’s 1/f noise can nearly linearly improve the gyroscope’s BI.

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