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Offline Calibration for MEMS Gyroscope G-sensitivity Error Coefficients Based on the Newton Iteration and Least Square Methods

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 October 2017

Li Xing ,
Zhi Xiong ,
Jian-ye Liu ,
Wei Luo  and
Ya-zhou Yue
Li Xing
Affiliation:
(Navigation Research Center, College of Automation Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, China)
Zhi Xiong*
Affiliation:
(Navigation Research Center, College of Automation Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, China)
Jian-ye Liu
Affiliation:
(Navigation Research Center, College of Automation Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, China)
Wei Luo
Affiliation:
(Navigation Research Center, College of Automation Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, China)
Ya-zhou Yue
Affiliation:
(Flight Automatic Control Research Institute, Xi'an, China)
*
(E-mail: xiongzhi@nuaa.edu.cn)
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Abstract

With the improvement of the bias instability of Micro-Electromechanical Systems (MEMS) gyroscopes, the g-sensitivity error is gradually becoming one of the more important factors that affects the dynamic accuracy of a MEMS gyroscope. Hence there is a need for correcting the g-sensitivity error. However, the traditional calibration of g-sensitivity error uses a centrifuge. The calibration conditions are harsh, the process is complex and the cost is relatively high. In this paper, a fast and simple method of g-sensitivity error calibration for MEMS gyroscopes is proposed. With respect to the bias and random noise of a MEMS gyroscope, the g-sensitivity error magnitude is relatively small and it is simultaneously coupled with the Earth's rotation rate. Therefore, in order to correct the g-sensitivity error, this work models the calibration for g-sensitivity error coefficients, designs an (8+N)-position calibration scheme, and then proposes a fitting method for g-sensitivity error coefficients based on the Newton iteration and least squares methods. Multi-group calibration experiments designed on a MEMS Inertial Measurement Unit (MEMS IMU) product demonstrate that the proposed method can calibrate g-sensitivity error coefficients and correct the g-sensitivity error effectively and simply.

Keywords

G-sensitivity errorLeast square methodNewton iteration methodOffline calibration
Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Navigation , Volume 71 , Issue 2 , March 2018 , pp. 352 - 370
Copyright
Copyright © The Royal Institute of Navigation 2017 

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