Gyroscope with peripheral detection

A microelectromechanical gyroscope comprising a first Coriolis mass quartet which in its rest position lies in a device plane and a corresponding first quartet center point which lies on a first lateral axis in the device plane,

• wherein the first Coriolis mass quartet comprises four Coriolis masses which are in their rest positions symmetrically arranged around the first quartet center point where the first lateral axis crosses a first transversal axis orthogonally in the device plane, so that a first and second Coriolis masses in the first Coriolis mass quartet are aligned on the first lateral axis in their rest position, and a third and fourth Coriolis masses in the first Coriolis mass quartet are aligned on a first transversal axis in their rest position,
• and the gyroscope further comprises a first central synchronization arrangement centered around the first quartet center point inside the first Coriolis mass quartet,
• wherein the gyroscope further comprises a first, second, third and fourth pair of elongated mass elements, wherein the elongated mass elements which form the first pair are transversally aligned on opposite sides of the first lateral axis outside of the first Coriolis mass, and the elongated mass elements which form the second pair are transversally aligned on opposite sides of the first lateral axis outside of the second Coriolis mass, and the elongated mass elements which form the third pair are laterally aligned on opposite sides of the first transversal axis outside of the third Coriolis mass, and the elongated mass elements which form the fourth pair are laterally aligned on opposite sides of the first transversal axis outside of the fourth Coriolis mass,
• wherein each elongated mass element in the first, second, third and fourth pairs of elongated mass elements is suspended from a corresponding first peripheral anchor point by a first mass element suspender, and wherein said first mass element suspender extends from said first peripheral anchor point to a fixing point located substantially at the midpoint of said elongated mass element, and each elongated mass element in the first, second, third and fourth pairs of elongated mass elements is attached to a corresponding Coriolis mass of the first Coriolis mass quartet with a connecting spring arrangement,
• and the gyroscope further comprises one or more drive transducers for setting the first Coriolis mass quartet and the elongated mass elements into primary oscillating motion where the first and second Coriolis masses in the first Coriolis mass quartet move in anti-phase on the first lateral axis while the third and fourth Coriolis masses in the first Coriolis mass quartet move in anti-phase on the first transversal axis,
• and the gyroscope further comprises one or more sense transducers for detecting the secondary oscillating motion of the first Coriolis mass quartet and/or the elongated mass elements.