Universal resonator controller
AssigneeInertialwave
InventorsAnthony Dorian Challoner, Sy-min Chueng
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Abstract
A universal resonator controller device is disclosed including an analog control circuit for controlling (i.e. providing resonating or damping) of a mechanical resonator subject to inertial motion within a baseband frequency. The analog control circuit produces an analog signal varying with a varying amplitude and frequency of the mechanical resonator resulting from the inertial motion of the mechanical resonator. A digital readout circuit receives and converts the analog signal to a digital signal varying at the resonator frequency and digitally processes the digital signal to demodulate the digital signal to a digital baseband amplitude or frequency signal resulting from the inertial motion.
Claims18
A resonator control and readout device comprising:
- an analog control circuit for controlling a mechanical resonator subject to inertial motion of inertial rotation or inertial acceleration within a baseband frequency,
- the analog control circuit producing an analog control signal varying with a varying amplitude at a resonator frequency of the mechanical resonator and the varying amplitude resulting from the inertial rotation of the mechanical resonator, or
- the analog control circuit producing the analog control signal varying with a varying frequency of the mechanical resonator and the varying frequency resulting from the inertial acceleration of the mechanical resonator;
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- a digital readout circuit for receiving and converting the analog control signal to a digital signal varying at the resonator frequency and for digitally processing the digital signal to demodulate the digital signal to a digital baseband signal resulting from the inertial motion.
A method of resonator control and readout comprising:
- providing control of a mechanical resonator subject to inertial motion of inertial rotation or inertial acceleration within a baseband frequency with an analog control circuit,
- the analog control circuit producing an analog control signal varying with a varying amplitude at a resonator frequency of the mechanical resonator and the varying amplitude resulting from the inertial rotation of the mechanical resonator, or
- the analog control circuit producing the analog control signal varying with a varying frequency of the mechanical resonator and the varying frequency resulting from the inertial acceleration of the mechanical resonator;
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- receiving and converting the analog control signal to a digital signal varying at the resonator frequency and digitally processing the digital signal to demodulate the digital signal to a digital baseband signal resulting from the inertial motion with a digital readout circuit.
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