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AssigneeHoneywell International Inc.
InventorsMichael K. Scruggs, Peter A. Wall, Ming-Hsing Yu, Robert A. Kovacs
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A noise reducing thermal-electrically cooled photodetector for an Interferrometric Fiber Optic Gyro (IFOG) includes a photodiode that converts an optical power signal received from a coupler of the IFOG to an electrical compensation signal. The photodiode is in mechanical contact with one or more thermoelectric coolers (TEC) to lower an operating temperature of the photodiode. The photodetector also includes an amplifier circuit to amplify the electrical compensation signal. The amplifier circuit includes an operational amplifier having an input and an output, with a feedback resistor interposed between the input and output. The feedback resistor is also in mechanical contact with a TEC to lower an operating temperature of the feedback resistor. By reducing the operating temperature of the feedback resistor and the photodiode the thermal noise of the IFOG is reduced.
A photodetector for an optical gyro, said photodetector comprising
A noise reducing thermal-electrically cooled photodetector for an Interferrometric Fiber Optic Gyro (IFOG), said photodetector comprising:
A noise reducing thermally cooled photodetector circuit for an interferrometric fiber optic gyro, said photodetector comprising:
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