IP Library Granted Patent US 11,079,231
Granted Patent B2
US 11,079,231 · App. 16/632,491 · Granted Aug 3, 2021

Optical phase modulating scheme of a MIOC of an interferometer type fiber optic gyroscope

Inventors: Enrico Quatraro (San Benedetto del Tronto, IT); Andrea Pizzarulli (Civitanova Marche, IT)
G01C19/723
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Patent No.
US 11,079,231
App. No.
16/632,491
Granted
Aug 3, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

An optical phase modulating method of a multi-integrated optical circuit of an interferometric fiberoptic gyroscope with a control feedback control with a digital modulation and demodulations approach includes the step of modulating at eight modulation levels. Each modulation levels has a duration of one-quarter of a light propagation time in a fiberoptic coil.

Claims (7)

1. An optical phase modulating method of a multi-integrated optical circuit (MIOC) of an interferometric fiberoptic gyroscope (I-FOG) with a control loop feedback control with a digital modulation and demodulation approach, the optical phase modulating method comprising:

modulating at eight modulation levels wherein each modulating level has a duration of one-quarter of a light propagation time τ in a fiberoptic coil.

2. The optical phase modulating method of claim 1 , further comprising:

correcting a ΔΦ R phase shift produced by a Sagnac effect in a sensor of the interferometric fiberoptic gyroscope after an ε R error measure with a period equal to the light propagation time τ.

3. The optical phase of claim 1 , further comprising:

correcting the MIOC modulation channel gain in a sensor of the I-FOG after an ε G error measure equal to the light propagation time τ.

4. The optical phase of claim 1 , wherein a control frequency of the fiberoptic coil of a given length is increased by a factor of two as a consequence of the modulation level being one-quarter of the light propagation time τ.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Jun 26, 2024
From: CIVITANAVI SYSTEMS SPA
To: CIVITANAVI SYSTEMS SPA
Reel/Frame 067869/0273 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 20, 2023
From: CIVITANAVI SYSTEMS S.R.L.
To: CIVITANAVI SYSTEMS SPA
Reel/Frame 066145/0476 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 24, 2020
From: QUATRARO, ENRICO; PIZZARULLI, ANDREA
To: CIVITANAVI SYSTEMS S.R.L.
Reel/Frame 052490/0418 →
Priority Claims (1)
IT 102017000091341 · Aug 7, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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