At the four-day, IEEE Inertial international symposium on inertial sensors and systems (March 28th to 31st), Dr. Mark Marshall, Chief Engineer, Silicon Sensing Systems Ltd., will present a paper on the construction and inertial performance of the company’s smallest gyro — the Pinpoint®.
The presentation will explore the gyro’s operating principles and examine its specifications in detail. It will describe Pinpoint’s construction including the fabrication of the MEMS vibrating ring and will outline the performance envelope of the unit in both flat and orthogonal mounts.
Dr. Marshall explained, “At around the size of your smallest fingernail (approx. 5mm x 6mm) PinPoint® is a coriolis vibratory gyro that offers huge inertial performance benefits across a vast range of motion sensing applications: from industrial robotics to satellite control, autonomous vehicle guidance to motion tracking, aircraft attitude heading and reference systems (AHRS) to precision agriculture. This paper examines how Pinpoint® achieves this performance in such a small form factor.”
The paper will also describe the properties of the PZT film that Pinpoint® uses as both gyro actuator and transducer – and will outline the key performance benefits this brings to the gyro.
Dr. Marshall said, “Pinpoint is a core product for the inertial market, hugely flexible in how it can be used, tiny, reliable and low cost. Already in use worldwide and in many markets, its potential is endless and we are regularly approached to discuss new applications that we had not even considered!”
Silicon Sensing will also be one of a small number of exhibitors at the symposium with the company’s full range of inertial sensors and systems available to view and discuss.”
Dr. Mark Marshall was appointed Chief Engineer of Silicon Sensing Systems in February of 2023, having joined Silicon Sensing in 2017 as the lead engineer on numerous, inertial programs. Previously, Dr Marshall worked as a senior research engineer in the field of laparoscopic electro-surgical instruments, with many patents and refereed papers. He has a first class honors degree in Computer Aided Engineering, an MSc in Advanced Manufacturing Systems and a PhD from the University of Cambridge.
Silicon Sensing Systems Ltd is a market leader in silicon MEMS gyroscopes, accelerometers, and inertial measurement systems, specialising in high performance, reliability, and affordability. The company has delivered over 25 million MEMS sensors to thousands of customers worldwide and has a heritage in inertial sensing that can be traced back over 100 years. All today’s inertial sensors and systems are based on in-house, patented designs which are manufactured in Silicon Sensing’s state of the art MEMS foundry.