Accuracy Research for Non-orthogonal Configuration of Inertial Sensors

Authors

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18372/1990-5548.84.20196

Keywords:

Allan variance, MEMS module, data processing, inertial sensor, non-orthogonal configuration

Abstract

This article deals with accuracy research of the non-orthogonal configuration of inertial sensors based on Allan variance. The influence of changes in the measurement range of the inertial module on the Allan variance was assessed. Based on an analysis of the results of the Allan variance assessment, a procedure for choosing multi-axis MEMS sensors with identical characteristics to create an inertial non-orthogonal measuring instrument is proposed. An example of compiling a data processing algorithm for an inertial measuring instrument with a non-orthogonal arrangement of sensitivity axes based on an assembly of 3-axis MEMS sensors is given. The simulation results for numerical estimates are represented. Improvement of the accuracy of the non-orthogonal inertial measuring instruments using the Allan variance is shown.

Author Biographies

Olha Sushchenko , State University "Kyiv Aviation Institute"

Doctor of Engineering Science

Professor

Faculty of Air Navigation, Electronics and Telecommunications

Yurii Bezkorovainy , State University "Kyiv Aviation Institute"

Candidate of Science (Engineering)

Associate Professor

Faculty of Air Navigation, Electronics and Telecommunications

References

A. Rudyk, V. Rudyk, and M. Matei, “Research and simulation of the local navigation system of terrestrial mobile robot,” Informatyka, Automatyka, Pomiary w Gospodarce i Ochronie Środowiska, vol. 10, no. 2. Politechnika Lubelska, pp. 56–61, Jun. 30, 2020, https://doi.org/10.35784/iapgos.928.

A. V. Rudyk, A. O. Semenov, N. Kryvinska, O. O. Semenova, V. P. Kvasnikov, and A. P. Safonyk, “Strapdown inertial navigation systems for positioning mobile robots—MEMS gyroscopes random errors analysis using Allan variance method,” Sensors, vol. 20, no. 17. MDPI AG, p. 4841, Aug. 27, 2020, https://doi.org/10.3390/s20174841.

A. V. Rudik, “Interconnection of estimating accuarcy of constant error of MEMS accelerometer with Allan variatnce,” Proceedings of Priazovsky State Technical University, issue 35, pp. 212–220, 2017.

O. A. Sushchenko, Y. N. Bezkorovainyi, and N. D. Novytska, “Theoretical and experimental assessments of accuracy of non-orthogonal MEMS sensor arrays,” Eastern-European Journal of Enterprise Technologies, vol. 3, no. 9 (93), pp. 40–49, 2018, https://doi.org/10.15587/1729-4061.2018.131945.

O. A. Sushchenko, Y. M. Bezkorovainyi, and V. O. Golitsyn, “Fault-tolerant inertial measuring instrument with neural network,” in Proc. IEEE 40th International Conference on Electronics and Nanotechnology (ELNANO), Kyiv, Ukraine, 2020, pp. 797–801, https://doi.org/10.18372/1990-5548.77.18006.

L. Cheng, B. Yang, X. Guo, and X. Chen, “Design, analysis and simulation of a MEMS-based gyroscope with differential tunneling magnetoresistance sensing structure,” Sensors, vol. 20 (17), 2020, https://doi.org/10.3390/s20174919.

G. Patrizi, M. Carratù, L. Ciani, P. Sommella, M. Catelani, and A. Pietrosanto, "Analysis of inertial measurement units performances under dynamic conditions," IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, vol. 72, pp. 1–13, 2023, Art no. 3520713, https://doi.org/10.1109/TIM.2023.3284957.

P. Tritschler, T. Hiller, T. Ohms, W. Mayer, and A. Zimmermann, "Sensor individual non-orthogonality correction in low-cost MEMS gyroscopes using neural networks," in Proc. 2023 IEEE International Symposium on Inertial Sensors and Systems (INERTIAL), Lihue, HI, USA, 2023, pp. 1–4, https://doi.org/10.1109/INERTIAL56358.2023.10103806.

L. Blocher et al., "Purely inertial navigation with a low-cost MEMS sensor array," in Proc. 2021 IEEE International Symposium on Inertial Sensors and Systems (INERTIAL), Kailua-Kona, HI, USA, 2021, pp. 1–4, https://doi.org/10.1109/INERTIAL51137.2021.9430468

T. Hiller, L. Blocher, M. Vujadinović, Z. Péntek, A. Buhmann, and H. Roth, "Analysis and compensation of cross-axis sensitivity in low-cost MEMS inertial sensors," in Proc. 2021 IEEE International Symposium on Inertial Sensors and Systems (INERTIAL), Kailua-Kona, HI, USA, 2021, pp. 1–4, https://doi.org/10.1109/INERTIAL51137.2021.9430454

A. Radi, B. Sheta, S. Nassar, I. Arafa, A. Youssef, and N. El-Sheimy, "Accurate identification and implementation of complicated stochastic error models for low-cost MEMS inertial sensors," in Proc. 2020 12th International Conference on Electrical Engineering (ICEENG), Cairo, Egypt, 2020, pp. 471–475, https://doi.org/10.1109/ICEENG45378.2020.9171742

V. Krizhanovski, V. Komarov, S. Serhiienko, and V. Kryzhanovskyi, "Application of Allan variance for data control in sensor networks," in Proc. 2021 IEEE 4th International Conference on Advanced Information and Communication Technologies (AICT), Lviv, Ukraine, 2021, pp. 88–91, https://doi.org/10.1109/AICT52120.2021.9628918.

T. Hiller et al., "Practical approaches to Allan deviation analysis of low-cost MEMS inertial sensors," in Proc. 2023 IEEE International Symposium on Inertial Sensors and Systems (INERTIAL), Lihue, HI, USA, 2023, pp. 1–4, https://doi.org/10.1109/INERTIAL56358.2023.10103985.

A. W. Lodhi and M. H. Shahab, "Calibration of MEMS sensors for precision measurement of acceleration, spin and attitude," in Proc. 2021 IEEE 32nd International Conference on Microelectronics (MIEL), Nis, Serbia, 2021, pp. 185–188, https://doi.org/10.1109/MIEL52794.2021.9569084.

B. Johnson et al., "Development of a navigation-grade MEMS IMU," in Proc. 2021 IEEE International Symposium on Inertial Sensors and Systems (INERTIAL), Kailua-Kona, HI, USA, 2021, pp. 1–4, https://doi.org/10.1109/INERTIAL51137.2021.9430466

Q. Zhang, X. Niu, and C. Shi, "Impact assessment of various IMU error sources on the relative accuracy of the GNSS/INS systems," IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 20, no. 9, pp. 5026-5038, 1 May1, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1109/JSEN.2020.2966379.

O. A. Sushchenko, Y. N. Bezkorovainyi, and N. D. Novytska, “Dynamic analysis of non-orthogonal redundant inertial measuring units based on MEMS-sensors,” in Proc. 2018 IEEE 38th International Conference on Electronics and Nanotechnology, (ELNANO-2018), Kyiv, Ukraine, April 24-26, 2018, pp. 464–469, https://doi.org/10.1109/ELNANO.2018.8477553.

O. A. Sushchenko, Y. N. Bezkorovainyi, and N. D. Novytska, “Non-orthogonal redundant configurations of inertial sensors,” in Proc. 2017 IEEE 4th International Conference on Actual Problems of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Developments (APUAVD 2017), Kyiv, Ukraine, 2018, October 17 – 19, pp. 73–78, https://doi.org/10.1109/APUAVD.2017.8308780.

O. A. Sushchenko, Y. M. Bezkorovainyi, and V. O. Golytsin, “Processing of redundant information in airborne electronic systems by means of neural networks,” in Proc. 2019 IEEE 39th International Conference on Electronics and Nanotechnology (ELNANO-2019), Kyiv, Ukraine, April 16-18, 2019, pp. 652–655, https://doi.org/10.1109/ELNANO.2019.8783394.

O.Sushchenko, Y. Bezkorovainyi, V. Golitsyn, and F. Yanovsky, “Modelling possibility to increase measuring range of MEMS inertial unit,” in Proc. 2021 IEEE 16th International Conference on Experience of Designing and Application of CAD Systems in Microelectronics, Lviv, Ukraine, February 22–26, 2021, pp. 10–14, https://doi.org/10.1109/CADSM52681.2021.9385260.

O. Sushchenko and Y. Bezkorovainyi, "Non-orthogonal Configuration of MEMS Sensors Analysis Based on Allan Variance," 2024 IEEE 42nd International Conference on Electronics and Nanotechnology (ELNANO), Kyiv, Ukraine, 2024, pp. 549–554, https://doi.org/10.1109/ELNANO63394.2024.10756830

Downloads

Published

2025-06-30

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 84 (2025)

Section

AUTOMATION AND COMPUTER-INTEGRATED TECHNOLOGIES

License

Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:

Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.

Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.

Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access).