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US 5137357

INTERFEROMETRIC SIGNAL ANALYSIS WITH MODULATION SWITCHING

Assignee

UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, A CORP. OF DE

Filed

Jun 27, 1990

Granted

Aug 11, 1992

Location

HARTFORD CT US

Abstract

In a fiber optic rotation sensor, two phase modulators are symmetrically offset with respect to the center of an optical fiber loop and alternately excited by a waveform whose frequency alters the differential phase between counter-propagating light waves in the loop to maintain a fixed intensity signal at a detector upon loop rotation. The difference between the waveform frequencies is proportional to the speed of sensor rotation while the mean value of the waveform frequencies equals the frequency value in the absence of sensor rotation. In the alternative, a single modulator is excited by a waveform whose polarity is reversed at intervals of time.

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35 USC §181 Secrecy Order

Imposed

Feb 27, 1991

Rescinded

May 29, 1991

Duration

3 months

Inventor

  • 1CARL M. FERRAR

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