JP2010145248A - Closed loop system optical interference angular speed meter - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a closed loop system optical interference angular speed meter excellent in a temperature characteristic, and having a self-diagnosis function. <P>SOLUTION: The closed loop system optical interference angular speed meter includes a pseudo angular speed signal generating section for superimposing a self-diagnosis pseudo angular speed on a phase modulation signal, and providing it to a phase modulator. The pseudo angular speed signal generating section includes: a gain control section; a pseudo signal generating circuit; an adder; and a D/A converter. The gain control section inputs a phase difference corresponding to an angular speed set for a diagnosis, a threshold value and a reference threshold value, obtains a gain coefficient by dividing the threshold value by the reference threshold value, multiplies the phase difference corresponding to the angular speed set for the diagnosis by the gain coefficient, and outputs it as a phase difference for the diagnosis. The pseudo signal generating circuit generates the pseudo angular speed signal as a step sawtooth wave. The adder adds the phase modulation signal and the pseudo angular speed signal. The D/A converter converts an output signal of the adder from a digital signal into an analog signal, and provides it to the phase modulator. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a closed loop optical interference angular velocity meter having a self-diagnosis function.

FIG. 4 shows a configuration example of a standard closed-loop optical interference angular velocity meter, and its operation is outlined. Light of a certain intensity is emitted from the light source 2 controlled by the light source driving circuit 1. This light is transmitted through an optical fiber and enters the optical element 4 via the optical coupler 3. The optical element 4 uses, for example, an optical integrated circuit in which a waveguide is formed in an optical crystal of lithium niobate (LiNbO ₃ ) and an optical branching coupler 9, a phase modulator 7, and a phase modulator 8 are integrated. The incident light is branched into two routes by the optical branching coupler 9, one of which enters one end of the optical fiber coil 5 as CW (clockwise) light, circulates around the optical fiber coil 5, and reaches the other end. The light enters the other end of the optical fiber coil 5 as CCW (counter-clockwise) light, goes around the optical fiber coil 5 and reaches one end. In this specification, “clockwise” and “counterclockwise” are described as clockwise and counterclockwise when the drawing is viewed from the front.

  At this time, phase modulation is performed on the CW light and the CCW light. In other words, when τ is the time during which the CW light or CCW light passes through the optical fiber coil 5 in the absence of an angular velocity input, the phase modulator 7 provided on one of the two routes on the optical element 4 A rectangular wave (see FIG. 5) having a pulse width generated by the phase modulation driving circuit 60 and a duty ratio of 1/2 generated by the timing signal generated by the signal generation circuit 50 is applied to the CW light and the CCW light. Then, phase modulation of + π / 4 and −π / 4 is alternately performed.

  In the configuration shown in FIG. 4, the CW light is phase-modulated by the phase modulator 7 before circulating around the optical fiber coil 5, and the CCW light is phase-modulated by the phase modulator 7 after circulating around the optical fiber coil 5. Receive. Accordingly, since the time of phase modulation between the CW light and the CCW light branched at the same time is shifted by τ, the phase difference of + π / 2 and −π / 2 is relatively different between the CW light and the CCW light. Will be given.

By the way, the CW light and the CCW light circulate around the optical fiber coil 5 and are optically coupled and interfered by the optical branching coupler 9 of the optical element 4. If there is a phase difference of ΔΦ between the CW light and the CCW light in the absence of an angular velocity input, the intensity of the light that interferes with the CW light and the CCW light (interference light intensity I ₀ ) is expressed as P ₀ is given by equation (1) (see the curve drawn with a solid line in FIG. 6A).

When a phase difference of + π / 2 and −π / 2 is given to the CW light and the CCW light by the phase modulator 7, ΔΦ = − even in the case of ΔΦ = + π / 2 according to the equation (1). Even in the case of π / 2, the interference light intensity I ₀ is P _0/2 (see FIG. 6B). Note that at the transition of the rising or falling of the rectangular wave shown in FIG. 5, the interference light intensity I ₀ passes through a point where the maximum intensity P ₀ is reached, so that spike noise shown in FIGS. 6B and 7B is generated. Arise.

Now, assume that an angular velocity Ω [rad / s] is added clockwise to a closed loop optical interference angular velocity meter. More precisely, the input angular velocity Ω is added to the optical fiber coil 5 clockwise. As a result, the optical path length differs between the CW light and the CCW light, and the position based on the input angular velocity Ω between the CW light and the CCW light. A phase difference occurs (Sagnac effect). Let ΔΦ _{s be the} phase difference between the CW light and the CCW light (Sagnac phase difference) due to the Sagnac effect. When the clockwise input angular velocity Ω is added, the phase of the CW light advances by ΔΦ _{s with} respect to the phase of the CCW light. The interference light intensity I ₀ when the Sagnac phase difference ΔΦ _s is added is given by the equation (2) (see the curve drawn by the solid line shown in FIG. 7A). 1).

Even when the input angular velocity Ω is added, the phase difference of + π / 2 and −π / 2 is not changed by the phase modulator 7, so the phase modulation ΔΦ by the phase modulator 7 is different between CW light and CCW light. = ± π / 2 and the Sagnac phase difference ΔΦ _{s result in a} phase difference of + π / 2 + ΔΦ _s and −π / 2 + ΔΦ _s . Therefore, when the phase difference between the CW light and the CCW light is + π / 2 + ΔΦ _s , the interference light intensity I ₀ is P ₁ , and when it is −π / 2 + ΔΦ _s , the interference light intensity I ₀ is P ₂ (FIG. 7 ( b)). P ₁ is given by equation (3) and P ₂ is given by equation (4). Further, the interference light intensity difference ΔI, which is the difference between the interference light intensity P ₁ and the interference light intensity P ₂ , is defined by Expression (5). The direction (clockwise or counterclockwise) of the input angular velocity Ω can be known from the polarity of the interference light intensity difference ΔI.

Equation (5) means that the Sagnac phase difference ΔΦ _s can be known by observing the interference light intensity difference ΔI. The Sagnac phase difference ΔΦ _s is given by equation (6). R is the radius [m] of the optical fiber coil 5, L is the optical fiber length [m] of the optical fiber coil 5, c is the speed of light [m / s],
λ represents the light source wavelength [m], and n represents the refractive index of the core portion of the optical fiber coil 5.

The closed loop system optical interference gyro, the interference light intensity difference ΔI to 0, i.e., performs negative feedback control so as to cancel the Sagnac phase difference .DELTA..PHI _s. This will be described with reference to FIG.

  The interference light in which the CW light and the CCW light are optically coupled by the optical branching coupler 9 of the optical element 4 enters the optical coupler 3 and is branched. The interference light branched and output from the optical coupler 3 enters the light receiver 6 and is photoelectrically converted. An analog electric signal generated by photoelectric conversion is input to the A / D converter 10 and converted into a digital signal. This digital signal is input to the digital signal processor 30.

  The digital signal processing device 30 includes a synchronous detection circuit 31, an integrator 32, a feedback signal generation circuit 33, and a ramp peak value control unit 35. The digital signal that is the output of the A / D converter 10 is input to the synchronous detection circuit 31.

Synchronous detection circuit 31 performs synchronous detection on the digital signal, and outputs a signal corresponding to the interference light intensity difference ΔI clogging Sagnac phase difference .DELTA..PHI _s. The integrator 32 receives the output signal of the synchronous detection circuit 31 as an input, and outputs an integral value (a cumulative addition value of digital values) obtained by time-integrating this input.

The output of the integrator 32 is input to the feedback signal generation circuit 33. The feedback signal generation circuit 33 increases (decreases) the amplitude of the feedback signal by ΔΦ _{s over} time τ, and when the amplitude exceeds ± 2 mπ (m is an integer), the flyback control decreases (increases) the amplitude by 2 mπ. To generate a stepped sawtooth feedback signal. Since the closed loop optical interference angular velocity meter performs negative feedback control, the polarity of the feedback signal is set so as to cancel the Sagnac phase difference ΔΦ _s . The input angular velocity can be detected by the repetition frequency of the feedback signal, which will be described later.

  The ramp peak value control unit 35 generates a threshold value of ± 2 mπ based on the output of the A / D converter 10 and the timing signal. Details of the ramp peak value controller 35 will be described later.

  The output of the feedback signal generation circuit 33 is input to the D / A converter 40 and converted into an analog signal. This analog signal is input to the phase modulator 8 provided on the other of the two routes on the optical element 4. The A / D converter 10, the synchronous detection circuit 31, the integrator 32, and the feedback signal generation circuit 33 are synchronized in signal processing by the timing signal generated by the timing signal generation circuit 50.

  FIG. 8 exemplifies the relationship between the phase for modulation (modulation phase) and time for CW light and CCW light that have undergone phase modulation by a feedback signal having a stepped sawtooth wave. Since both lights undergo phase modulation by a feedback signal that is a stepped sawtooth wave of flyback control, the modulation phase of both lights is a stepped sawtooth wave. Here, since the feedback signal is subjected to flyback control that decreases (increases) the amplitude by 2 mπ when the amplitude exceeds ± 2 mπ, each modulation phase of the CW light and the CCW light repeats with a period T.

In the modulation phase of the CW light (shown by a solid line in FIG. 8A) and the modulation phase of the CCW light (shown by a broken line in FIG. 8A), the time point at which the phase modulation is performed is τ Therefore, there is a shift by τ in the time axis direction. Here, the step width of the stepped sawtooth wave as the feedback signal is set to time τ, and the phase difference between the modulation phase of the CW light and the modulation phase of the CCW light is as shown in FIG. It becomes. That is, a feedback phase difference of −ΔΦ _f or Φ _R (2mπ) −ΔΦ _f is given between the CW light and the CCW light, and the Sagnac phase difference ΔΦ _s (shown by a broken line in FIG. 8A). Will be countered.

The detection of the input angular velocity by the repetition frequency of the feedback signal will be described. The relationship between the repetition frequency f (period T) of the feedback signal and the input angular velocity Ω is given by Expression (7) by using Expression (6) for the period T = 2mπτ / ΔΦ _s .

  That is, if the repetition frequency f of the feedback signal is measured, the given input angular velocity Ω can be known. Therefore, the feedback signal from the feedback signal generating circuit 33 is input to the angular velocity output unit 70, and the angular velocity output unit 70 obtains a repetition frequency f of the feedback signal, and outputs a positive pulse output and a negative pulse output corresponding to the repetition frequency f. Generate. A positive pulse output indicates an output when a clockwise angular velocity is input, for example, and a negative pulse output indicates an output when a counterclockwise angular velocity is input, for example.

Note that the phase modulator 7 alternately performs + π / 4 and −π / 4 phase modulation on the CW light and the CCW light by the above-described rectangular wave, and relatively + π between the CW light and the CCW light. The reason for giving a phase difference of / 2 and -π / 2 is that when Δφ = ± π / 2, the rate of change of the interference light intensity in equation (8) is maximized, and the sensitivity to the Sagnac phase difference Δφ _s is maximized. Because.

The ramp peak value control unit 35 causes the maximum phase shift Φ _R of the feedback signal to deviate from an ideal value of 2mπ because the electro-optic coefficient of the phase modulators 7 and 8 has temperature characteristics. To prevent it. The deviation of the maximum phase deviation ΦR of the feedback signal from ₂ mπ leads to deterioration of the scale factor linearity of the closed loop optical interference angular velocity meter. The reason will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing the relationship between the feedback phase difference ΔΦ _f and the interference light intensity I. The period shown in (a) is the case where the maximum phase shift Φ _R is exactly 2π (rad) (when m = 1), and there is no difference in the interference light intensity before and after the flyback control of the feedback signal. . However, if the maximum phase shift [Phi _R of the feedback signal is applied less than 2 [pi, differences in the interference light intensity before and after the flyback control as shown in the period (b) it appears. Thus, when a difference appears in the interference light intensity, the expression (7) does not hold strictly, and the scale factor linearity of the closed loop optical interference angular velocity meter deteriorates. The same applies to the period (c) in which the maximum phase shift Φ _R of the feedback signal is given to be greater than 2π.

The ramp peak value control unit 35 includes a synchronous detection circuit 36, an integrator 37, an adder 38, and a 2mπ reference value generator 39. The synchronous detection circuit 36 detects the difference in the interference light intensity shown in FIGS. 9A and 9C by synchronous detection. The integrator 37 integrates the difference in interference light intensity detected by the synchronous detection circuit 36. The ramp peak value controller 35 controls the threshold value so that the 2mπ reference value generator 39 adds the output of the integrator 37 to the reference threshold value so that the maximum phase shift Φ _R = 2mπ. The threshold value is input to the feedback signal generation circuit 33.

Feedback signal generating circuit 33, because it produces a feedback signal stepped sawtooth digital signal of the threshold as a peak phase deviation [Phi _R, the maximum phase shift of the feedback signal is controlled to be always 2mπ Is done. Patent document 1 can be illustrated as such a closed loop system optical interference angular velocity meter.

Conventionally, a closed loop optical interference angular velocity meter having a self-diagnosis function has been considered (Patent Document 2). FIG. 10 shows a functional configuration example of a conventional closed-loop optical interference angular velocity meter having a self-diagnosis function. This closed loop optical interference angular velocity meter includes an arithmetic processing unit 100 and a pseudo angular velocity signal generation unit 110 for a self-diagnosis function. The pseudo angular velocity signal generation unit 110 adds a pseudo angular velocity to be described later to the output of the phase modulation signal generation circuit 65 to generate a phase modulation signal. The arithmetic processing unit 100 includes a pseudo angular velocity setting unit 101 that generates a diagnostic angular velocity and a phase difference φ _E corresponding to the diagnostic angular velocity, and a determination unit 102 that inputs an angular velocity output and a diagnostic angular velocity and determines the difference therebetween. Consists of.

  The pseudo angular velocity signal generation unit 110 includes a pseudo signal generation circuit 111, an adder 112, and a D / A converter 113. The phase modulation signal generation circuit 65 receives the timing signal and generates a digital signal having a pulse width τ, a duty ratio of 1/2, and a phase modulation amount π / 4, −π / 4.

The pseudo signal generation circuit 111 receives the timing signal, the threshold value, and the phase difference φ _E corresponding to the diagnostic angular velocity as input, and increases (decreases) the amplitude by Φ _E within the threshold value within a range of the threshold value τ. A pseudo angular velocity signal of the stepped sawtooth wave is generated. The conversion from angular velocity to phase difference is given by equation (6).

The pseudo angular velocity signal is added to the output of the phase modulation signal generation circuit 65 by the adder 112 and supplied to the phase modulator 7 of the optical element 4 via the D / A converter 113. This is shown in FIG. FIG. 3A shows an output signal of the phase modulation signal generation circuit 65. FIG. 3B is a diagram illustrating an example of the pseudo angular velocity signal. FIG. 3C shows an example of the output waveform of the adder 112. As a result, this is equivalent to the case where an angular velocity is applied to the closed loop optical interference angular velocity meter. The angular velocity output output by the angular velocity output unit 70 is compared with the diagnostic angular velocity by the determination unit 102 of the arithmetic processing unit 100, and self-diagnosis can be performed by determining the difference.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-295077 JP-A-4-52511

A conventional closed-loop optical interference angular velocimeter with a self-diagnosis function is a phase difference corresponding to a fixed diagnostic angular velocity, although the threshold value varies depending on the temperature characteristics of the electro-optic coefficient of the phase modulator. temperature characteristics of an angular velocity output at the self-diagnosis is poor because it generates a pseudo angular speed signal with phi _E.

  The present invention has been made in view of this problem, and an object thereof is to provide a closed-loop optical interference angular velocity meter having a self-diagnosis function with good temperature characteristics.

  The closed-loop optical interference angular velocity meter according to the present invention splits light from a light source, an optical fiber coil, and the light source, enters both ends of the optical fiber coil to form a double light, and propagates through the optical fiber coil. An optical branching coupler for coupling and interfering the reciprocating both-round light, a first phase modulator, an optical coupler for branching interference light coupled and interfered by the optical branching coupler, and an intensity of interference light from the optical coupler. A photoreceiver for converting into an electrical signal, an A / D converter for analog / digital conversion of the electrical signal from the photoreceiver, and a digital signal processing device for generating a digital feedback signal with the output signal of the A / D converter as an input; , A first D / A converter for digital / analog conversion of the digital feedback signal, and a second for providing a phase difference between the two-way light by the output of the first D / A converter. A phase modulator, a phase modulation generation circuit that generates a phase modulation signal from a timing signal, an angular velocity output unit that generates an angular velocity output by inputting an output signal of a digital signal processing device, a pseudo angular velocity signal generation unit, and an arithmetic processing Part. A digital signal processing apparatus includes a synchronous detection circuit that receives an output signal of an A / D converter and performs synchronous detection, an integrator that integrates the output of the synchronous detection circuit, and an output of the integrator, and outputs a digital feedback signal. And a ramp peak value controller for generating a threshold value of the digital feedback signal from the output signal of the A / D converter and the reference threshold value. The arithmetic processing unit includes a pseudo angular velocity setting unit that generates a diagnostic angular velocity and a phase difference corresponding to the angular velocity, and a determination unit that compares the diagnostic angular velocity with the angular velocity of the angular velocity output unit to determine pass / fail. The pseudo angular velocity signal generation unit receives the phase difference corresponding to the pseudo angular velocity, the threshold value, and the reference threshold value, and obtains a gain coefficient obtained by dividing the threshold value by the reference threshold value as a value corresponding to the pseudo angular velocity. A gain control unit that multiplies the phase difference and outputs it as a diagnostic phase difference, a pseudo signal generation circuit that generates a stepwise sawtooth-like pseudo angular velocity signal that integrates the diagnostic phase difference to a threshold value, a phase modulation signal, and a pseudo signal An adder for adding the angular velocity signal; and a second D / A converter for digital / analog converting the output signal of the adder and supplying the converted signal to the first phase modulator.

  In the closed-loop optical interference angular velocity meter according to the present invention, the gain control unit multiplies the phase difference corresponding to the pseudo angular velocity set for diagnosis by the gain coefficient obtained by dividing the threshold value by the reference threshold value. Generate a phase difference. Then, the pseudo signal generation circuit integrates the diagnostic phase difference adjusted by the gain coefficient to the threshold value to generate a pseudo angular velocity signal of a stepped sawtooth wave. That is, since the height of the pseudo angular velocity signal is controlled so as to cancel out the temperature change of the threshold value, a closed loop optical interference angular velocity meter having a self-diagnosis function with good temperature characteristics can be realized.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. The same reference numerals are given to the same components in a plurality of drawings, and the description will not be repeated.

  FIG. 1 shows an example of the functional configuration of a closed loop optical interference angular velocity meter according to the present invention. The closed loop optical interference angular velocity meter of FIG. 1 includes a light source driving circuit 1, a light source 2, an optical coupler 3, phase modulators 7 and 8, and an optical element 4 including an optical branching coupler 9, an optical fiber coil 5, and a light receiver. 6, A / D converter 10, digital signal processing device 30, D / A converter 40, phase modulation signal generation circuit 65, angular velocity output unit 70, arithmetic processing unit 100, and pseudo angular velocity signal generation unit 120 . The light source driving circuit 1 to the angular velocity output unit 70 operate in the same manner as the standard closed loop optical interference angular velocity meter shown in FIG.

  FIG. 1 includes an arithmetic processing unit 100 for a self-diagnosis function and a pseudo angular velocity signal generation unit 120. The phase modulation signal generation circuit 65 and the arithmetic processing unit 100 operate in the same manner as the closed-loop optical interference angular velocity meter having the self-diagnosis function shown in FIG.

  The pseudo angular velocity signal generation unit 120 includes a gain control unit 121, a pseudo signal generation circuit 111, an adder 112, and a D / A converter 113. The phase modulation signal generation circuit 65 receives the timing signal and generates a digital signal having a pulse width τ, a duty ratio of 1/2, and phase modulation amounts π / 4 and −π / 4.

The gain control unit 121 receives the phase difference φ _E corresponding to the diagnostic angular velocity, the threshold value Th, and the reference threshold value K _Th and gains obtained by dividing the threshold value Th by the reference threshold value K _Th The coefficient is multiplied by the phase difference φ _E corresponding to the pseudo angular velocity and output as a diagnostic phase difference φ _E ′ (formula (9)).

Gain control unit 121, a threshold value Th which the electro-optical coefficients of the phase modulator 7 and 8 is varied reasons to have temperature characteristics, determine the gain factor obtained by dividing the reference threshold K _Th. Then, a diagnostic phase difference φ _E ′ is generated by multiplying the phase difference φ _E corresponding to the pseudo angular velocity by a gain coefficient. The reference threshold value K _Th is a 2mπ reference value generated by the ramp peak value control unit 35.

The pseudo signal generation circuit 111 receives the timing signal, the threshold value, and the diagnostic phase difference φ _E ′ generated by multiplying the gain coefficient as inputs, and sets the amplitude to φ per time τ within the threshold value range. A pseudo angular velocity signal of a stepped sawtooth wave increased (decreased) by _E ′ is generated. The pseudo angular velocity signal is added to the output of the phase modulation signal generation circuit 65 by the adder 112 and supplied to the phase modulator 7 of the optical element 4 via the D / A converter 113.

  As a result, this is equivalent to the case where the angular velocity is applied to the closed loop system. The angular velocity output output from the angular velocity output unit 70 is compared with the diagnostic angular velocity by the determination means 102 of the arithmetic processing unit 100, and self-diagnosis is performed by determining the difference.

  FIG. 2A shows an example of a pseudo angular velocity signal waveform at a certain temperature. The period T of the feedback signal at the threshold value Th is T = 5τ, for example, as shown in FIG. FIG. 2B shows an example in which the threshold value Th is changed to the threshold value Th ′ in a closed loop optical interference angular velocity meter having a conventional self-diagnosis function that does not have the gain control unit 121. Assuming that the threshold value Th ′ changes, for example, by +1.25 times, the period T of the feedback signal when the threshold value Th ′ = 1.25 × Th is T = 6τ as shown in FIG. Will change.

  This change in the period T of the feedback signal is a change in the angular velocity output. As described above, the closed-loop optical interference angular velocimeter having the conventional self-diagnosis function without the gain control unit 121 has poor temperature characteristics of the angular velocity output during the self-diagnosis.

FIG. 2C shows an example of the pseudo angular velocity signal waveform of the first embodiment. As shown in FIG. 2B, the threshold value Th is changed by +1.25 times and the threshold value Th ′ = 1.25 × Th. In Example 1, 'be varied to, correspondingly, the corresponding phase difference phi _E diagnostic angular velocity gain factor (Th' threshold Th is Th because / K _Th) is multiplied is in the correction, The period T of the feedback signal is kept constant. As a result, according to the configuration of the first embodiment, the self-diagnosis of the closed loop optical interference angular velocity meter can be performed without being affected by the temperature change.

  FIG. 1 shows a closed-loop optical interference angular velocity meter having a digital self-diagnosis function. However, the analog self-diagnostic device in which the A / D converter 10 and the D / A converters 40 and 113 are removed from FIG. A closed loop optical interference angular velocity meter having a diagnostic function may be used.

The figure which shows the function structural example of the closed loop system optical interference angular velocity meter of this invention. It is a figure which shows the relationship between threshold value Th and a pseudo angular velocity signal, (a) is a figure which shows the waveform of the pseudo angular velocity signal at the time of threshold value Th, (b) is a threshold when there is no gain control part 121. FIG. 6C is a diagram showing a waveform of a pseudo angular velocity signal at a threshold value Th ′ when a gain control unit 121 is provided. (A) is a figure which shows the example of the output waveform of the phase modulation signal generation circuit 65, (b) is a figure which shows the example of the output waveform of the pseudo signal generation circuit 111, (c) is the example of the output waveform of the adder 112 FIG. The figure which shows the function structural example of the conventional closed loop system optical interference angular velocity meter. The figure which shows the phase modulation signal of + (pi) / 4 and-(pi) / 4 which the phase modulation drive circuit 60 generate | occur | produces. The figure which shows the interference light intensity | strength which generate | occur | produces in the optical branch coupler 9. FIG. Shows the interference light intensity I ₀ when the Sagnac phase difference .DELTA..PHI _s is applied. It is a figure which shows the relationship between a feedback signal and a modulation phase, (a) is a figure which shows CW light and CCW light which received phase modulation, (b) is a figure which shows the phase difference of both light. The figure which shows the shift | offset | difference from 2m (pi) of maximum phase shift (PHI) _R of a step-like sawtooth wave, and interference light intensity. The figure which shows the function structural example of the closed loop system optical interference angular velocity meter provided with the conventional self-diagnosis function.

Claims (1)

In the closed-loop optical interference angular velocity meter that detects the angular velocity by performing feedback control so that the phase change of light based on the Sagnac effect is zero,
A light source;
An optical fiber coil;
An optical branching coupler for branching the light from the light source and entering both ends of the optical fiber coil to make double-ended light and coupling and interfering with the double-ended light propagating through the optical fiber coil and returning;
A first phase modulator;
An optical coupler for branching interference light coupled and interfered by the optical branching coupler;
A light receiver for converting the intensity of the interference light from the optical coupler into an electrical signal;
An A / D converter for analog / digital conversion of the electrical signal from the light receiver;
A digital signal processing device for generating a digital feedback signal using the output signal of the A / D converter as an input;
A first D / A converter for digital / analog converting the digital feedback signal;
A second phase modulator for providing a phase difference between the two-way light by the output of the first D / A converter;
A phase modulation generation circuit for generating a phase modulation signal from the timing signal;
An angular velocity output unit that inputs an output signal of the digital signal processing device and generates an angular velocity output;
A pseudo angular velocity signal generator;
An arithmetic processing unit;
Comprising
The digital signal processor is
A synchronous detection circuit that receives the output signal of the A / D converter and performs synchronous detection;
An integrator for integrating the output of the synchronous detection circuit;
A feedback generation circuit for inputting the output of the integrator and generating a digital feedback signal;
A ramp threshold value control unit that generates a threshold value of the digital feedback signal from the output signal of the A / D converter and the reference threshold value;
The arithmetic processing unit is
Pseudo angular velocity setting means for generating a phase difference corresponding to the angular velocity for diagnosis and the angular velocity;
A determination means for comparing the angular velocity for diagnosis and the angular velocity output of the angular velocity output unit to determine pass / fail,
The pseudo angular velocity signal generator is
Using the phase difference corresponding to the pseudo angular velocity, the threshold value, and the reference threshold value as inputs,
A gain control unit that multiplies a phase coefficient corresponding to the pseudo angular velocity by a gain coefficient obtained by dividing the threshold value by the reference threshold value and outputs the result as a diagnostic phase difference;
A pseudo signal generation circuit that generates a stepwise sawtooth pseudo angular velocity signal that integrates the diagnostic phase difference to the threshold value;
An adder for adding the phase modulation signal and the pseudo angular velocity signal;
A second D / A converter for digital / analog converting the output signal of the adder and supplying the converted signal to the first phase modulator;
A closed-loop optical interference angular velocity meter characterized by comprising:

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