Practical Approaches to Allan Deviation Analysis of Low-Cost MEMS Inertial Sensors

This paper provides explanations and best practices on how to measure and interpret Allan deviation specifically for low-cost MEMS inertial sensors. It focuses on the reliable extraction of the two most important noise terms angle/velocity random walk (ARW/VRW) and bias instability (BIS) as well as...

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Published in2023 IEEE International Symposium on Inertial Sensors and Systems (INERTIAL) pp. 1 - 4
Main Authors Hiller, Tobias, Vujadinovic, Milos, Blocher, Lukas, Mayer, Wolfram, Radovic, Dusan, Balslink, Thorsten, Northemann, Thomas, Buhmann, Alexander
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 28.03.2023
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accelerometer
Accelerometers
Allan deviation
angle random walk
Best practices
bias instability
gyroscope
Inertial sensors
low-cost
Low-pass filters
MEMS inertial sensor
Micromechanical devices
Reliability
Time series analysis
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Summary:This paper provides explanations and best practices on how to measure and interpret Allan deviation specifically for low-cost MEMS inertial sensors. It focuses on the reliable extraction of the two most important noise terms angle/velocity random walk (ARW/VRW) and bias instability (BIS) as well as their relevance in application. The understanding of Allan deviation as the stochastic, lowest-possible limit for sensor performance in the presence of much larger deterministic sensor errors is substantiated. Concrete guidelines for the measurement setup are provided. Lastly, typical phenomena in MEMS inertial sensors like sinusoidal signals or random telegraph noise (RTN) are presented in a holistic analysis, which includes Allan deviation, spectral density and low-pass filtered time series plots.
ISSN:2377-3480
DOI:10.1109/INERTIAL56358.2023.10103985