Sensors, Vol. 20, Pages 377: Optimization of Ring Laser Gyroscope Bias Compensation Algorithm in Variable Temperature Environment (Sensors)

In a high accuracy strapdown inertial navigation system (SINS), the ring laser gyroscope’s (RLG) bias changes and the performance decreases due to factors in the RLG’s self-heating and changes in ambient temperature. Therefore, it is important to study the bias temperature drift characteristics of RLGs in high, low, and variable temperature environments. In this paper, a composite temperature calibration scheme is proposed. The composite temperature model introduces the derivative term and the temperature derivative cross-multiplier on the basis of the static model and sets the overlap regions for the piecewise least squares fitting. The results show that the composite temperature model can compensate the bias trend term well at ambient temperature, improve the fitting accuracy, and smooth the output curve. The compensation method has a small amount of calculations and flexible parameter design. The precision of the laser gyros in one SINS is improved by about 64.9%, 15.7%, and 3.6%, respectively, which has certain engineering application value.