Open-Loop Fiber Optic Gyroscope
EMCORE’s Open-Loop Fiber Optic Gyro (FOG) technology features the enhanced reliability and repeatability of the breakthrough Photonic Integrated Chip (PIC) technology of the former KVH FOG & Inertial Navigation products acquired by EMCORE in 2022. Proven aboard autonomous platforms worldwide, these non-ITAR FOGs and IMUs bridge the gaps in satellite navigation with precision data, very high bandwidth, low latency, and low drift.
EMCORE’s open-loop products provide superior CSWaP (Cost, Size, Weight and Power) compared to competing systems and legacy designs for a wide variety of Aerospace & Defense, and Commercial navigation applications.
Precision Gyros with Maximum Ease of Integration
The navigation-grade DSP-1760 FOG includes EMCORE’s breakthrough photonic integrated chip (PIC) technology for improved reliability and repeatability. This gyro offers versatility with 1,2 or 3 axes of the world’s smallest precision FOGs. The DSP-1760 is ideal for commercial applications, including stabilization for land, sea and aerial systems, and navigation of autonomous systems.
Highlights
- High-bandwidth, low-noise angular rate sensor
- Ultimate flexibility with nine different configurations
- Easy-to-integrate housed package and unhoused OEM variant.
Outstanding Performance for the Most Demanding Environments and Applications
The new TAC-450-360 inertial measurement unit (IMU) is one of the premier IMUs offered by EMCORE. Designed to deliver the highest level of performance, the non-ITAR TAC-450-360 IMU includes our exclusive photonic integrated chip (PIC) technology. The high-performance TAC-450-360 IMU is designed for applications in which high bandwidth, low latency, and low drift are critical. The TAC-450-360 IMU is integrated with inertial-grade accelerometers and three axes of magnetometers to provide the high accuracy levels that leading autonomous and manned platforms demand.
Highlights
- Designed for ease of integration with flexible interface settings and programmable message outputs.
- Excellent performance in critical applications and the specs that matter most.
- Improved SWaP plus robust performance and survivability
Ultra-compact Single- or Dual-axis FOGs
EMCORE takes fibre optic gyro (FOG) technology to a new level of performance with the DSP-1750, the world’s smallest high-accuracy FOG. Available in both single- and dual-axis configurations, the DSP-1750 is designed for a wide range of precision navigation, stabilization, and pointing applications where low noise and high performance across the entire range of operating temperatures are critical. Ideal applications include long-range optical and sensor systems, gimbals, tactical missiles, autonomous vehicle navigation, and the stabilization of virtually all types of commercial equipment platforms.
Highlights
- Extremely low noise, high bandwidth
- EMCORE E•Core®ThinFiber technology/li>
- Innovative, versatile two-piece design for easy integration
- Analog and digital output versions
Versatile, Highly Accurate Photonic FOG-based IMU for Demanding Autonomous and Manned Applications
The new TAC-450-340 inertial measurement unit (IMU) is a versatile, high-performance, non-ITAR IMU featuring photonic integrated chip (PIC) technology for robust performance and survivability. It also offers inertial-grade MEMS accelerometers for excellent performance for autonomous and manned platforms. The TAC-450-340 IMU integrates easily into the most demanding applications including autonomous vehicle navigation and positioning; unmanned aerial surveillance, surveying and mapping; humanoid robots; and oil and gas pipeline inspection equipment.
Highlights
- Compact with improved SWaP
- Your choice of 2g, 10g, 16g and 30g inertial-grade MEMS accelerometers
- Outstanding resistance to shock and vibration
Affordable, Robust Photonic FOG-based IMU with High-Performance in Challenging Stabilization and Navigation Applications
The new TAC-450-320 inertial measurement unit (IMU) is a dependable, tactical-grade, non-ITAR inertial system that’s also affordable. It features EMCORE’s exclusive photonic integrated chip (PIC) technology for robust performance and survivability and offers inertial-grade MEMS accelerometers for outstanding FOG-based inertial performance as affordable as MEMS alternatives. The TAC-450-320 IMU is ideal for autonomous and unmanned commercial and defense applications, mobile mapping and surveying systems, targeting and pointing systems, and guidance and positioning.
Highlights
- Compact and lightweight with high-performance
- Offered with 16g inertial-grade MEMS accelerometer.
- Robust performance with high bandwidth
Versatile, Highly Accurate COTS IMU
The versatile, commercial CG-5100 IMU combines proprietary technologies – highly accurate EMCORE FOGs coupled with industry proven MEMS accelerometers – all within a compact single enclosure, providing reliability and long-term compliance to customer specifications. EMCORE’s CG-5100 is a low drift, solid state, FOG-based commercial solution ideally suited for critical sensing applications and GPS-integrated navigation programs. This strap-down inertial subsystem offers:
Highlights
- Outstanding reliability and accurate 6-degrees-of-freedom measurement
- Excellent performance from proprietary algorithms to a fully digital gyro sensor output
- Convenient, easy-to-adapt output in a fully digital RS-232/RS-422 format.
Superior Precision and Reliable Performance at a Lower Cost
The workhorse of EMCORE’s single-axis FOG series, EMCORE’s DSP-3000 offers field-proven performance in a wide range of applications. Its compact and robust design, coupled with a choice of analog, digital, and digital RS-232 outputs, makes the DSP-3000 the most versatile fiber optic gyro available and an ideal solution for guidance and stabilization, low-cost IMUs, integrated GPS/INS, and AHRS.
Highlights
- EMCORE’s mature all-fiber optical circuit for exceptionally low noise (ARW)
- EMCORE’s proprietary E•Core polarization-maintaining fiber
- Robust, modular design housed in a package roughly the same size as a deck of playing cards.
High-speed Data Output in a Compact Package
Designed for demanding applications requiring high-speed data output, the EMCORE DSP-3100 offers a powerful high-speed digital RS-422 interface with 1000 Hz asynchronous output in a package more compact than the EMCORE DSP-3400. With its industry-standard Samtec 26-pin connector, it offers a versatile package ideal for installations with tighter installation requirements while not sacrificing performance, reliability, or durability.
Highlights
- EMCORE’s mature all-fiber optical circuit for exceptionally low noise (ARW)
- EMCORE’s proprietary E•Core polarization-maintaining fiber
- Robust, modular design housed in a package roughly the same size as a deck of playing cards.
Robust, Reliable Gyro in a Durable, Shielded Package
The EMCORE DSP-3400 offers the reliability and robust design found in all members of the DSP-3000 series but adds the benefits of a true digital RS-422 interface and a 1000 Hz synchronous output in a durable, shielded package. As a result, the DSP-3400, with its robust, modular design, is a powerful option for use in applications requiring FOG output to be transmitted over a longer distance.
Highlights
- Mature all-fiber optical circuit ensures exceptionally low noise (ARW)
- Proprietary E•Core polarization-maintaining fiber
- Robust, modular design housed in a package roughly the same size as a deck of playing cards.
Rugged, High-accuracy INS and AHRS with Exclusive PIC technology and Embedded GNSS
With a data rate 10x faster than competing systems, EMCORE’s advanced GEO-FOG 3D inertial navigation system (INS) includes three EMCORE ultra-reliable PIC enhanced gyroscopes integrated with three low-noise, high-grade 16g accelerometers, three axes of magnetometers, a pressure sensor, and the option of either a single or dual antenna GNSS receiver. With advanced sensor fusion and PIC technology, the GEO-FOG 3D INS delivers reliable, precise navigation and control to a wide variety of aerial, ground, marine, and subsurface applications and platforms.
Highlights
- Groundbreaking sensor fusion algorithm extracts more data than typical Kalman filters.
- Continuously running north-seeking gyrocompass provides accurate heading.
Rugged, High-accuracy INS and AHRS with Exclusive PIC technology and Embedded GNSS
EMCORE’s benchmark fiber optic gyro (FOG)-based P-1750 inertial measurement unit (IMU) is the core processor of the robust GEO-FOG 3D Dual INS. EMCORE’s exclusive photonic integrated chip (PIC) technology delivers improved reliability and repeatability. The precision non-ITAR GEO-FOG 3D Dual features two GNSS antennas on a fixed PTK baseline to offer increased heading, pitch, and roll accuracy for static and dynamic applications where a single antenna system can be problematic. This dual antenna INS is the best choice for systems requiring heading at start-up or in low dynamic conditions.
Highlights
- Data rate 10x faster than other available systems
- Cutting-edge sensor fusion for dependable, precise navigation in a full array of applications and conditions
- Six degrees of freedom (DoF) IMU with integrated gyros and accelerometers
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Highly Accurate Inertial Measurement Units (IMUs)
EMCORE’s Inertial Measurement Units (IMU) feature our advanced Fiber Optic Gyro, Quartz MEMS, and the enhanced reliability and repeatability of our breakthrough Photonic integrated Chip (PIC) technology from the former KVH IMU product family. Proven aboard autonomous platforms worldwide, these non-ITAR IMUs bridge the gaps in satellite navigation with precision data, very high bandwidth, low latency, and low drift. EMCORE’s IMUs provide superior CSWaP (Cost, Size, Weight and Power) compared to competing systems and legacy designs for a wide variety of Aerospace & Defense, and Commercial navigation applications.
EMCORE’s closed-loop and open-loop FOG IMUs deliver high-precision, best-in-class performance compared to competing units and legacy designs. Combined with the strategic-grade FOG Inertial Reference Units (IRU) and IMUs of the former L3Harris Space & Navigation business, and our Systron Donner line of Quartz MEMS IMUs, EMCORE offers a full product suite serving a broad range of requirements from tactical to navigational, and strategic grade.
Outstanding Performance for the Most Demanding Environments and Applications
The new TAC-450-360 inertial measurement unit (IMU) is one of the premier IMUs offered by EMCORE. Designed to deliver the highest level of performance, the non-ITAR TAC-450-360 IMU includes our exclusive photonic integrated chip (PIC) technology. The high-performance TAC-450-360 IMU is designed for applications in which high bandwidth, low latency, and low drift are critical. The TAC-450-360 IMU is integrated with inertial-grade accelerometers and three axes of magnetometers to provide the high accuracy levels that leading autonomous and manned platforms demand.
Highlights
- Designed for ease of integration with flexible interface settings and programmable message outputs.
- Excellent performance in critical applications and the specs that matter most.
- Improved SWaP plus robust performance and survivability
Versatile, Highly Accurate Photonic FOG-based IMU for Demanding Autonomous and Manned Applications
The new TAC-450-340 inertial measurement unit (IMU) is a versatile, high-performance, non-ITAR IMU featuring photonic integrated chip (PIC) technology for robust performance and survivability. It also offers inertial-grade MEMS accelerometers for excellent performance for autonomous and manned platforms. The TAC-450-340 IMU integrates easily into the most demanding applications including autonomous vehicle navigation and positioning; unmanned aerial surveillance, surveying and mapping; humanoid robots; and oil and gas pipeline inspection equipment.
Highlights
- Compact with improved SWaP
- Your choice of 2g, 10g, 16g and 30g inertial-grade MEMS accelerometers
- Outstanding resistance to shock and vibration
Affordable, Robust Photonic FOG-based IMU with High-Performance in Challenging Stabilization and Navigation Applications
The new TAC-450-320 inertial measurement unit (IMU) is a dependable, tactical-grade, non-ITAR inertial system that’s also affordable. It features EMCORE’s exclusive photonic integrated chip (PIC) technology for robust performance and survivability and offers inertial-grade MEMS accelerometers for outstanding FOG-based inertial performance as affordable as MEMS alternatives. The TAC-450-320 IMU is ideal for autonomous and unmanned commercial and defence applications, mobile mapping and surveying systems, targeting and pointing systems, and guidance and positioning.
Highlights
- Compact and lightweight with high-performance
- Offered with 16g inertial-grade MEMS accelerometer.
- Robust performance with high bandwidth
Versatile, Highly Accurate COTS IMU
The versatile, commercial CG-5100 IMU combines proprietary technologies – highly accurate EMCORE FOGs coupled with industry proven MEMS accelerometers – all within a compact single enclosure, providing reliability and long-term compliance to customer specifications. EMCORE’s CG-5100 is a low drift, solid state, FOG-based commercial solution ideally suited for critical sensing applications and GPS-integrated navigation programs. This strap-down inertial subsystem offers:
Highlights
- Outstanding reliability and accurate 6-degrees-of-freedom measurement
- Excellent performance from proprietary algorithms to a fully digital gyro sensor output
- Convenient, easy-to-adapt output in a fully digital RS-232/RS-422 format.
Cost-Effective, Next-Generation, Strategic-Grade Fiber Optic Gyros
Leveraging over sixty years of experience and proven performance in systems deployed in space, the Compact Inertial Reference Unit for Space (CIRUS) is designed and qualified as the next-generation product of our heritage system. The CIRUS and CIRUS-EX rate sensors deliver two different strategic grades of performance combined with the benefits of a compact, low-cost system in an integral chassis.
Both CIRUS and CIRUS-EX systems feature four Fiber Optic Gyro (FOG) sensors in a fully redundant configuration for spacecraft attitude control, supporting DoD, NASA and commercial missions. The CIRUS and CIRUS-EX are our next generation of IRUs that build on our legacy as the premier supplier of mission-critical precision pointing and navigation systems since the early days of the U.S. space program.
Strategic-Grade Fiber Optic Gyro (FOG) IMU
EMCORE’s CIRUS-A is a high-performance FOG IMU that delivers state-of-the-art, strategic-grade performance for inertial navigation, guidance, pointing and stabilization for missile, space, sensor, ground, air and marine applications. It leverages a long legacy of over 60 years of design, development, and production of inertial components and navigation systems for Space and Defence applications.
The CIRUS-A high-performance FOG IMU design simplifies the optical circuit design, reducing the number of components while providing a significant performance improvement over standard military environments. We have produced and delivered many FOG-based products with strategic-grade performance for a variety of applications.
Ideal for High-Precision Commercial & Industrial Applications
The compact SDC500 Quartz MEMS Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) meets commercial aerospace, industrial and marine application needs globally. It is available in several performance-cost options ranging in accuracy from precision 1°/hr gyro and 1 mg accelerometer to 20°/hr gyro and 5 mg accelerometer bias over temperature, shock, and vibration environments. This enables customers to select the SDC500 version that meets their specific performance and budget requirements from near tactical grade to high-performance commercial/industrial grade. The SDC500 IMU is constructed with EMCORE’s latest generation quartz gyros, quartz accelerometers, and high-speed signal processing to achieve outstanding precision performance. The SDC500’s breakthrough gyro design retains Quartz MEMS sensitivity and linearity and greatly improves noise immunity.
The small, light, low-power, hermetically sealed SDC500 IMU provides industry-standard serial communication, configurable communications protocols, Time of Validity (TOV) sync, continuous Built-in Test (BIT), electromagnetic interference (EMI) protection, long MTBF and flexible input power compatibility making the SDC500 IMU easy to use in a wide range of challenging applications and operating environments.
Compact, Rugged Tactical Grade MEMS Inertial Measurement Unit
EMCORE’s SDI170 IMU is designed as a performance-compatible inertial system that is form, fit, and functional with a legacy RLG-based IMU product, but with superior overall performance, versatility, and a significantly higher MTBF (Mean Time Before Failure) rating over ruggedized environments. The tactical performance of the SDI170 IMU is based on EMCORE’s mature, proven, dependable and accurate quartz MEMS inertial sensor technology in our SDI500 tactical-grade IMU. EMCORE’s quartz technology enables repeatable high-volume production of precisely machined sensor structures combined with the inherent large signal output and thermal stability of quartz materials.
The SDI170 IMU is designed for demanding, mission-critical, rugged environments and ideal for continuous use applications with no wear-out components, highly linear accelerometer performance and longer life compared to competing alternatives. It is constructed with EMCORE’s latest generation quartz gyros, quartz accelerometers, and high-speed signal processing to achieve outstanding precision performance. The solid-state quartz sensors and hermetically sealed IMU construction provide reliable MTBF and a 20-year operating and storage life. Continuous Built-in Test (BIT), configurable communications protocols, electromagnetic interference (EMI) protection and flexible input power compatibility make the SDI170 IMU easy to use in a wide range of higher order integrated commercial and defence system applications.
Compact, Rugged Tactical Grade MEMS Inertial Measurement Unit
Leveraging industry’s leading MEMS technology to provide previously unheard-of capabilities in angle random walk values (0.02°/√hr.) without loss of tactical grade levels across military environments, including 1°/hr. bias stability, the SDI500 is designed to achieve the demanding performance levels required in sophisticated systems applications. It is particularly suited for use by Integrators and OEMs, packaged in a highly miniaturized, cylindrical configuration with a volume of only 19 cubic inches. Boasting a 20-Year lifetime capability without requiring calibration and a MTBF of more than 25,000 hours, multiple output data formats and SDLC, RS232 and UART output interfaces are provided in this revolutionary IMU for optimized systems protocols.
EMCORE has developed the EN-300 Precision Fiber Optic Inertial Measurement Unit as a higher accuracy inertial system to be form, fit and function compatible with a legacy product, but with better performance needed for GPS denied navigation, precise targeting and line-of-sight stabilization. The EMCORE EN-300 is a state-of-the-art design incorporating EMCORE’s proprietary integrated optics devices to enhance performance, providing up to five-times better performance than competing systems. The internal signal processing provides full stand-alone navigation, and as an option can provide standard inertial measurement unit (IMU) delta velocity and delta theta.
The EMCORE EN-300 provides lower noise and greater stability than competing IMUs and is able to statically find North to less than one degree through gyro-compassing. The EN-300’s digital interface is fully programmable within EMCORE’s factory allowing it to directly replace lower performing competing units. It has the same style connector, pinouts and signals as a commonly used FOG IMU from a leading competitor.
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EMCORE’s line Inertial Navigation Systems (INS) now includes the versatile, single enclosure INS systems of the former KVH inertial navigation systems product family which feature advanced sensor fusion to deliver ultra-reliable, highly accurate navigation and control to a wide variety of platforms including manned, unmanned, and autonomous systems. Combined with our Systron Donner Quartz MEMS GPS/INS which delivers unprecedented performance in its class, EMCORE’s INS are designed for a broad range of commercial and defense navigation applications.
EMCORE’s FOG and MEMS INS are setting the new benchmark for accurate and economical guidance, navigation and control in a wide variety of tactical-grade applications.
Rugged, High-accuracy INS and AHRS with Exclusive PIC technology and Embedded GNSS
With a data rate 10x faster than competing systems, EMCORE’s advanced GEO-FOG 3D inertial navigation system (INS) includes three EMCORE ultra-reliable PIC enhanced gyroscopes integrated with three low-noise, high-grade 16g accelerometers, three axes of magnetometers, a pressure sensor, and the option of either a single or dual antenna GNSS receiver. With advanced sensor fusion and PIC technology, the GEO-FOG 3D INS delivers reliable, precise navigation and control to a wide variety of aerial, ground, marine, and subsurface applications and platforms.
Highlights
- Groundbreaking sensor fusion algorithm extracts more data than typical Kalman filters.
- Continuously running north-seeking gyrocompass provides accurate heading.
Rugged, High-accuracy INS and AHRS with Exclusive PIC technology and Embedded GNSS
EMCORE’s benchmark fiber optic gyro (FOG)-based P-1750 inertial measurement unit (IMU) is the core processor of the robust GEO-FOG 3D Dual INS. EMCORE’s exclusive photonic integrated chip (PIC) technology delivers improved reliability and repeatability. The precision non-ITAR GEO-FOG 3D Dual features two GNSS antennas on a fixed PTK baseline to offer increased heading, pitch, and roll accuracy for static and dynamic applications where a single antenna system can be problematic. This dual antenna INS is the best choice for systems requiring heading at start-up or in low dynamic conditions.
Highlights
- Data rate 10x faster than other available systems
- Cutting-edge sensor fusion for dependable, precise navigation in a full array of applications and conditions
- Six degrees of freedom (DoF) IMU with integrated gyros and accelerometers
Miniature MEMS Integrated GPS/INS Tactical SystemOur most advanced GPS/INS Tactical Grade System. The compact SDN500 combines latest generation quartz gyros, quartz accelerometers, high-speed signal processing and a 48-channel Coarse/Acquisition (C/A) Code GPS receiver into a powerful, tightly coupled Guidance and Navigation System. There is also an option to utilize a Selective Availability Anti-spoofing Module (SAASM) GPS receiver. The versatile tactical grade system delivers a reliable 3.9-meter Spherical Error Probable (SEP) GPS-aided accuracy. Our proprietary Quartz MEMS Inertial Sensors maintain position and attitude accuracy in the event of loss of GPS tracking. The low power SDN500 is designed for integrator and OEM use in the latest demanding smaller, more scalable system applications. The SDN500 is an ideal solution for critical applications in such areas as geo-surveying, unmanned air and ground vehicles, precision targeting and positioning, and enables excellent system solutions in demanding commercial applications.
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