Silicon Sensing Systems Ltd
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| Founded | 1999 | ||
| Headquarters | Plymouth , United Kingdom | ||
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Number of employees | employs approximately 100 people | ||
| Website | www | ||
Silicon Sensing Systems (SSS) is a supplier of inertial systems and sensors that are used in a wide range of applications, wherever there is need to measure motion precisely.[1] The company's inertial products are used in space satellites, underwater vehicles, camera platforms, ship navigation, industrial robotics and downhole mining, among others.[2], [3] This is a joint venture operation that was founded in 1999 between Collins Aerospace and Sumitomo Precision Products.[4], [5] Its head office is in Plymouth, UK and it employs approximately 100 people.
SSS manufactures its gyro sensors at its foundry in Japan.[6] These are MEMS sensors (micro electro-mechanical systems) with a patented vibrating ring design that is unique to the company. When these sensors are powered up a silicon ring vibrates, like the rim of a wine glass.[7] Rotation of the sensor changes the pattern of this vibration due to coriolis forces and these changes can be measured and delivered as a precise analogue or digital signal.[8] This silicon ring-based sensor design has been shown to be more rugged than comparable 'tuning fork' or simple beam-based sensors and will continue to function well in extremely severe conditions - such as those experienced sub-sea and in space.[9], [10]
SSS partner company, Collins Aerospace, traces its history back to Elmer Ambrose Sperry, the inventor of the gyroscope, and his Sperry Gyroscope Company that was founded in 1918.[11] Sumitomo Precision Products is also a long-established company with roots in 17th century Japan, and a move into gyroscopes in the 20th century.
References
- ↑ "Silicon Sensing | MEMS Inertial Sensor & IMU Manufacturers". www.siliconsensing.com.
- ↑ "Advanced Tech Helps Guide Pioneering Spirit". Marine Technology News. April 18, 2019.
- ↑ "Silicon Sensing AMU30 IMU to guide autonomous Mayflower voyage". The Robot Report. January 20, 2020.
- ↑ "Collins Aerospace". www.collinsaerospace.com.
- ↑ "Sumitomo Precision Products Co., Ltd".
- ↑ "Silicon Sensing Expands MEMS Foundry in Japan". Marine Technology News. June 3, 2019.
- ↑ "Silicon Sensing | MEMS Gyroscopes". www.siliconsensing.com.
- ↑ "Silicon Sensing | Coriolis". www.siliconsensing.com.
- ↑ "Silicon Sensing's inertial measurement technology to equip first small SAR satellite from iQPS". GeoConnexion.
- ↑ "Silicon Sensing - DMU30 High Performance IMU". GeoConnexion.
- ↑ "Silicon Sensing | The Gyro 100 years on". www.siliconsensing.com.
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