Table 3 A summary of typical performance characteristics for a range of accelerometers as per their underlying technologies, from [4]
From: Inertial sensors technologies for navigation applications: state of the art and future trends
Characteristic | Accelerometer type | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Force-feedback pendulous | Vibratory fiber optic | Vibrating quartz | SAW | Silicon | |
Input range (g) | ± 100 | ± 20 | ± 200 | ± 100 | ± 100 |
Scale-factor stability (%) | 0.1 | 0.001 | 0.01 | 0.1–0.5 | 0.5–2 |
Scale-factor non-linearity (% full scale) | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | < 0.1 | 0.1–0.4 |
Fixed bias (mg) | 0.1–10 | 1 | 0.1–1 | < 0.5 | < 25 |
Threshold (μg) | 10 | 1 | < 10 | 1–10 | 1–10 |
Bandwidth (Hz) | 400 | 100 | 400 | 400 | 400 |