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Silicon Sensing Systems Ltd

  • inertial systems
  • manufacturing
  • performance products

Locations

Headquarter

Clittaford Road, Southway
Plymouth Devon PL6 6DE
United Kingdom

Silicon Sensing Systems (Japan)

1-10 Fuso-cho
Amagasaki Hyogo 660-0891
Japan

Silicon Sensing Systems Ltd is the market leader in silicon MEMS gyroscopes, accelerometers and inertial measurement systems, focusing on products delivering high performance, ultra-reliability and affordability. The company has supplied tens of millions of MEMS sensors to thousands of customers worldwide. Constantly innovating, all its inertial sensors and systems are based on in-house, patented designs that are manufactured in the company’s state of the art MEMS foundry. The company has recently launched a new generation of far more compact, lower power consumption and higher performance devices that have particular application in the tough ocean surface and subsurface environment.

Products

Silicon Sensing has recently introduced three new products focused on the marine environment.

DMU41 is a new, market disrupting, 9 degrees of freedom (DoF) inertial measurement unit (IMU). Measuring just 50x50x50mm and weighing less than 200g, its volume is more than 50% lower than the previous generation product, and it is over 40% lighter. It also consumes 50% less power whilst delivering inertial sensing performance that competes with much heavier, larger and more costly FOG-based IMUs.

The new CRH03 is a high-performance/low-noise single axis gyroscope that consumes 30% less power than its predecessor and incorporates improvements in both micro electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) and electronics with new drive electronics and upgrades to the sensor head. Available in five rate ranges it is highly tolerant to external vibration and delivers excellent bias instability and angle random walk.

For severe environments such as downhole drilling, the new CRS39A includes a move to a single board from two which has reduced mass by 40% allowing the device to be more easily installed in space-limited applications, such as the 25m cylinders typical to downhole drilling equipment.

Products

Tactical grade IMU

DMU41 high performance IMU

DMU41

[Category: Navigation & Communication Systems-Dynamic Positioning]

A non-ITAR, tactical grade, 9DOF IMU. FOG-comparable inertial performance from the highest-performing silicon MEMS inertial measurement unit (IMU) on the market today. Class-leading bias instability, excellent angle random walk and exceptional low noise characteristics from a 50mm3 unit that weighs less than 200g and consumes little power.

High performance stand along gyro

CRH03 gyro

CRH03

[Category: Navigation & Communication Systems-Dynamic Positioning]

The CRH03 is a stand-alone gyro delivering precise inertial sensing performance that is stable over time and temperature. Small, lightweight and rugged, with low power consumption and proven performance, CRH03 is an excellent and cost-effective alternative to FOG and DTG-based products - and is available in both a housed and OEM configuration.

Compact gyro for downhole drilling

CRS39A

[Category: Navigation & Communication Systems-Dynamic Positioning]

For use in severe environments such as subsea downhole drilling, the company’s new CRS39A upgrades the established CRS39 gyro. CRS39A includes a move to a single board from two, reducing the unit’s mass by 40%. This allows far more easy installation in space-limited applications such as the 25mm diameter cylinders typically used in downhole drilling equipment.
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