Abstract: A power supply circuit is disclosed for a ring laser having a cathode and having first and second anodes so that the ionization current between the cathode and each of the anodes are substantially equal. According to the invention, a Zener diode is electrically connected in the path of one of the ionization currents. The Zener voltage magnitude of the Zener diode is selected so as to equalize the ionization currents.

Abstract: In the present invention, a detector responsive to an interference pattern produces pulses which relate to the fringe change of the pattern. The pulses are timed by a running clock. The pulse times are fed to an interpolating means such as a computer for interpolating fringe change between the last pulse and a measurement command signal. The detector of the present invention is specifically applicable to ring laser angular rate sensor systems.

Abstract: A resolver-to-digital converter where a signal of predetermined frequency is converted to a given waveform sequence by a logic circuit, band passed filtered, and phase splitted into orthogonal components. These components are fed to operational amplifiers and then into the input windings of a resolver. The outputs of the resolver are fed to a pair of zero crossing differential comparators and then to phase detectors, the outputs of which are summed. The sum of the signals is filtered and is used to regulate a voltage controlled oscillator that pulses a synchronous counter that is fed back to the phase detectors forming a phase-locked loop. The synchronous counter feeds a serial register that is strobed by the output of a zero crossing differential amplifier fed by the compensation windings of the resolver.