Method for monitoring a rotating rate sensor

摘要

The invention relates to a method for monitoring a rotation rate sensor comprising a vibration gyroscope that represents a band-pass filter and that is part of at least one control circuit. Said control circuit is comprised of digital and analog components and excites the vibration gyroscope to vibrate with its natural frequency by supplying it with an excitation signal. An output signal can be gathered from the vibration gyroscope from which the excitation signal and the rotation rate signal can be derived by filtering and amplification. The inventive method is characterized in that redundant analog components and at least one analog to digital converter is used to measure analog signals and read characteristic values within the digital components and compare them with limiting values.