Skip to main content
. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: IEEE Trans Instrum Meas. 2020 Aug 31;70:1–9. doi: 10.1109/tim.2020.3020682

TABLE II.

System Comparisons

Robinson 1963 [1] Primelec [21] System Described by this Report
Eye Coil(s) Used to Measure Specifications 10 turn/coil 12 mm diam Contact lens Not specified 21 turn 3–4 mm diam
Dimensions Measured 3D 3D 3D
Technology Phase Detector Digital Frequency FFT Digital Frequency Demodulation
Input Referred Noise (Amplifiers Shorted) < 2 uV* -- 5 uV
Noise - < 0.024 deg p-p “Full Bandwidth” (frequency unspecified, coil not facing field) 0.036 deg p-p (facing field, NO inter-sample filtering)
Linearity 2% full scale Error ±0.3 deg Error < 0.1 deg (<0.028%)
Recording Range -- 360 deg HZ ±80 deg Vert 360 deg all directions
Step Response Rise Time 0.5 ms with <10% overshoot -- 2 ms 0 overshoot
*

Robinson defined resolution as the induced scleral coil signal/input referred noise