A gyroscope , comprising: a substrate; a proof mass coupled to the substrate and configured to move in direction of an X axis and in direction of a Y axis orthogonal to the X axis; an X axis shuttle to selectively drive the proof mass along the X axis as a drive axis or sense movement of the proof mass along the X axis as a sense axis in response to the proof mass driven along the Y axis as the drive axis; a Y axis shuttle to selectively sense movement of the proof mass along the Y axis as a sense axis in response to the proof mass driven along the X axis or drive the proof mass along the Y axis as the drive axis; and wherein the X axis shuttle is symmetric to the Y axis shuttle along a diagonal axis that is diagonal to both the X axis and the Y axis, wherein the X axis shuttle includes drive-or-sense (drive/sense) electrodes symmetrical about the diagonal axis to drive/sense electrodes of the Y axis shuttle, and wherein the gyroscope further comprises: springs coupled to the proof mass; a gap space between the drive/sense electrodes of the X axis shuttle and Y axis shuttle, wherein displacement of the X and Y axis shuttles changes the gap space between the drive/sense electrodes; and characterized in that a predetermined DC voltage applied to the gap space causes motion frequency of the proof mass to be linear over full displacement of the X and Y axis shuttles and over a full change of the gap space due to the displacement of the X and Y axis shuttles. a substrate; a proof mass coupled to the substrate and configured to move in direction of an X axis and in direction of a Y axis orthogonal to the X axis; an X axis shuttle to selectively drive the proof mass along the X axis as a drive axis or sense movement of the proof mass along the X axis as a sense axis in response to the proof mass driven along the Y axis as the drive axis; a Y axis shuttle to selectively sense movement of the proof mass along the Y axis as a sense axis in response to the proof mass driven along the X axis or drive the proof mass along the Y axis as the drive axis; and wherein the X axis shuttle is symmetric to the Y axis shuttle along a diagonal axis that is diagonal to both the X axis and the Y axis, wherein the X axis shuttle includes drive-or-sense (drive/sense) electrodes symmetrical about the diagonal axis to drive/sense electrodes of the Y axis shuttle, and wherein the gyroscope further comprises: springs coupled to the proof mass; a gap space between the drive/sense electrodes of the X axis shuttle and Y axis shuttle, wherein displacement of the X and Y axis shuttles changes the gap space between the drive/sense electrodes; and characterized in that a predetermined DC voltage applied to the gap space causes motion frequency of the proof mass to be linear over full displacement of the X and Y axis shuttles and over a full change of the gap space due to the displacement of the X and Y axis shuttles. springs coupled to the proof mass; a gap space between the drive/sense electrodes of the X axis shuttle and Y axis shuttle, wherein displacement of the X and Y axis shuttles changes the gap space between the drive/sense electrodes; and characterized in that a predetermined DC voltage applied to the gap space causes motion frequency of the proof mass to be linear over full displacement of the X and Y axis shuttles and over a full change of the gap space due to the displacement of the X and Y axis shuttles. <EOS>