MEMS gyroscope with reduced sensitivity to linear acceleration comprising; • drive actuation electrodes , drive sensing electrodes , movable sense mode frame , positive sense mode electrodes , negative sense mode electrodes , positive force-feedback electrode and negative force-feedback electrode , wherein an external acceleration force acting on the sense axis is counterbalanced by generating a DC force on the sense mode electrodes ; • a closed-loop acceleration cancellation circuit adapted to apply feedback voltage to the sense mode electrodes ; • a movable sense frame , a summing amplifier adapted to sense the static acceleration acting on said movable frame by comparing the amplitudes of the out of phase quadrature signals generated on the sense mode electrodes , the output of the summing amplifier being modulated with a drive mode channel output signal and passed through a low pass filter ; • a demodulator adapted to demodulate the output of the summing amplifier ; wherein the low pass filter is adapted to give a measure of the static acceleration acting on movable sense frame , the output of the low pass filter being fed to a controller stage ; • wherein the controller stage is adapted to generate a positive feedback voltage to keep the movable sense frame of the MEMS gyroscope stationary irrespective of an external acceleration force; • a buffer adapted to receive the output of the controller stage and to give information about the amplitude of the acceleration force; and • an inverting amplifier adapted to invert the positive feedback voltage before said inverted, negative feedback voltage is sent to the sense mode electrodes . • drive actuation electrodes , drive sensing electrodes , movable sense mode frame , positive sense mode electrodes , negative sense mode electrodes , positive force-feedback electrode and negative force-feedback electrode , wherein an external acceleration force acting on the sense axis is counterbalanced by generating a DC force on the sense mode electrodes ; • a closed-loop acceleration cancellation circuit adapted to apply feedback voltage to the sense mode electrodes ; • a movable sense frame , a summing amplifier adapted to sense the static acceleration acting on said movable frame by comparing the amplitudes of the out of phase quadrature signals generated on the sense mode electrodes , the output of the summing amplifier being modulated with a drive mode channel output signal and passed through a low pass filter ; • a demodulator adapted to demodulate the output of the summing amplifier ; wherein the low pass filter is adapted to give a measure of the static acceleration acting on movable sense frame , the output of the low pass filter being fed to a controller stage ; • wherein the controller stage is adapted to generate a positive feedback voltage to keep the movable sense frame of the MEMS gyroscope stationary irrespective of an external acceleration force; • a buffer adapted to receive the output of the controller stage and to give information about the amplitude of the acceleration force; and • an inverting amplifier adapted to invert the positive feedback voltage before said inverted, negative feedback voltage is sent to the sense mode electrodes . <EOS>