Advanced Microsystems for Automotive Applications 2008

Chris Webber, Hakan Gustafsson (auth.), Dr. Jürgen Valldorf, Wolfgang Gessner (eds.)3540779795, 9783540779797

With the total number of vehicles steadily increasing and soon approaching one billion, the world is facing serious challenges in terms of both safety of road transport and sustainability. Consequently the two major persistent issues for the automotive industry are improved safety and reduced emissions. The integration of complex microsystems with enhanced intelligence has enabled an increase in efficiency of the previously dumb internal combustion engine by an average 1% annually during the last 20 years. In the future, such smart systems may help to leverage novel powertrain concepts towards the zero emission vehicle. Particularly for electric cars, anticipatory power management and efficient driving assistance will be needed to overcome range limitations. Electrical in-wheel motors equipped with novel miniaturized functionalities will be required. Intelligent systems for tire monitoring and control deserve special attention as well, since insufficient tire pressure accounts for more than 3% of the efficiency losses in the car.

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Table of contents :
Front Matter….Pages I-XV
Front Matter….Pages 1-1
Advanced Safety Systems — The Opportunity for Semiconductor Vendors….Pages 3-8
Front Matter….Pages 9-9
Dual Frequency Methods for Identifying Hidden Targets in Road Traffic….Pages 11-20
Multi Spectral Pedestrian Detection and Localization….Pages 21-35
Car Driver Monitoring by Networking Vital Data….Pages 37-48
MDSI Range Camera Calibration….Pages 49-61
Laserscanner Based Cooperative Pre-Data-Fusion….Pages 63-71
Satellite-Based System for Predictive Control in Vehicles and its Field of Applications….Pages 73-90
Results of the EC-Project INTERSAFE….Pages 91-102
Front Matter….Pages 103-103
Crank Angle Resolved Determination of Fuel-Concentration and Air/Fuel Ratio in a SI-Production Engine by Using a Modified Optical Spark Plug….Pages 105-126
Two-Line LIF-Emission Thermometry for Gas-Temperature Determination in IC-Engines….Pages 127-137
Front Matter….Pages 139-139
Human Vehicle Interaction Based On Electric Field Sensing….Pages 141-154
Front Matter….Pages 155-155
Automotive 1 Gbit/s Link Goes Standard….Pages 157-163
Front Matter….Pages 165-165
Imaging Millimeter Wave Radar with Phased Array Antenna….Pages 167-180
Tungsten-Titanium as Advanced Material for RF-MEMS Switches….Pages 181-189
Local Modification of Fired LTCC Substrates for High Frequency Applications….Pages 191-203
Determination of Complex Permittivity of LRR Radome Materials Using a Scalar Quasi-Optical Measurement System….Pages 205-210
Speed Sensors for Automotive Applications Based on Integrated GMR Technology….Pages 211-227
Micro-Rotation Angle Sensor with Integrated Hall IC….Pages 229-237
Scaled Test Bed for Automotive Experiments: Evaluation of Single Accelerometer Electronic Stability Control….Pages 239-257
A New Micromechanical Pressure Sensor for Automotive Airbag Applications….Pages 259-284
Front Matter….Pages 165-165
Trusting Your Senses….Pages 285-298
Back Matter….Pages 299-308