Advanced Microsystems for Automotive Applications 2000

Session 1: MEMS Market and Special Applications.- Automotive Applications of MEMS: Overview of New Applications in Europe, Japan and North America and Evaluation of the Markets.- Universal Magnetoresistive Current Sensor for Automotive Applications.- Development of Highly Active Catalyst for Si-Microcalorimetric Gas Sensor.- Monolithic Integrated Pressure Sensor ICs.- Session 2: Sensor Systems - Design and Control.- Modelling and Simulation of MEMS Based Automotive Systems - Abstract.- A Mechatronic Connector with Flip-Chip Microcontroller and Smart-Power Full-Bridge for DC Motor Control in Multiplex Networks.- Closed Loop Control of Lean NOx Traps.- Low Cost Rate Sensor for Automotive Applications - the Fabless Strategy.- Session 3: Engine Control.- Cylinder Pressure Sensing and Model-Based Control in Engine Management Systems.- Long-Life Fiber-Optic Pressure Sensors for Control and Monitoring of Combustion Engines.- Ion Current Based Pressure Peak Detection Under Different Air Humidity Conditions.- Realising Distributed Engine Control Subsystems Through Application of High Temperature Intelligent Engine Sensors and Control Electronics.- Session 4: Occupancy Detection.- The BMW SBE2 Child Seat Detection System.- 3D Perception for Vehicle Inner Space Monitoring.- Low-Cost High Speed CMOS Camera for Automotive Applications.- New Powerful Sensory Tool in Automotive Safety Systems Based on PMD-Technology.- Session 5: Safety Systems.- Automotive Rollover Sensing.- Sensor Portfolio for Automotive Applications Based on Surface Micro-Machining with Thick Polysilicon.- Robust and Selftestable Silicon Tuning Fork Gyroscope with Enhanced Resolution.- Diffractive and Micro-Optics at Centro Ricerche FIAT: Developed Applications for the Transport Industry.- of Bus Architecture for Vehicle Safety Restraint Systems - a Challenge for Airbag IC-Design.- Poster Presentations.- Fuzzy Modelling and Control of a GDI Engine.- A Single-Chip Smart Pressure Sensor Family with 2 Dimensional