Microsystems are an important success factor in the automobile industry. In order to fulfil the customers' requests for safety convenience and vehicle economy, and to satisfy environmental requirements, microsystems are becoming indispensable. Thus a large number of microsystem applications came into the discussion. With the international conference AMAA 2000, VDI/VDE-IT provides a platform for the discussion of all MST relevant components for automotive applications. The conference proceedings gather the papers by authors from automobile suppliers and manufacturers.

Proceedings for the third conference on microsystems in the automotive sector, a regular event now with an increasing number of participants on a modern and promising field taking place in Berlin in spring 2000

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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 Architecturefor 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 Calibration.- Micro-Optics for Optical Interconnects in Automotive Applications.- List of Contact Adresses.- List of Keywords.