Microsystems are an important factor that contribute to an automobile model's success. To meet the customers's desire for safety, convenience and vehicle economy, and to satisfy environmental standards, microsystems are the critical factor. Microsystems applications (MST) have already resulted in improved performance and better value for money. But the advances implemented reveal only the beginning of a revolution in the vehicle sector, which aims at a complete transition from the mechanically driven automobile system to a mechanically based but ICT-driven system. The selected contributions from AMAA 2003 treat safety (both preventive and protective), powertrain (online measurement and control of engine and transmission subsystems), comfort and HMI (systems to enhance the comfort of passengers and human machine interface issues), and networked Vehicle (all aspects of intra car systems and ambient communication networks). Selected proceedings for the seventh 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 May 2003.

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Technologies and Materials.- Prologue Beyond Microsystems.- Processes for the Fabrication of Three Dimensional MEMS Structures.- Signal Processing for Automotive Applications.- Packaging of Micro Devices for Automotive Applications - Techniques and Examples.- Micro-Mechatronics in Automotive Applications.- A Novel High Aspect Ratio Technology for MEMS Fabrication Using Standard Silicon Wafers.- Interconnect Systems in Automotive Sensors at Elevated Temperatures.- The 6th Framework Program: Microsystem and Micro@Nano-Technology in IST.- Functions and Applications.- Advanced Solution for Pressure Based Side Airbag Systems.- Prototypic Realisation of Millimetre Wave Radar Imaging.- New Generation of Inertial Sensor Cluster for ESP- and Future Vehicle Stabilizing Systems in Automotive Applications.- A New Micromachined Gyroscope with Digital Output.- Infrared Microbolometer Sensors and Their Application in Automotive Safety.- Infrared Image Processing for Obstacle Avoidance.- A Compact 77GHz Transceiver Module Using G3D Diode Technology for Automotive Applications.- Development of Image Processing Camera (IPCAM).- VisiTyre: A TPMS Solution Employing Directly Connected, 2-Wire Communication Channel to Achieve Highly Predictable and Reliable Performance.- Short Range Radar System for Automotive Applications.- Laserscanner Innovations for Detection of Obstacles and Road.- High Resolution Piezo Film Sensor Systems for Automotive Applications.- Solutions for Tire Pressure Monitoring Systems.- Subsystem Integration for Low-Cost Tire Pressure Monitoring Systems.- BioVolume: The Seat Integrated Human Based System to Meet FMVSS208 Automatic Suppression Concerns.- Capacitive Angular-Position Sensor.- Multi-Function Microsensor for Oil Condition Monitoring Systems.- Determinationof Fuel Quantities with a Micromachined Injection Rate Sensor.- Solder Alternative Electrically Conductive Adhesives with Stable Contact Resistance in Combination with Non-Noble Metallisations for Automotive Electronic Assembly.- A Low-g Accelerometer for Inertial Measurement Units.- Reliable, High Quality Infrared Sensors Have Found Their Way Into Automotive Climate Control.- Miniature Servo Drive System for Air Condition Controls and Test Rig for Dynamic Testing of Small Torques.- Rapid Control Prototyping of Automatic Climate Control Systems.- Autodoor. Microsystem for Automotiove Door Module.- Cabin Air Quality Management in Automotive Practice.- Advanced Driver Assistance Systems for Increased Comfort and Safety Current Developments and an Outlook to the Future on the Road.- Bus System Initiators.- Future Trends in Software Architectures for Automotive Systems.- Melexis LIN Solutions Enable Cost Optimized LIN In-Vehicle Networks.- An Advanced Network Vehicle Controller (NVC) To Support Future Technology Applications.- OSGi Service-Delivery-Platform for Car Telematics and Infotainment Systems.- Automotive Sensor Integration.- Automotive Real Time Cost Effective Multi-Media Network Today.- Advanced Sensorless Distributed Seat Concept.