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. Some examples are sensors for engine management, exhaust and air quality control, immobilizers, ABS, anti skid (ASC) and vehicle dynamics control (VDC), smart airbag systems and other safety applications as obstacle detection and vision enhancement. With the international conference AMAA '98, 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 1998.

Inhalt
Oral presentations.- A Sensor for Crash Severity and Side Impact Detection.- Peripheral Acceleration Sensor for Side Airbag.- Future Applications of Microsystem Technologies in Automotive Safety Systems.- Situation Appropriate Airbag Deployment: Child Seat Presence and Orientation Detection (CPOD).- Rollover Sensing (Rose).- Yaw Rate Sensor in Silicon Micromachining Technology for Automotive Applications.- AWARE A Collision Warning and Avoidance Radar System.- Multifunctional Radar Sensor for Vehicle Dynamics Control Systems.- Forward Looking 2- dimensional Laser Radar for ACC Systems.- Surface Micromachined Sensors for Vehicle Navigation Systems.- MEMS: The New Challenge for the Electronic Design Automation Vendors.- The Smart Image Sensor Toolbox for Automotive Vision Applications.- A Low Cost Image Processing Device for Blind Spot Monitoring.- Continuous Parallel Analogue Image Processing Using Time Discrete Sampling.- High Dynamic Range Image Sensors in Thin Film on ASIC Technology for Automotive Applications.- A Wide Dynamic Range CMOS Stereo Camera.- Computer Vision Suitable for Vehicle Applications.- Optical Detector System for Water, Sludge and Ice.- Engine Management System for Direct Injection Gasoline Engine.- Integration of Electronic Control Units in Modern Transmission Systems.- New High-Temperature Sensors for Innovative Engine Management.- Automotive High-Pressure Sensor.- A New Sensor for Continuous Measurement of Fuel Injection Rate and Quantity During Diesel Engine Operation.- Measurement of Physical Parameters of Car Tires Using Passive SAW Sensors.- A Rotary Position Sensor System for Automotive Applications.- SAW and IDC Devices as Oil Quality Sensors.- Poster Presentations.- A New Silicon Rate Gyroscope with Decoupled Oscillation Modes.- Miniaturized Crash Test System.- Microelectronic Technologies for Automotives.- Europractice Competence Center No 1 Microsystems for Automotive Applications and Physical Measurement Systems.- Microtechnologies - The Alternative for Automotive Applications Concerning Economic, Technical and Quality Aspects.- Technology and Process Approval Cut Down the Costs for Semiconductor in the Automotive Environment- ES 59001 the Brandnew European Specification for Semiconductors for Automotive Applications.- Application of Gas Sensor for Air Damper Control Systems in Automobiles.- Protectionsystems for Car Passengers by Surveillance of the Airquality.- Emerging Assembly Technology for Automotive Applicationsb.- Surveillance of the Air-Quality in the Passenger Cabin of Cars.- List of Contact Addresses.