Abstract :
Electronic components for automobiles, under development last year, are now in volume production, with seat belt interlock systems using bipolar or MOS technology and discrete or thick film hybrid technology applied to electronic ignition systems in which the challenges of severe reliability and electrical transient requirements are being met. The future use of more complex automobile electronics, automatic spark advance systems and the central processor, for example, which depend on cost effectiveness and availability of transducers, will be discussed.