| austriamicrosystems
a leading global designer and manufacturer of analog
integrated circuits (ICs) for industrial, medical, communications
and automotive applications, confirms its leading position
in developing innovative solutions for automotive electronics.
austriamicrosystems
focuses on select segments in automotive electronics
such as Car Access, Sensor Interfaces and Bus Systems
through its business unit Automotive and, responding
to the overall trend towards standardized solutions,
emphasizes best-in-class standard products (ASSPs) besides
its customer-specific ICs (ASICs). austriamicrosystems’
microchips for automotive applications offer low power
consumption and maximum accuracy and reliability over
the full lifetime of an automobile, a significant advantage
versus the competition.
austriamicrosystems
recently introduced the AS3977, the first low power
multi-band transmitter for access control systems adhering
to all international standards without further modification
and making no compromise regarding power consumption
and reliability. Main automotive applications for the
AS3977 are remote keyless entry systems as well as tire
pressure monitoring, alarm systems and telemetry applications.
The AS3977 was shown at Convergence 2004 in Detroit,
the leading automotive electronics show worldwide, and
met with strong interest from important automotive suppliers.
The introduction of the AS3977 also saw good response
from other market segments besides the automotive sector
where the AS3977 will be deployed for keyless entry
applications in future car platforms. “Especially
in the area of building automation we received customer
requests for applications for which the AS3977 was not
originally designed but where it fulfills the requirements
far better than existing solutions,” comments
Ernst Steiner, Marketing Manager for Car Access at austriamicrosystems,
with a smile.
In the area of in-car power supply which is becoming
more and more important as the number of electrical
and electronic systems for safety, security, comfort
and entertainment continues to grow austriamicrosystems
offers a reference solution for highly accurate current
measurement. The ASIC developed for an important automotive
supplier allows measuring currents of a few milliampere
up to 1.5 kiloampere at an accuracy of 0.5% with a resolution
of 16 bit over the full temperature range from -40°C
to +125°C.
To cope with the ever increasing amounts of data resulting
from growing requirements for safety and comfort in
the car, future automobiles will increasingly incorporate
broadband networks with transmission rates of up to
10 mbit/s. austriamicrosystems
is fully prepared for this trend and already has the
AS8221, a transceiver device acting as an interface
between a controller based on the Flexray or TTP standard
and the physical data transmission bus, under development.
With the AS8221 austriamicrosystems is able to cover
a wide range of applications with high data throughput,
particularly safety-critical applications such as steer-by-wire
(steering without physical link between steering wheel
and steering gear).
About austriamicrosystems
austriamicrosystems
AG is a leading designer and manufacturer of highly
integrated analog and analog intensive mixed signal
ICs. austriamicrosystems
combines more than 20 years of design capabilities,
product and marketing know-how with its own cutting
edge analog manufacturing and test facilities. Operating
worldwide with more than 800 employees, austriamicrosystems
serves four strategic markets: Communications, Industry
& Medical, Automotive and Full-Service Foundry.
austriamicrosystems AG is listed on the SWX Swiss Exchange
in Zurich (ticker symbol: AMS).
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