Consumer Electronics

APPLICATIONS

Extended use of integrated circuits will result in electronics taking over more complex jobs in the car's command and control systems. Solid-state devices contain no inherent wear-out mechanisms. Because of their proven reliability, solid-state devices and systems are perhaps the only practical and economical way to realise safety, environmental cleanliness, and the convenience required for the state-of-the-art (tomorrow's) automobiles.

With enforcers breathing down their necks, the automakers are necessarily devoting most of their efforts to solving the problem of reducing exhaust emissions and developing passive-restraint devices to comply with regulations. Considerable progress has already been made toward reducing pollution from ...