What Are the Commonly Used Sensors in Automobile Industry?

Sensors are in high demand in this industry due to increased environmental norms, advancements in safety systems like airbags, comfort considerations, and electronic stability programs.

Fremont, CA: Onboard sensors linked with the internet significantly increased driving safety while propelling the automotive industry forward. The rising global automobile sales and the introduction of innovative vehicle technology, such as self-driving vehicles, drive development in the automotive sensor sector. Sensors are in high demand in this industry due to increased environmental norms, advancements in safety systems like airbags, comfort considerations, and electronic stability programs. Let's see some of the most important sensors used in the automobile industry.
• Temperature automotive sensors
Temperature sensors play an important part in automobile performance. They must get utilized at temperatures ranging from -40° C to 1500° C. Temperature sensors include silicon (Si)-based integrated circuit (IC) devices, resistive temperature detectors, and thermistors. Temperature sensor IC chips based on Si provide great accuracy, endurance, stability, and linearity from -55° C to 150° C. These digital temperature sensors get constructed with registers for monitoring IC operations, digital interface circuits, an analog-to-digital converter, and a temperature sensor with a transistor at its heart. These sensors produce digital, voltage, or current output. The transistor's emitter-base voltage varies with temperature.
• Pressure and gas automotive sensors
Pressure sensors are essential for measuring pressures in the common rail, oil tank, fuel tank, input manifold, braking fluid, atmospheric ambient, chassis, air conditioner compressor, tire, and adaptive suspension system. This type of sensing is also essential for ignition & fuel control systems. Gas sensors are typically helpful in monitoring oxygen concentration in exhaust gases and hydrogen, nitrogen, and carbon monoxide. An oxygen concentration sensor, for example, in the emission control system, can regulate the amount of polluting gas present or discharged.