Airbag systems are nowadays a standard in all vehicles from small city cars to luxury SUVs, and increase passenger safety.
To serve these different market segments, the automotive industry is focusing in three main areas:
• Cost effectiveness (low-end vehicles)
• System complexity (advanced features and increasing number of squibs and satellites)
• High reliability standards
ST is the ideal partner to achieve these goals through proprietary silicon technologies (BCD – Bipolar, CMOS, and DMOS) and a wide range of products covering full custom ICs and very flexible open-market solutions.
The following block diagram illustrates the application system based on ST products, starting from the sensor interface, power supply, and microcontroller up to squib drivers.
