ISAAC -- Integrated Silicon Automotive Accelerometer

The pervasiveness of automotive passive restraint systems has emphasized the need for improving system reliability while simultaneously reducing the cost and size of the system. This paper describes an accelerometer that utilizes silicon micromachining in a dissolved wafer process and a CMOS ASIC along with low cost plastic packaging to support the requirements of the next generation of automotive passive restraint systems.

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