Overview of Automotive Sensors

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 296-308

  Fleming, William J ^a  

^a NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Acceleration sensors; Angular rate sensors; Automotive body sensors; Automotive chassis sensors; Automotive powertrain sensors; Obstacle detection sensors; Position sensors; Pressure sensors; Review paper; Rotational motion sensors; State of the art sensors

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012526042     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/7361.983469     Document Type: Article

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