SIMULATION ASPECTS OF A THERMAL ACCELEROMETER

Today, one of the most interesting fields of application for silicon a ccelerometers is the automotive industry, where many sensors are neede d for airbags, smart suspensions, electronic steering or position find ing. Accelerometers are also of interest for the so-called gesture-con trolled remote controls, which convert the movement of the human hand into an electronic signal. These remote controls can be realized by us ing accelerometers to detect the movement. In this paper, a sensor wil l be presented which uses a rather new thermal principle. The operatin g principle will be discussed and two methods for simulating the therm al behaviour of this sensor will be introduced.