Optical fibres are used in three application areas in automobiles. Illumination of the dashboard is done with a single lamp and monofilament fibres or woven tapes which illuminate the front panel. Fibre-optic multiplexing can replace the conventional wiring harness. Different trial systems (two-fibre links, bidirectional transmission, star-coupled architecture) are reviewed. Problems still exist in component performance, high costs and unknown reliability of optoelectronic systems. Fibre-optics are also used in sensors; for headlight monitoring, liquid-level sensing and other applications.


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    Title :

    Fibre optics in automobiles


    Additional title:

    Faseroptik in Automobilen


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1984


    Size :

    12 Seiten, 7 Bilder, 6 Tabellen, 19 Quellen


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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