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Date of publication: 31 October 2008
Infineon powers latest Autoliv seatbelts
Autoliv has selected Germany’s Infineon as the sole supplier of power semiconductors for its next-generation seatbelt pretension systems, called Active Seatbelts. The Infineon power chip, capable of controlling an electrical motor with a relatively high current for a very short period of time, is a member of the NovalithIC family recently launched in volume quantities.
