Knock Sensor/Overview
  Knock Sensor  Function
Knock sensor with plug (left), Knock sensor with cable
 

Registration of structure-borne vibrations (knocking).

Knocking combustion can damage the engine.

The data from the knock sensor enables counter-measures to be undertaken.

 Application
Engine management
 Installation
Engine block
  Sensing principle
Piezo-electrical
 Technical data
1. Sensitivity at 5 kHz: 30 \ 6 mV/g
2. Linearity of 5-kHz value: \ 10 %
3. Frequency range: 3 kHz ...22 kHz
4. Temperature range: -40<...+150<C