Manufacturers are electrifying more functions within a car, reducing the mechanical load on the internal-combustion engine. These functions include water, oil, and fuel pumps; valve actuation;
Figure 1: An example of a shielded air-core open-loop current sensor from Raztec provides a strong combination of high performance in a small package and at low cost.
The Automotive industry has long been the ultimate test ground for electronic components. Few terrestrial environments present such a combination of demands as does the under-hood locale
David Jacquinod, Application and Marketing Manager, Automotive Business Unit, International Rectifier
Automatic engine stop-start is effective in helping reduce CO2 emissions from private cars. When integrated in an otherwise conventional combustion-engine power train, engine stop-start
Table 1. Current and projected sales of commercial and industrial electric and hybrid-electric vehicles (Data courtesy of Dr. Peter Harrop, Chairman of IDTechEx.)
Though electric vehicles (EVs) and hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) only account for a modest percentage of overall car sales, the sales of these more-electric vehicles are on the rise. According
Shrijit Mukherjee, Sensor Applications Engineer - Robert Breakspear, Principal Applications Engineer - Sean D Connor, Applications Engineering Manager, Plessey Semiconductor
EPIC (Electric Potential Integrated Circuit) is a very-high-impedance electric-field sensor that measures the ambient electric field with minimal disturbance. EPIC sensors are suitable for
Shaun Milano, Strategic Marketing Manager - Michael Doogue, Director, Linear and Current Sensor Business - Georges El Bacha, Systems Engineer, Allegro MicroSystems
Consumers are embracing environmentally friendly green cars due to the rising cost of fossil fuels and a growing concern for the health of the environment. Sales forecasts predict that green
Fritz Burkhardt, Senior Technical Engineer, Marketing, STMicroelectronics
Minimizing energy consumption has become a major factor for any new product design in recent years. Hardly any industry can afford to disregard this issue in the definition, development,
DS90UB913Q serializer features a 10- to 100-MHz pixel clock and 10- and 12-bit pixel depth. The DS90UB914Q deserializer automatically adapts EQ gain, compensating for dynamic and long-term changes in cable loss.
Texas Instruments has introduced the DS90UB913Q serializer and DS90UB914Q deserializer, the newest additions to its FPD-Link III automotive-grade chipset family. The SerDes chipset provides a seamless
International Rectifier has announced the introduction of a family of automotive-qualified 600-V IGBTs for electric and hybrid vehicle applications including air conditioner inverters, pumps, and