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December 2019
Rivian Announces $1.3 Billion Funding led by T. Rowe Price
Rivian Announces $1.3 Billion Funding led by T. Rowe Price
Rivian has closed an investment round of $1.3 billion. The financing was led by funds and accounts advised by T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. Amazon, Ford Motor Company and funds managed by BlackRock also participated in the round. "This investment demonstrates confidence in our team, products, techno
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12/23/2019
Sectigo's Embedded Firewall Protects Automotive Systems

Sectigo’s Embedded Firewall for Automotive helps protect the car’s network connections from cyberattacks

Sectigo's Embedded Firewall Protects Automotive Systems
By 2022, more than two-thirds of new cars on American roads will have online connections to their safety-critical system, putting them at risk of deadly hacks (Consumer Watchdog report, July 2019) tovehicles’ “head” system, used primarily for infotainment, GPS navigation, and other features. To better pr
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12/18/2019
Automotive-Compliant Buck LED Drivers for LED Lamps
Automotive-Compliant Buck LED Drivers for LED Lamps
Diodes Incorporated announced the AL8843Q and AL8862Q automotive-compliant DC-DC buck converters, designed for driving single LEDs and multiple LED strings in and around vehicles. Applications include daytime running lights (DRL), which many manufacturers now offer as standard, as well as fog lights, turn lights, an
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12/18/2019
GaN Systems and SPARX Advance GaN in Electric Vehicles

The All-GaN Vehicle

GaN Systems and SPARX Advance GaN in Electric Vehicles
GaN Systems announces that SPARX Group "Mirai Creation Fund II (“Mirai fund”)" has made an investment in GaN Systems. Mirai fund provides capital to companies with the goal of accelerating innovation, Vehicle Electrification being one of the major targets, to generate a "new power" that wi
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12/17/2019
SiC Gate Driver Provides Best-in-Class Power Efficiency
SiC Gate Driver Provides Best-in-Class Power Efficiency
With the MAX22701E isolated gate driver from Maxim Integrated Products, Inc., designers of high-voltage/high-power systems can improve power supply efficiency by up to 4 percentage points over competitive solutions, reducing power loss and the resulting carbon footprint by 30 percent. The driver IC is intended f
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12/17/2019
Renesas Electronics Works with Xilinx on Reference Designs
Renesas Electronics Works with Xilinx on Reference Designs
Renesas Electronics Corporation announced that its power solutions, as well as timing solutions from IDT, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Renesas, support the Xilinx Versal adaptive compute acceleration platform (ACAP) devices featured on the Xilinx VCK190 evaluation kit and the Renesas VERSALDEMO1Z power reference bo
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12/17/2019
Qorvo and Cypress Semiconductor Create USB-C Reference Design
Qorvo and Cypress Semiconductor Create USB-C Reference Design
Global authorized distributor Mouser Electronics, Inc. presents a new USB Type-C charging hub reference design from Qorvo and Cypress Semiconductor to help engineers speed their design and development time. The reference design includes the Qorvo ACT4751 DC-to-DC buck converter and a Cypress EZ-PD CCG3PA US
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12/12/2019
AVX Sponsors GEOX DRAGON All-Electric Formula-E Team
AVX Sponsors GEOX DRAGON All-Electric Formula-E Team
AVX Corporation has announced its continued support of the GEOX DRAGON Formula-E racing team for the new 2019–2020 ABB FIA Formula-E Championship racing season, which kicked off in Diriyah, Saudi Arabia, on Friday, November 22. For the second-straight year, AVX is partnering with Mouser Electronics, TTI, Inc., an
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12/11/2019
4200VDC High-Isolation Automotive DC/DC Converter
4200VDC High-Isolation Automotive DC/DC Converter
MORNSUN launched a new SMD DC/DC converter module CFB0505XT-1WR3 which is specifically designed for automotive applications. This new module CFB0505XT-1WR3 meets automotive EMC standards and AEC-Q100 requirements. CFB0505XT-1WR3 features compact size, 3000VAC/4200VDC high isolation voltage, and operating temperature rang
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12/09/2019
Mouser Electronics' and Bourns' eBook on EV Infrastructure
Mouser Electronics' and Bourns' eBook on EV Infrastructure
Mouser Electronics, Inc., announces a new eBook in collaboration with Bourns, exploring new components, technologies, and strategies for the design and development of electric vehicles. In Electrification of the Vehicle, subject matter experts from Mouser and Bourns provide detailed explanations of concepts and products including shunt resistors, inductor designs for on-board chargers, and the
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12/06/2019
Designing for a Safer Future

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Figure 1. The GO9 device allows you to lead your fleet into the future with expanded capacity for further native vehicle support, improved fuel usage support, electric vehicles and global expansion. Geotab’s technology transforms big data into Smart Data to create Smart ecosystems, which turn into Smart Cities.

Designing for a Safer Future
Mike Branch, Vice President Data & Analytics, Geotab

Since the introduction of the mechanical assembly line by Henry Ford more than a century ago, vehicles and technology have shared a long and inextricable history of automation, with continuous innovation not only central to the evolution of automobile design but also essential to advancing the smart city revolution ta
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12/04/2019
Recharging the Batteries
Recharging the Batteries
It has been a mixed year so far, with plenty of innovation on display, but a flat economy put a bit of a spoiler on the industry. The forecast for next year is pretty mixed too, with some people predicting a global recession. As the old saying goes, economists have predicted eight of the last three recessions, so
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12/04/2019
The Ubiquity of the Auto
The Ubiquity of the Auto
Jason Lomberg, North American Editor, PSD

You don’t have to go very far in this industry without coming across an automotive application. The humble auto is the nexus of several emerging technologies including the Internet of Things (IoT), alternative energy, and advanced battery storage. This month, we shine the spotlight on “Automotive Electroni
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12/04/2019
Autonomous Driving and Infotainment Market – A Bright Future
Autonomous Driving and Infotainment Market – A Bright Future
Kevin Parmenter, Field Applications Manger, Taiwan Semiconductor

According to Markets and Markets, the in-vehicle infotainment market is projected to reach 30.47 billion USD in 2022, at a CAGR of 11.79%. Consumers want to take the luxury, comfort, connectivity and convenience they are becoming accustomed to, anywhere they go.  A few years back, I read about customer
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12/04/2019
CAP-XX Acquires Murata's Supercapacitor Production Lines
CAP-XX Acquires Murata's Supercapacitor Production Lines
CAP-XX announced it will acquire CAP-XX licensee Murata’s supercapacitor production lines, relocate them from Japan to a new factory in Sydney to arrive in stages between March and June 2020, and begin producing Murata’s three supercapacitor product families in Q3 2020. Murata will also assist in introducin
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12/04/2019
Battery Stack Monitor Maximizes Batteries in Hybrid and EVs

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Figure 1. A 96 cell battery pack architecture with the 12-channel LTC6811 measurement IC.

Battery Stack Monitor Maximizes Batteries in Hybrid and EVs
Cosimo Carriero, Analog Devices, Inc.

To maximize performance with li-ion batteries, a battery monitoring system (BMS) is mandatory. BMS not only
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12/03/2019
Improving EV Power w/ High Step-Down Ratio DC/DC Converters

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Figure 1: Relationship between Duty Cycle and Output Voltage

Improving EV Power w/ High Step-Down Ratio DC/DC Converters
Satya Dixit, Sr. Director of Solution Mktg & App, ROHM Semiconductor

To achieve the regulatory limits set by a number of countries worldwide, automakers are increasingly working on developing electric vehicles. Currently, 5 types of electric vehicle technologies are being employed: Pure EV, powered solely by electricity, Fuel Cell EV that runs on fuel cells, Strong Hybrid,
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12/03/2019
Implementing Fast DC BEV Chargers Up to 150 kW

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Figure 1: Typical topology for charging sub-unit in 15 – 40 kW range

Implementing Fast DC BEV Chargers Up to 150 kW
Omar Harmon, Francesco Di Domenico and Srivatsa Raghunath, Infineon Technologies

One cannot fail to notice that our city streets and car parks are going through a slow transformation: they are beckoning the age of the electric vehicle. As the battery electric vehicle (BEV) grows in popularity, the infrastructure to keep them charged is appearing to meet demand. While the majority of BEVs ar
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12/03/2019
Electronic Pervasiveness in Vehicles Brings EMI Challenges

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Figure 1. Electric vehicle powertrain (source: US DOE)

Electronic Pervasiveness in Vehicles Brings EMI Challenges
Felix Corbett, TTI Europe

The integration of more and more electronics in cars is being driven by automotive industry trends such as the ‘connected car’, increased used of ADAS (advanced driver assistance systems), and the drive towards semi- or even fully autonomous vehicles. The potential for EMI/EMC issues is therefore dramatically inc
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12/03/2019
Heads up for HUD
Heads up for HUD
The automotive heads-up display (HUD) is either a lifesaver or yet another high-tech deathtrap. There’s little middle ground when we muck with a two-ton instrument of destruction. And muck we have – as of 2019, the automotive HUD market is worth $560 million, and it should reach $1 billion by 2024. Thu
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12/03/2019
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