Automotive & Transportation

January 2021

Innovating Power Delivery Networks

Innovating Power Delivery Networks

Tom Curatolo, Principal Field Applications Engineer, Vicor

Every electronic piece of equipment or system has a power delivery network (PDN) made up of cables, bus bars, connectors, circuit board copper power planes and AC-to-DC and DC-to-DC converters and regulators. Governing the performance of a PDN is its overall architecture, such as the use of AC or DC voltage di

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01/28/2021

SMD MLCCs Offer Lead (Pb) Bearing Termination Finishes

SMD MLCCs Offer Lead (Pb) Bearing Termination Finishes

Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. introduced a new series of surface-mount multilayer ceramic chip capacitors (MLCCs) with a lead (Pb)-bearing termination finish suitable for low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites and other space, military, and avionics applications requiring tin whisker mitigation. Operating temperatures ca

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01/27/2021

Fast-Recovery AEC-Q Rectifiers w/ Best-in-Class Performance

Fast-Recovery AEC-Q Rectifiers w/ Best-in-Class Performance

Taiwan Semiconductor announces the availability of the RS2x family of fast recovery rectifiers. These 2A-rated diodes are available with reverse voltage ratings of 200V and 1 KV, each available in either SOD-128 or Thin SMA package. These two surface mount packages align with standard pc-board solder pads fa

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01/18/2021

PSDcast – A Wireless Battery Management System

Karl-Heinz Steinmetz, who leads TI’s hybrid and electric vehicle and powertrain sector team

PSDcast – A Wireless Battery Management System

Electric vehicles rely on battery management systems to maximize their power, range, and efficiency. Every battery cell in the EV has to be wired to a BMS, and since more cells means a higher charge capacity – leading to a longer electric range – manufacturers pack as cells in there as they can. And that ma

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01/15/2021

125°C Operation Compatible EEPROMs Extend Service Life

125°C Operation Compatible EEPROMs Extend Service Life

ROHM’s newly introduced 125°C operation compatible I2C bus EEPROMs, BR24H-5AC series, targets applications that require data storage under harsh environments, such as factory settings for onboard cameras and sensors, airbag operating history, and data logging for always-on operating industrial automation sy

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01/14/2021

XP Power Launches 1500W Programmable DC Power Supplies

XP Power Launches 1500W Programmable DC Power Supplies

XP Power announces the introduction of the PLS1500 series of 1500W rated, 1U high, 19” rack-mount programmable DC power supplies. This latest extension complements the 600W PLS600 range for higher power equipment in a wide variety of OEM, industrial, and laboratory applications. Typical applications include co

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01/12/2021

Renesas, Microsoft Push Connected Vehicle Development

Renesas, Microsoft Push Connected Vehicle Development

Renesas Electronics Corporation announced its collaboration with Microsoft to accelerate the development of connected vehicles. Renesas’ R-Car Starter Kit, based on Renesas’ R-Car automotive system-on-chip (SoC), is now available as a development environment for the Microsoft Connected Vehicle Platform (MCVP). MCVP combines a partner ecosystem with a horizontal pla

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01/12/2021

World's First GaN Power Stage w/ Programmable Source Current

World's First GaN Power Stage w/ Programmable Source Current

GaN Systems announced the release of two 650V half-bridge daughter cards (30A and 60A), which provide an ultra-versatile platform to evaluate GaN drivers and transistors. The evaluation cards are available in two power levels, up to 3kW (GS-EVB-HB-66508B-RN) and up to 6kW (GS-EVB-HB-66516T-RN) and include the Re

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01/12/2021

Impact of UnitedSiC Gen 4 Technology on Electric Vehicles

Table 1: Comparison of parameters for G4 750V SiC FETs with similar 650V SiC MOSFETs and 600V Superjunction fast diode FETs

Impact of UnitedSiC Gen 4 Technology on Electric Vehicles

Anup Bhalla, V.P. Engineering at UnitedSiC

The automotive market for Silicon Carbide (SiC) devices is widely expected to exceed the $1.5 billion threshold in 2025 with an annual growth rate (CAGR) of 38 percent. This is driven by the value provided by SiC based components in On-board chargers, DC-DC converters and in Traction inverters. With the launch of

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01/05/2021

Zero Emission Vehicles – We Are Not There Yet

Zero Emission Vehicles – We Are Not There Yet

Kevin Parmenter, Director, Applications Engineering, Taiwan Semiconductor North America

Regardless of which analyst organization provides the information, the future looks bright when it comes to zero emission vehicles, or ZEVs. On average, they predict electric vehicles (EVs) accounting for approximately 60% of all passenger vehicle sales by 2040. Also forecasted is that 30% of the global passenger ve

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01/04/2021

DC/DC Supply Sources and Sinks Current from 5 to 24V Input

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Figure 1. Electrical schematic of bipolar, bidirectional, 2-terminal power supply: VIN = 5 V to 24 V, VOUT = ±10 V at 3 A

DC/DC Supply Sources and Sinks Current from 5 to 24V Input

Victor Khasiev, Analog Devices

Most electronic systems depend on power voltage rails that are either positive or negative, but a few applications require individual rails that can be both. In these situations, positive or negative power is supplied by the same terminal—that is, the output voltage of the supply can be adjusted through its en

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01/04/2021

Fast Charging: A Critical Enabler of EV Adoption

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Figure 1: AC and DC EV charging

Fast Charging: A Critical Enabler of EV Adoption

Martin Keenan, Technical Director, Avnet Abacus

The world’s automobile manufacturers are responding to ever stricter emissions regulations by increasing the proportion of electric vehicles (EVs) in their ranges. Global EV sales have surged in recent years and data from 2020[i] suggests that EVs are beginning to take market share from traditional, internal

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01/04/2021

Space-Saving Connectors for Automotive Electronics

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Figure 1: Connector solutions such as SMC, MiniBridge and MaxiBridge are installed in many inverters or battery management systems of hybrid vehicles

Space-Saving Connectors for Automotive Electronics

Markus Breitenbücher, ERNI Electronics

Particularly in the automotive industry, very high demands are placed on connections. In harsh and often near-engine environments, connector systems must not only be as compact as possible, but must also exhibit high vibration resistance, robustness, temperature resistance, high current carrying capacity and ea

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01/04/2021

VIGIL: Pioneering V2G Technology for a Greener Tomorrow

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Figure 1: VIGIL Project 1 - Charge post charging vehicle at Aston University test site

VIGIL: Pioneering V2G Technology for a Greener Tomorrow

Dunstan Power, ByteSnap Design and Versinetic

Enabling EVs to return energy to the power grid when parked and plugged for charging, will increase grid resilience, allow for better exploitation of renewable sources and lower the cost of ownership for EV owners – leading to new business opportunities and clear advantages for EV users and energy consumers. VIGIL was backe

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01/04/2021

Driving LEDs for Automotive Lighting Solutions

Driving LEDs for Automotive Lighting Solutions

Nick Ikuta, Sr. Solutions Marketing Manager – Automotive, ROHM

Automotive lighting is undergoing a fundamental change as more lighting solutions (both interior and exterior) shift from conventional bulbs to light emitting diodes (LEDs). LEDs present unique challenges in automotive applications, but they also promise unique advantages and possibilities. While driving LEDs re

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Date:

01/04/2021

Common Driver Platform for 12V and 48V Systems

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Figure 1: Starter generator and eBoost locations in an electrified vehicle

Common Driver Platform for 12V and 48V Systems

Dan Jacques, Strategic Marketing Manager, Allegro MicroSystems

Starter generator systems play multiple roles in electrified vehicle architectures. They are responsible for starting the engine, supplying electrical boost to the engine, and generating charge voltage during deceleration or coasting, which reduces wear on mechanical braking systems while improving overall system ef

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Date:

01/04/2021

The Right TVS Devices for ''Load Dump'' Auto Applications

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Figure 1. Automotive applications are prone to transient and surge conditions

The Right TVS Devices for ''Load Dump'' Auto Applications

Kevin Parmenter, Director, Applications Engineering, Taiwan Semiconductor, NA

Protecting downstream automotive electronic system content vulnerable to “load dump” conditions is a major challenge in this market. Automotive systems require transient voltage suppressor (TVS) devices capable of shunting high-energy transients safely away from electronic circuits. In addition to se

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Date:

01/04/2021

Recycling Could Offset Potential Lithium Shortage

Recycling Could Offset Potential Lithium Shortage

Ally Winning, European Editor, PSD

We have never relied more on batteries than we do today. That trend will accelerate as we turn more to renewable energy, electric vehicles and the IoT starts to really fulfil its potential. Analyst, IDC predicts that there will be 41.6 billion IoT connected devices by 2025, the majority of which will use some ki

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Date:

01/04/2021

Fast Charging Using Integrated Battery Thermal Management

Fast Charging Using Integrated Battery Thermal Management

Jason Lomberg, North American Editor, PSD

This past November, PSD made the pilgrimage to the “Motor City,” The Automotive Capital of the World…on our computers. The Battery Show and Electric & Hybrid Vehicle Technology Expo (rebranded as The Battery Show & EV Tech Digital Days) has a proud history of spotlighting the latest in automo

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01/04/2021

Charging Ahead

Ally Winning, European Editor, PSD

Happy New Year! And welcome to the first issue of PSD in 2021. It is also our first January issue as a standalone magazine. This year will see us add two new issues in January and August. One of the reasons that we increased the number of issues to 12 this year was because there wasn’t enough space to cover al

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Date:

01/04/2021

An Electrified New Year

An Electrified New Year

Jason Lomberg, North American Editor, PSD

Electric and hybrid vehicles currently own a very humble slice of the automotive pie (<2%), but that’ll change very soon. A combination of government mandates – the UK plans to outlaw non-zero emission cars by 2035 – and automakers pledging to go fully electric should create a bear market for EVs a

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Date:

01/04/2021

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