Automotive
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Ultra-Compact Coreless Current Sensor, ACS37612 Measures Currents from 200A to >1000A providing Complete Accuracy for EV Inverter Designs Allegro MicroSystems has launched a coreless current sensor named ACS37612. This device is capable of measuring currents from 200A to >1000A flowing through a PCB or a busbar with a typical accuracy of 1% that too without a magnetic concentrator core or a shield. The differential Hall-based sensing topology used to measure the magnetic field provides great immunity to… |
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New Digital Isolator Improves Signal Isolation and Network Performance in High Temperature Automotive Designs Texas Instruments has introduced a Grade 0 digital isolator IC called ISO7741E-Q1 that can operate in an ambient temperature specified by the Automotive Electronics Council. The Isolator features an industry-leading 1.5kVRMS working voltage and supports temperature up to the Grade 0 maximum of 150°C. With an isolation voltage of 5kVRMS, The ISO7741E-Q1 can deliver reliable… |
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LiDAR ICs by Maxim Offer More Than 2x Higher Bandwidth for Faster Self-Driving Cars Designers of automotive self-driving systems can now enable higher-speed autonomous driving through the industry’s fastest and smallest Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) ICs from Maxim Integrated Products. Compared to the closest competitive solution, the MAX40026 high-speed comparator and the MAX40660/MAX40661 high-bandwidth transimpedance amplifiers enable 10mph (15km/h… |
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High Voltage Dual Channel Switch (IPDs) with Standalone System Protection for Automotive ECU’s ROHM has introduced a new Automotive Grade Intelligent Power Device (IPD) named BV2Hx045EFU-C. This new family of 41V dual-channel output high side switches/IPDs are optimized for automotive ECUs in transmission control, engine control, and other vehicle systems. The Intelligent Power Devices (IPDs) are semiconductor devices that are used instead of fuses for protecting… |
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New Automotive LED Driver and Controller ICs for Movement and Intensity Control in Automotive Lighting ON Semiconductors has introduced a new family of four devices that can provide better performance and innovative functionalities for interior and exterior automotive lighting. Aiming specifically at low power solid-state lighting, the new family consists of two LED drivers (NCV7683 and NCV7685) and two current controllers(NCV7691 and NCV7692). To ensure improved road safety… |
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Flip Chip Voltage Regulator with Smaller Footprint and Improved Thermal Inductance for Automotive Applications Infineon Technologies have introduced OPTIREG TLS715B0NAV50, a flip chip-based linear voltage regulator. With flip-chip technology, the ICs are installed upside down in the package so that the heated part of the IC will be facing the bottom of the package. This way, the IC gets closer to the PCB, and hence the thermal inductance can be improved by a factor between 2 and 3.… |
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Highly Robust and Efficient IGBT Gate Driver with Automotive Qualification Power Integrations has introduced the AEC-Q100 automotive-qualified SID1181KQ SCALE-iDriver gate driver for 750 V-rated IGBTs. The new driver IC is compact, efficient and highly robust, and it uses high-speed FluxLink communication technology to ensure system safety in various critical conditions. The FluxLink communication technology replaces the Optocouplers and capacitive… |
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Power Management IC with Simplified Power Supply Design for Automotive Surround view Camera Systems Renesas Electronics Corporation introduced a highly integrated Power Management IC (PMIC), ISL78083 that simplifies power supply design HD camera modules by reducing the development cycle, bill of materials (BOM) cost, and supply chain risks. The PMIC can accept the power from a battery (36V- 42V) or power-over-coax (15-18V) supply sources and supports output currents up to… |
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Automotive Display Power Management IC Shrinks Solution Size Up to 50 Percent and Reduces Design Complexity Maxim Integrated has introduced MAX16923 4-output display power IC with watchdog timer, aimed for automotive display applications. The new power IC helps the designers of automotive electronic systems in increasing the number of displays per vehicle while reducing the design complexity. The MAX 16923 allows us to replace four or five discrete ICs, thus reduces… |
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New Stereo Camera uses Machine Learning to provide Automatic Emergency Braking (AEB) for Improved Safety Hitachi Automotive has developed a stereo camera that enables Automatic Emergency Braking (AEB) at intersections. The newly designed camera offers an increased range of detection by widening the horizontal range of the stereo camera, unlike the conventional stereo cameras. Several features like centralized binocular detection through binocular vision, three-dimensional… |
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Compact 100V N-Channel Power MOSFETs for Industrial Lighting and Automotive Applications Toshiba Electronic Devices and Storage Corporation has introduced two new 100V N-channel power MOSFET namely XPH4R10ANB and XPH6R30ANB. These are the Toshiba’s first 100V N-channel power MOSFETs in compact SOP Advance (WF) package for automotive applications. The low On-resistance XPH4R10ANB has a drain current of 70A while the XPH6R30ANB has a drain current of 45A. The… |
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Automotive Compliant Buck LED Drivers for Internal and External LED Lamps Diodes Incorporated has introduced the AL8843Q and AL8862Q, automotive-compliant DC-DC buck converters for driving single LEDs and multiple LED strings in and around vehicles. They are best suitable for applications such as daytime running lights (DRL) as well as fog lights, turn lights and brake/stoplights. Their wide operating voltage range allows the devices to withstand… |
