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Hassane El-Khoury, president and CEO of onsemi

onsemi Selected to Power Volkswagen Group’s Next-Generation Electric Vehicles

onsemi announced it has signed a multi-year deal with Volkswagen Group to be the primary supplier of a complete power box solution as part of its next-generation traction inverter for its Scalable Systems Platform (SSP). The solution features silicon carbide-based technologies in an integrated module th

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Date:

07/22/2024

Taiwan Semiconductor Introduces New Line of AEC-Q101-Qualified Small-Signal MOSFETs

Taiwan Semiconductor– global supplier of discrete power electronics devices, LED drivers, analog ICs and ESD protection devices – introduces a new line of AEC-Q101-qualified, small-signal MOSFETs. The 10 new parts add to the company’s extensive – and unique – offering of TQM Family MOSFETs that meet th

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Date:

07/19/2024

Infineon and MediaTek have developed a cost-effective digital cockpit solution using TRAVEO™ CYT4DN MCU and MediaTek Dimensity Auto SoC

Innovative Smart Cockpit Offering from Infineon and MediaTek Enable Cost-Efficient Infotainment Solutions for Smart Mobility

The trend in the automotive industry is towards digital cockpits, with buttons and controls disappearing from the dashboard and being replaced by advanced displays. As one of the key systems in a vehicle, the digital cockpit system needs to deliver high performance features to the vehicle users while meeting fu

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Date:

07/16/2024

KYOCERA AVX Launches 20 New KAM Series Automotive MLCCs

KYOCERA AVX, a leading global manufacturer of advanced electronic components engineered to accelerate technological innovation and build a better future, has expanded its line of KAM Series automotive MLCCs with the addition of 20 new components. Manufactured using miniaturization and high-capacity atomizati

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Date:

07/16/2024

Three pain points in the commercialization of Autonomous Trucks. Source: IDTechEx

Autonomous Trucking – Delivering on Hopes and Goods

Shihao Fu, Technology Analyst at IDTechEx

The autonomous truck industry is experiencing a revival after the initial hype, with vehicle delivery numbers continuously breaking records. Companies in Asia, Europe, and the United States are eagerly entering the commercialization testing phase. Autonomous trucks are addressing real-world problems by saving tr

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Date:

07/11/2024

TDK Offers Common Mode Filter for Automotive Ethernet 10BASE-T1S

TDK Corporation announces that it has expanded its lineup of the ACT1210E Series (3.2 x 2.5 x 2.5 mm - L x W x T) of common mode filters for automotive Ethernet communication 10BASE-T1S. Mass production of this new common mode filter began this month, July 2024. The new ACT1210E-131-2P-TL00 filter lowers th

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Date:

07/09/2024

Infineon and Swoboda jointly develop and market high-performance current sensor modules for automotive applications

Infineon and Swoboda Cooperate to Develop High-Performance Current Sensors for Electromobility

Infineon Technologies AG and Swoboda jointly develop and market high-performance current sensor modules for automotive applications. The partnership combines the best-in-class current sensor ICs from Infineon with Swoboda's expertise in the development and industrialization of sensor modules to address the fas

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Date:

07/03/2024

Ilika Ships First Batch of Prototype Goliath Batteries to Automotive Customer

Ilika, a pioneer in solid state battery technology, announces that it has shipped its first batch of prototype Goliath batteries for customer testing by a tier 1 automotive company. In May 2024, Ilika announced it had commenced in-house testing of its P1 Goliath prototype batteries, in a cust

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Date:

07/02/2024

Bourns Announces Release of Model SSD Shunt Sensor – Digital Series

Bourns, Inc., a leading manufacturer and supplier of electronic components for power, protection, and sensing solutions, today announced the release of the Model SSD Shunt Sensor - Digital Series. The series includes innovatively designed digital DC shunt-based current sensors that offer superior ac

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Date:

07/01/2024

Jason Lomberg, North American Editor, PSD

Good Times in Nuremberg and Portable Power Sources

Jason Lomberg, North American Editor, PSD

Welcome to the July issue! And since we’ve passed the official start of summer, welcome to the agonizing heat and running up the electric bill! Just kidding…kinda…not really. More importantly, we hope everyone in or around Germany and those who made the pilgrimage to Nuremberg had a fantastic PCIM!

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Date:

07/01/2024

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Figure 1: onsemi’s end-to-end SiC production

SiC, a Key Technology for EVs and Solar Inverters

Didier Balocco, onsemi

For applications such as electric vehicles (EV) and solar panels, engineers face the challenges of sensitive electronic components having to provide continuous, reliable operation within harsh environments. To further the adoption of these sustainable solutions, we need innovation at the component level to he

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Date:

07/01/2024

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Figure 1. A technician engages with an EV battery cell module, troubleshooting a battery removed from the vehicle

Hybrid and Electrical Vehicle Powertrain Testing

Randal Beattie, SAKOR Technologies Inc.

Over the past decade, most transportation markets, from automotive, to military, aircraft, and even space systems have seen a tremendous surge of interest in hybrid and electric vehicle technology. To gain the promised efficiency benefits and green profile of these vehicles, it is important to conduct driveline an

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Date:

07/01/2024

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Figure 1: Bottom-side cooling (BSC) requires the use of thermal vias or an IPS board for heat dissipation

Top-Side Cooling in OBC Applications

Ralf Otremba, Rafael Garcia, Daniel Makus, Ulrich Froehler, Lisa Holzmann, Infineon Technologies

Maximizing power density is a key aim for designers of on-board chargers (OBC) in electric vehicles (EV) because lighter chargers reduce automobile weight which in turn helps to extend the range. Efficiency is one part of the equation for achieving this aim and in this regard, the advantages of silicon carbide

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Date:

07/01/2024

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Figure 1: Electrical schematic of LT8711 for SEPIC and buck applications.

High Efficiency Synchronous SEPIC for Automotive and Industrial Installations

Victor Khasiev, Analog Devices, Inc.

The LT8711is a dc-to-dc controller that supports synchronous buck, boost, single-ended primary-inductor converter (SEPIC), and ZETAtopologies, or nonsynchronous buck-boost topologies. Analog Devices offers numerous synchronous buck and boost converters and regulators, but the synchronous SEPIC topology is so

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Date:

07/01/2024