Automotive & Transportation
June 2024
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Figure 1: StrongIRFET™ and OptiMOS™ power MOSFET portfolio
The rapidly evolving world of electronics fuels the need for more efficient, powerful, and compact components. This drive for innovation extends to silicon power MOSFETs, where substantial efforts are dedicated to enhancing capabilities for a wide range of power electronic applications, including drives, switched
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06/28/2024
KYOCERA AVX Releases its First Waterproof Poke-Home Connectors
KYOCERA AVX, a leading global manufacturer of advanced electronic components engineered to accelerate technological innovation and build a better future, released the new 9289-000 Series waterproof wire-to-wire connectors, which are designed to deliver economical, space-saving, user-friendly, and high-reliability IP
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06/27/2024
Mike Sandyck, Marketing Director of CISSIOD
There are many types of electric vehicle on the road at the moment. However, the majority of these have been designed by high-volume manufacturers. These manufacturers have many resources on hand to build their new electric powertrains from the ground up. As they purchase large numbers of the latest pro
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06/26/2024
FCL Components Releases the Market's Smallest, Low Power 40A, High-Temperature Automotive Relay
FCL Components America, Inc. has released the market’s smallest, low power 40A, automotive grade, PCB-mounted relay, the FBR53-LE. Because this relay is more than 2 mm lower in height than others in its class, it helps enable more compact designs.
The FBR53-LE is a 1 Form U (Form A with twin contacts) r
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Date:
06/25/2024
Renesas' R-Car Open Access Platform Accelerates Software-Defined Vehicle Development With Market-Ready Software
Renesas Electronics Corporation launched R-Car Open Access (RoX), a development platform for software-defined vehicles (SDVs) that integrates all essential hardware, operating systems (OS), software and tools needed for automotive developers to rapidly develop next-generation vehicles with secure and continuous so
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Date:
06/21/2024
KYOCERA AVX Launches New Solderless WTB Card-Edge Connectors
KYOCERA AVX, a leading global manufacturer of advanced electronic components engineered to accelerate technological innovation and build a better future, launched the new 9169-000 Series single-piece wire-to-board card-edge connectors.
The new 9169-000 Series wire-to-board card-edge connectors combine two field
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Date:
06/19/2024
TDK successfully developed a material for solid-state batteries with 100-times higher energy density
TDK Successfully Developed a Material for Solid-State Batteries with 100-Times Higher Energy Density
TDK Corporation successfully developed a material for CeraCharge, a next-generation solid-state battery with an energy density of 1,000 Wh/L, approximately 100 times greater than the energy density of TDK’s conventional solid-state battery.
TDK’s technology is aimed at a solution that can be utilized i
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Date:
06/17/2024
STMicroelectronics Reveals Intelligent Automotive Circuit Breaker Featured for Flexibility and Functional Safety
STMicroelectronics has commenced production of automotive high-side power switches with proprietary intelligent fuse protection and a serial peripheral interface (SPI) for diagnostic data, permitting enhanced resilience and functional safety.
The quad-channel VNF9Q20F is the first in a new family of
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Date:
06/17/2024
Elma CMFF SAVE-compliant Chassis for Ground Combat and Tactical Vehicles Aligned to SOSA and CMOSS
Elma Electronic Inc. has released a 3U CMFF (CMOSS mounted form factor) chassis that is both SOSA and CMOSS aligned as well as SAVE-compliant. The new, off-the-shelf unit is ideal for integrated command, control, communications, computers, cyber, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (C
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Date:
06/13/2024
Infineon is expanding its portfolio of OptiMOS™ 7 MOSFETs for automotive applications, now offering 40 V, 80 V, and 100 V products in lead-free packages. These MOSFETs are optimized for various automotive and transportation applications.
Infineon Technologies AG is expanding its portfolio of next-generation OptiMOS™ 7 MOSFETs for automotive applications: the portfolio of 40 V products now includes additional devices in robust, lead-free packages. In addition, 80 V and 100 V OptiMOS 7 MOSFETs are now also available. The MOSFETs are optimized fo
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Date:
06/13/2024
16/24-Channel Automotive LED Driver Addresses Demands of Latest Dynamic Vehicle Lighting Applications
NOVOSENSE Microelectronics, a semiconductor company specializing in high-performance analog and mixed-signal chips, is demonstrating a new 16/24-channel driver IC for automotive LED applications at PCIM Europe 2024. The compact and highly integrated NSL21916/24 is an automotive-qualified device that offers a va
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Date:
06/11/2024
CISSOID Ingenuity Facilitates Faster Inverter Development
CISSOID, a leader in power semiconductor solutions, is introducing the compact EVK-PLA1060 series of On-Board Inverter Reference Designs. This exciting advance further reduces time-to-market for R&D engineers in the highly dynamic and rapidly evolving e-mobility arena. The increasingly wide range of Silicon Ca
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Date:
06/11/2024
Ruggedized 30 and 40 Watt DC/DC Converters Designed for Railway and Harsh Industrial Applications
TRACO Power is proud to announce the release of the new TEN 30UIR & TEN 40UIR series of 30 & 40 Watt full-featured DC/DC Converters with ultra-wide 9-75 or 14-160 VDC Input ranges. The TEN 30UIR comes in a compact 2 x 1” package and the TEN 40UIR comes in a 2 x 1.6" package including a pre
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Date:
06/11/2024
On-road & Off-road Blanc Robots, Applied EV’s Software Defined Machines.
Applied EV selects CISSOID's SiC Inverter Control Module to Drive Autonomous Vehicle Electric Motors
Applied EV, a leader in vehicle control system technologies for Software Defined Machines™, announced today they have selected CISSOID's new CXT-ICM3SA series of Silicon Carbide Inverter Control Modules (ICMs) to drive their latest generation of autonomous vehicle E-motors.
Dedicated to the E-mobility market, CI
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Date:
06/10/2024
Microchip Makes it Easier to Design an On-Board Charger Solution
The market for Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs) and Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEVs) continues to grow as the push towards decarbonization requires sustainable solutions to reduce emissions. A critical application for EVs is the on-board charger, which converts AC power into DC power to recharge the ve
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Date:
06/10/2024
Ruggedized 10 Watt DC/DC Converters Designed for Railway and Harsh Industrial Applications
TRACO Power is proud to announce the releases of the new THN 10UIR series of 10 Watt full-featured DC/DC Converters with ultra-wide 9-75 or 14-160 VDC input ranges in a compact 1 x 1” footprint.
This new series are high-performance DC/DC converters with an ultra-wide 12:1 input voltage range with dedic
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Date:
06/05/2024
Ally Winning, European Editor, PSD
One of the most interesting technological stories in the world today is the electrification of transportation. For light passenger vehicles, it looks very much like EVs will be the winner. Even though some vehicle manufacturers have developed hydrogen powered cars, such as the Toyota Mirai and Hyundai Nexo, an
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Date:
06/01/2024
Jason Lomberg, North American Editor, PSD
In late April, Elon Musk laid off his entire Supercharger team, sending shockwaves through the industry, so I thought it prudent to see where EV charging stands as a whole.
After all, no single factor could propagate EVs more than the availability and convenience of public charging stations. Recharging a battery
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Date:
06/01/2024
Jason Lomberg, North American Editor, PSD
In less than a month, we can officially say arrivederci to cold weather and hola to summer! Personally, I prefer the “middle” seasons, but this spring has been exceptionally cold. So I’m begging for the return of 天気がいいです, or nice weather.
This month brings us higher temperatures and als
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Date:
06/01/2024
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