Posted Jan 30, 2012, by John Day
Infineon Technologies notes that higher performance power electronics components contribute to the primary automotive industry goals of better fuel efficiency and lower emissions. The firm suggests that power MOSFETs with current capability above 200A and R DS(on) below 1mΩ are needed to reduce conduction losses and improve overall efficiency, but it says that MOSFETs to fulfill these needs have not … Read More
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electric power steering,
Infineon Technologies,
D2PAK (TO-263),
Strategy Analytics,
JEDEC standard H-PSOF,
power MOSFETs
Posted Nov 25, 2011, by John Day
Counterfeit automotive electronic components and manipulation of electronic control unit (ECU) coding are potentially serious problems for automakers. Chipmaker Infineon Technologies suggests that counterfeiting results in billions of dollars in financial loss annually, as well as possible safety risks, and code manipulation presents both safety and liability issues.
To help control the problem, … Read More
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Volkswagen,
Secure Hardware Extension (SHE),
AUDO MAX microcontrollers,
Audi,
Infineon Technologies,
Porsche,
Daimlre,
Hersteller Initiative
Posted Oct 13, 2011, by John Day
Freescale, Infineon, and STMicroelectronics made major chip announcements this week all focused on improving fuel economy and reducing emissions.
Freescale said its multicore Qorivva 32-bit MPC5676R MCU, built on Power Architecture® technology, provides four times the performance, double the memory space and more functionality than the previous-generation, single-core MPC5566 MCU. With two parallel … Read More
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Infineon Technologies,
L99PM72PXP,
Freescale Semiconductor,
STMicroelectronics,
TriCore processors,
Power Architecture technology,
Qorivva MPC5676R MCU
Posted Nov 19, 2010, by John Day
I want things to work the way they are supposed to – especially if it’s something important, like a car. I can imagine automotive electronics engineers must feel the same way about the chips they specify.
“I remember one day that a customer asked me, ‘What are you going to do to ship me zero defects,’” recalls James Williams, automotive development quality manager at Texas Instruments. “I nearly … Read More
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Texas Instruments,
zero defects,
Infineon Technologies
Jim Martens
J VanDomelen
Nazita Saye
Michael Ford
Robin Bornoff
Mike Jensen
Colin Walls
Tom Fitzpatrick
Patrick Carrier
Mark Laing
Travis Mikjaniec
Christopher Hallinan
Bernard Sutton