Automotive

Murata today announced line-up additions to its EVC series of high permissive current capacitors aimed at automotive applications. Three new multilayer monolithic ceramic capacitors products have been designed for the power electronics market. These surface mounting capacitors, measuring 16 x 20 mm and having an EIA U2J temperature characteristic offering an operating temperature range from -55 degrees C to +125 degrees C. An absolute maximum cas...

IQD’s new CFPS-115 crystal clock oscillator offers two key features; low phase noise and low current consumption. At 40.0MHz the phase noise performance is -80dBc/Hz at 10Hz offset and -145dBc/Hz at 1kHz offset, figures which are around 5dBc better than similar design parts. In addition, the new model offers low power consumption of around only 7mA; this compares with a normal SMD oscillator where current consumption would typically be around 2...

Melexis has introduced the MLX81106 - the industry’s first LIN RGB LED slave to be incorporated onto a single semiconductor die. This highly advanced, freely-programmable IC addresses the emergence of automotive LIN RGB ambient lighting systems and is capable of driving up to 4 LEDs directly thanks to its integrated constant current sources. Every output can be programmed to a maximum current of 35 mA through the built-in Flash memory. All ...

Within the scope of its extensive portfolio for the automotive industry, besides producing customer-specific connectors, PROVERTHA Automotive Solutions also offers the fully automated, process-reliable production of battery and sensor cables.

Toshiba America Electronic Component, Inc. today announced its Li-ion battery monitor chipset for automotive applications. The chipset includes the industry's first1 battery monitor IC capable of checking up to 16 cells per one IC, which simplifies design and lowers costs by reducing the number of components required in an automotive battery monitoring system. The new Toshiba chipset is ideal for Hybrid Electric Vehicles (HEV) and Electric Vehicl...

ON Semiconductor has announced the launch of several new product families specifically designed for the rapidly evolving automotive market in which electronic content continues to increase to enable advanced features in fuel economy, safety, infotainment and in-vehicle communications.

Micronas presents its CUR 3115, the most recent member of the CUR 31xy current transducer family basing its measuring principle on the Hall effect.

Freescale Semiconductor today introduced a new family of image cognition processors (ICPs) for the driver assistance market. The SCP2200 family features CogniVue’s APEX IP technology and is ideal for automotive smart camera applications. The family, along with the accompanying libraries, hardware and software development kits, gives automakers a comprehensive set of tools to design smart camera applications, helping them to bring their sol...

Dallas-based Orion Fans has developed a thermally-controlled series of DC fans designed for electric vehicle (EV) battery cooling applications. The smart fans reduce power consumption by up to 30%, as the thermal controller increases or decreases fan speed in response to the air temperature. In addition to providing superior energy savings, the fans’ high airflow help prevents premature electric vehicle battery failures. Orion Fans’ t...

Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. has launched mass production of monolithic ceramic capacitor with a resin external electrode for automotive applications that has X8L characteristics*1 and is designed for use in applications up to 150°C. The GCJ series capacitor is available in a 3225 package and has a capacitance value of 10µF (rated voltage 25V) . This new product is the world's first capacitor with a resin external electrode that features X8L ...