Automotive

The SMG074 is a compact angular rate sensor with high accuracy and reliability, specially designed for challenging and safety relevant automotive applications like Vehicle Dynamics Control (VDC) systems. The sensor consists of a micro-machined sensor element and a signal conditioning ASIC packaged together in a SMD plastic package for ease of mounting.

Infineon Technologies AG now offers 32-bit microcontrollers of the AUDO MAX family with integrated security hardware. The new AUDO MAX SHE microcontrollers extend the tamper-proofing of electronic control units (ECU) and protect against tuning, for example. AUDO MAX SHE enables automotive manufacturers to ensure the integrity of their ECUs and to guard better against exposure to liability claims. Today three products of the AUDO MAX family come w...

NXP Semiconductors N.V. today announced the industry’s first medium power transistors in a 2-mm x 2-mm 3-pin leadless DFN package. Offering a unique solution in an ultra-small DFN2020-3 (SOT1061) Surface-Mounted Device (SMD) plastic package, the BC69PA transistor is the first in a family of medium power transistors from NXP available in a miniature form factor.

Silicon Laboratories Inc today introduced the industry’s most advanced automotive tuner IC family designed to deliver the highest RF performance coupled with advanced signal processing while reducing the cost and complexity of car radio systems. Offering superior price/performance for the global car radio market, the new Si476x tuner family provides a best-in-class multiband receiver solution for automotive infotainment head-units and AM/FM...

Micronas today announced the availability of HAL 880 in SOIC8 package. SMD packaging eliminates many cost adding processes, such as the leads bending process, often necessary for leaded packages such as the TO92. The HAL 880 in SOIC8 combines high performance sensor technology with a cost-effective, manufacturing friendly package, leading to attractive cost improvements at the system level.

Inertial sensors measure how a vehicle turns and accelerates. This makes them useful for a wide range of tasks. By transferring the sensor technology that it developed for passenger cars and commercial vehicles to agricultural vehicles and their accessory equipment, Continental is able to offer attractive solutions that are optimized for these applications.

LIN nodes continue exponential growth rate in Europe. To address this growing need for LIN transceivers Melexis introduces its next Generation LIN transceiver IC for LIN Bus systems according to the LIN 2.x standard. The MLX80020BA extends Melexis’ existing product line of LIN transceivers and System Basis Chips as well as fully integrated LIN solutions.

austriamicrosystems has announced the AS8222 FlexRay transceiver. This transceiver, with an in-package maximum ambient temperature of 150°C and bare dice with a maximum temperature of 165 °C, is the first to be able to work in harsh, high temperature powertrain applications. This extended temperature range enables the use of FlexRay™ in every vehicle domain, especially in environments beyond the standard automotive requirements.

ZMD AG today introduced four smart sensor signal conditioner ICs. ZMDI designed the ZSSC3131, ZSSC3135, ZSSC3136 and ZSSC3138 for the signal conditioning of resistive bridge sensing elements, like silicon or ceramic-based piezo-resistive transducers or thin-/thick-film or gauge-type sensor elements. The devices are ideal for automotive and industrial pressure sensing applications such as HVAC, cooling, pneumatic brakes and other hydraulic systems...

NXP Semiconductors N.V. today announced the availability of two new automotive audio amplifiers supporting energy-saving start-stop systems – the TDF8530 andTDF8546. The TDF8530 is an ultra-efficient quad-channel Class-D audio amplifier supporting the 6V requirement for start-stop vehicles. The TDF8546 is a quad-channel Class-AB amplifier available with a groundbreaking Best Efficiency Mode operating as low as 6V, reducing power dissipation by...