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48V Automotive Systems: Why Now?
In recent conversations with auto manufacturers, 48V low-voltage rail has come up frequently. But why now? 48V systems aren’t new. They’ve helped improve efficiency and performance in mild hybrid electric vehicles (MHEVs) for years.
How a Zone Architecture Paves the Way to a Fully Software-Defined Vehicle
Electronics have played a key role in automotive system innovations in the past several decades. The incorporation of new semiconductor devices with novel features has enhanced the functionality offered by the vehicle’s mechanical systems.
While semiconductor solutions and electronics continue to play a key role in vehicle electronics, looking ahead, innovation in vehicles will be much more characterized by innovations in and consolidation of software.
Reducing Conducted EMI in a Buck Converter for 48 V Automotive Applications
This application note discusses some of the challenges of EMI (electromagnetic interference) in buck converters particularly in automotive systems where the power rail is increasing to 48V DC. The higher rates of change in voltage (dv/dt) and current (di/dt) in the buck converter make it more difficult to meet conducted EMI compliance.
PMP23404
This reference design offers power for automotive advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), infotainment and cluster applications. Operation is over the full automotive range including battery voltage surges to 60 V.
DRV8263H-Q1EVM
The DRV8263H-Q1 evaluation module (EVM) showcases the features and performance of the DRV8263H HotRod™ package. The DRV8263H-Q1 is a fully integrated half-bridge driver intended for a wide range of automotive applications.
DRV8300-Q1
DRV8300 -Q1 is 100-V three half-bridge gate drivers, capable of driving high-side and low-side N-channel power MOSFETs.
How integrated resistor dividers improve EV battery system performance
In modern electric vehicles (EVs) and hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs), the battery management system (BMS) serves as the brain of the battery pack, responsible for ensuring battery performance, safety and longevity. The BMS monitors parameters such as state of charge, which provides insight into the remaining energy available, and state of health, which assesses the overall condition and aging of the battery cells. These metrics help maintain efficient energy usage and delay premature battery degradation.
RES60A-Q1
The RES60A-Q1 is a matched resistive divider, implemented in thin-film SiCr with Texas Instruments' modern, high-performance, analog wafer process.
LMR38020-Q1
The LMR38020-Q1 synchronous buck converter is designed to regulate over a wide input voltage range, minimizing the need for external surge suppression components.
TPS1HTC30-Q1
TPS1HTC30-Q1 is a single-channel, smart high-side switch, with integrated NMOS power FET and charge pump, designed to meet the requirements of 24-V automotive battery systems.
PMP23380
This reference design offers power for automotive advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), infotainment and cluster applications. Operation is over the full automotive range including battery voltage surges to 60-V.
TPSM82823A
The TPSM8282x device family consists of a 1-A, 2-A, and 3-A step-down converter MicroSiP™ power modules optimized for small solution size and high efficiency.
TPSM265R1
The TPSM265R1 is a compact, easy-to-use module that operates over a wide input voltage range up to a maximum continuous input voltage of 65 V. The module fully integrates a controller, MOSFETs, and an output inductor.
TPS4811-Q1
The TPS4811x-Q1 family is a 100V smart high side driver with protection and diagnostics. With wide operating voltage range of 3.5V–80V, the device is suitable for 12V, 24V, and 48V system designs.
PMP23468
This reference design provides protection and power for automotive audio systems. Operation with a 48VDC input was tested across the full output voltage range: 6VDC to 35VDC.
PMP3162
This reference design generates a 12V/16A output from a standard 48V DC telecom input. The UCC2897A controls an active clamp forward converter power stage.
Delivering accurate current sensing for safer solar energy systems and EV chargers
Our society relies on the electric grid every day, so monitoring and maintaining the grid is vital in order to ensure day-to-day reliability. The everyday supply and demand from the grid is changing as more people transition from non-renewable to renewable energy sources, so we must manage its evolving needs.
3 major design challenges to solve in battery energy storage systems
Solar and wind power bring renewable energy to the grid, but the imbalance between supply and demand is a major limitation to maximize their use. Although solar energy is abundantly available at noon, demand is not high enough at that time, so consumers pay more per watt.
Why accurate and reliable high-voltage sensing is critical to the future of electrification
Today’s high-voltage systems — such as electric vehicles (EVs), energy storage systems and distributed solar energy applications — are equipped with many modern sensors. These sensors are able to sense the world around them more accurately, quickly and reliably, playing a crucial role in helping speed up the adoption of renewable energy sources.
Scaling accurate battery management designs across energy storage systems
In energy storage system (ESS) applications, it is challenging to efficiently manage the number of batteries required to scale energy storage demand. For example, in utility-scale (1- to 2-kV) systems, there can be over 300 lithium-ion cells in series that each require accurate monitoring to determine the state-of-charge estimations, as well as protections to identify the need for maintenance or detect fault conditions.
TIDA-010271
This is a full cell-temperature sensing and high cell voltage accuracy Lithium-ion (Li-ion), lithium iron phosphate (LiFePO4) battery pack (32s) reference design. The design monitors each cell voltage, cell temperature and protects the battery pack to secure safe use.
Expert discussion: Battery-management trends in energy storage
The transition to renewable energy sources and buildout of EV chargers impact our grid infrastructure. Learn from Samuel Wong, TI's vice president of Battery Management Solutions, and Richard Zhang, Virginia Tech professor of power electronics, as they discuss how technology improvements in battery systems are leading to energy storage adoption and helping to strengthen our grid.
Out of this world: How semiconductor technology enables environmental research from space
It’s been challenging over the course of human history to understand the ripple effect caused by environmental events. How did frost in a pine forest followed by a storm front bringing heavy rain lead to a sudden influx of silt in a harbor hundreds of miles away?
Setting a new standard for electronics in space
Learn about our collaboration with NASA and industry leaders in developing radiation-hardened, plastic packaging for space electronics, known as QML Class P, to power missions with size, weight and power in mind.
TI Space Products Guide
Our heritage in space applications spans over 60 years, dating as far back as 1958 when the first satellite launched by the U.S., Explorer I, carried aloft radiation detection circuitry using the newly released TI 2N335 silicon-grown junction transistor. From that first satellite, to the first moon landing and first comet landing, to exploring the planets, TI semiconductor devices have been there.
How Space Enhanced Products Address Challenges in low Earth orbit Applications
One of the more exciting aspects of the emerging new space market is the launch of high-volume low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites that are small and economically feasible, but also radiation-tolerant and reliable.
Phased array antenna systems: A new paradigm for electronics in satellites
Radar and cellular communication systems operate – both on the ground and in space – in specific frequency bands limited by government standards bodies such as the Federal Communications Commission.
Out of this world: How semiconductor technology enables environmental research from space
It’s been challenging over the course of human history to understand the ripple effect caused by environmental events. How did frost in a pine forest followed by a storm front bringing heavy rain lead to a sudden influx of silt in a harbor hundreds of miles away?
TIDM-02010
The TIDM-02010 reference design is a 1.5-kW dual motor drive and PFC control reference design for variable frequency air conditioner outdoor unit controller in HVAC applications, which illustrates a method to implement sensorless 3-phase PMSM vector control for compressor and fan motor drive, and digital interleaved boost PFC for meeting new efficiency standards with a single C2000 microcontroller.
TIDA-010236
This reference design is a 4-kW continuous conduction mode (CCM) totem-pole power factor correction (PFC) with a top-cooled gallium nitride (GaN) daughterboard and TMS320F280025C digital controller. Along with the integrated protection features of LMG352x and C2000, full protections are implemented. AC drop, surge and conducted emission (CE) are fully validated, providing a high-efficiency and robust totem-pole PFC design with C2000 and GaN.
TIDA-01465
Frost and ice buildup on cooling bodies and evaporators can significantly decrease system energy efficiency in many appliance applications such as refrigerators, air conditioners, and freezers. This sensor reference design helps to achieve the more stringent energy efficiency requirements of modern appliances through reducing the number of unnecessary defrost cycles by sensing the amount of ice buildup (resolution of < 1mm) on enclosures and metal surfaces of cooling bodies to trigger defrost cycles only when necessary, versus the traditional defrost trigger method of using a timer or temperature sensor.
TIDA-010932
This reference design provides a high efficiency power stage solution for smart thermostats and other gateway building automation end equipment using a 24 VAC power source. This power stage takes a 24-VAC input and produces a 5 V and 3.3 V output rail, which can power additional point-of-load converters if added.
TIDA-010250
This reference design illustrates a motor inverter with MSPM0G, an Arm Cortex-M0+ core microcontroller. The design not only supports a sensorless Field Oriented Control (FOC) algorithm with 1-3 shunt resistors, but also a sensored motor driving algorithm with a Hall or Quadrature Encoder Interface (QEI) sensor.
TIDA-010004
This reference design demonstrates a multi-load drive using one driver chip in multiple configurations enabling reduced inventory. The multiple loads include one bipolar stepper motor, one brushed DC motor, and three actuator or solenoid loads driven from a 12-V DC supply.
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How highly integrated embedded processors are advancing industrial robotics
Industrial robotics has undergone a remarkable evolution in recent years, driven by advancements in semiconductor technology and the increasing demand for smarter, safer, and more efficient systems. At the heart of this transformation lies the use of highly advanced embedded processors that use a systems-on-chip (SoC) architecture which integrates a variety of components including peripherals and hardware accelerators.
Streamlining Robotic System Design With TI’s Embedded Processors and Extensive Third-Party Hardware Partner Network
Robotic system designers are faced with growing design complexity as they strive to meet the demand for robots with higher levels of automation. This increased complexity is especially prevalent in robots that closely collaborate with humans like collaborative robots (cobots) and autonomous mobile robots (AMR).
Autonomous Mobile Robots: Toward Intelligent and Safe Navigation With AM69A
Autonomous navigation of a mobile robot requires high-performance computing resources of both Artificial Intelligence (AI) and traditional computer vision to perform various tasks with multiple sensors. In this paper, the main tasks and related technologies for the autonomous navigation of mobile robots are introduced.
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