New Semis Help Designers Turn on the Power
By: By Randy Frank, contributing editor
When automakers add more electronic features to differentiate their vehicles, they have to consider the impact on the vehicle’s power supply. Some new systems, such as stop-start systems and regenerative braking are being added to improve fuel economy and reduce emissions. To simplify the power management task in all systems, suppliers continue to introduce more efficient products and use techniques that reduce power consumption. More area efficient, dual-sided cooling packages for power MOSFETs, the use switching technology in Class D audio amplifiers and LED headlights are examples of industry efforts to use less power...
Driver ICs Light the Way For LED Headlights
By: by Keith Szolusha, Linear Technology
chips capable of implementing boost or sepIc converters are tailored to the
headlamp application, integrating features that enable high brightness LeDs to be
more readily applied in place of traditional fi lament style and HID bulbs...
Under The Hood of the 2008 Chrysler Town Country
By: by Randy Frank Contributing Editor
A redesigned vehicle always provides an opportunity for new or revised features, including the power electronics. Chrysler's Town and Country minivan...
Bright ideas drive complex headlamp motion control
By: by Bart De Cock AMI Semiconductor
Smart motor-driver chips enable intelligent system partitioning and help to convert complex multi-axis real-time programming into modular time- and cost-saving reusable designs......
Driving bright solutions for automotive led lighting challenges
By: by Roger Alm
Light-emitting diodes (LED) lighting opens a new world of styling, comfort and user-customization choices. These design opportunities are rapidly increasing the use of LEDs in cars. There are several approaches and design techniques when applying LEDs to interior, front and tail lights....
Designing Efficient LED-based Interior Lighting
By: by Brian Blackburn ON Semiconductor
This article will identify a number of drive configurations and topologies specific to automotive interior lighting, as well as discuss thermal management issues....
LEDs Move to the Automotive Forefront
By: by David Morrison Editor, Power Electronics Technology
From their modest beginnings as dashboard indicator lamps, LEDs have marched through one automotive application after another, replacing incandescent...
ELECTRONICS DRIVE INNOVATION, ENHANCING THE DRIVING EXPERIENCE
By: by Martin Thoone Visteon Corporation
Today, a substantial amount of automotive innovation involves electronics. These innovations impact just about every aspect of today's driving experience....
Solid-State LED Lamps Brighten Automotive Exteriors
By: by David Hulick, Frederick Peterson, Michael Godwin and Vipin Madhani Osram
Spanning less than 15 years, the application of solid-state light-emitting diodes (LEDs) in automotive design is still a new phenomenon. Yet, most industry...
