Automotive, the next frontier for EDA tools
By: by Ashok Bindra Editorial Director, Power Electronics Technology & RF Design
This year's 44th Design Automation Conference has a special theme, "Automotive Systems." While DAC is more of a silicon design conference, automotive is more than silicon design as it involves several disciplines....
Computer models to facilitate cost-efficient hybrid powertrains
By: by Ashok Bindra Editorial Director Power Electronics Technology & RF Design
While fuel cell-powered automobiles look promising, they are still years away from commercial realization. And, hybrids seem to be the practical solution...
Software AND simulation tools optimize powertrain Controls
By: by Randy Frank Contributing Editor
One of the more recent challenges that carmakers must address includes developing hybrid components, strategies and calibrations. Hybrids require optimizing...
The power behind the performance
By: by Randy Frank Contributing Editor
Vehicle requirements push power semiconductors and ICs to the next level....
Battery Firms Battle for Hybrid Hegemony
By: by John H. Day, contributing editor
Traditional battery makers and a new wave of nanotechnology firms are contending to supply lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries for next-generation hybrid vehicles....
Reinventing the automobile with new DNA
By: by Ashok Bindra Editorial Director, Power Electronics Technology & RF Design
Over the years, automobiles have made tremendous strides in using advanced technologies. And electronics has played a critical role in this transition....
The Newest Car Models - Software
By: by Randy Frank
Saying that today's vehicles are extremely complicated electronic assemblies would be a gross understatement. To cope with this growing electronics complexity,...
Vehicle Thermal Management Systems are Getting Smarter, Better
By: by Heinz-Ubbo Eilks Dana Corporation
One key to significant advances in fuel economy, emissions reduction, and powertrain performance lies within a single area of the vehicle the thermal...
HEV Battery Technology Advances Surely but Slowly
By: by David Morrison Editor, Power Electronics Technology
Though forward steps are being taken, hydrogen-powered fuel-cell vehicles are still several years from entering mass production. Much closer to showroom reality are hybrid electric vehicles, which the FreedomCAR program views as an intermediate technology step to a pure hydrogen economy and hydrogen vehicles....
Ultracapacitors Charge Ahead in Automotive
By: by David Morrison Editor, Power Electronics Technology
Energy storage devices are considered enabling technologies for future automotive designs, particularly hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) and fuel cell...
