Chip Shot
By: By John H. Day, contributing editor
Powerful new semiconductor devices, cutting-edge protocols, and software tools are helping powertrain engineers balance economy and performance...
Powering Comfort, Safety and Performance
By: by Randy Frank Contributing Editor
On a per vehicle basis, hybrids certainly contain the greatest amount of new power semiconductors. However, other vehicle applications for power semiconductors...
The power behind the performance
By: by Randy Frank Contributing Editor
Vehicle requirements push power semiconductors and ICs to the next level....
HEVs Drive Power Components Toward Standardization
By: by David Morrison Editor, Power Electronics Technology
High-power dc-dc converters play a critical role in the electrical systems of hybrid electric vehicles. These complex modular components provide the link between the low-voltage bus and the high-voltage bus used in the power train....
Power ICs are Making the Automotive Grade
By: by David Morrison Editor, Power Electronics Technology
Not long ago, it seemed that many semiconductor vendors paid little or no attention to automotive applications. The reasons (or excuses) for this inattention...
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,...
Automotive Electronics Spurs Semiconductor Growth
By: by Ashok Bindra Editorial Director, RF Design
Because there is pressure to implement emerging advanced automotive safety, engine, infotainment, chassis control, and wireless technologies, analysts predict this decade will witness an unprecedented growth in automobile electronics content....
Electronics Charts Auto's Future Course
By: by Ashok Bindra Editorial Director, RF Design
While electronics has been on the automotive scene ever since the introduction of semiconductor transistors in the 1950s, only in the last few years has...
