STMicroelectronics Displays Its Latest Solutions for Smart Driving at AUTOMOTIVE WORLD 2019
Tokyo Big Sight (ST booth: E54-48), January 16-18, 2019 Tokyo / 15 Jan 2019STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications, will display its latest semiconductor solutions for smart driving at the 11th edition of the AUTOMOTIVE WORLD show in Tokyo, Japan (Jan 16-18 2019). Building upon its broad range of automotive semiconductors, ST will exhibit leading-edge solutions that accelerate car digitalization and electrification in autonomous driving, advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), and power control for electric and hybrid electric vehicles (EV/HEV).
Advanced sensing technology has a vital role to play in ensuring high levels of safety and comfort in autonomous driving and ADAS technology. Visitors to the ST booth will see demonstrations of an innovative automotive image sensor with a global-shutter function for driver and passenger monitoring. This image sensor uses infrared light and removes external influences such as sunlight and streetlights, to detect in-cabin activity. As a result, it contributes to enabling new functions including monitors that can clearly display the drivers and passengers and identify the degree of driver concentration and passenger comfort.
The industry is also seeing the adoption of “connected cars” that enable interaction with external elements such as cloud servers and roadside infrastructure. The ST booth will feature a demonstration of firmware-over-the-air (FOTA) transmission using an automotive processor equipped with a dedicated hardware security module (HSM) that is both powerful and independent. In this demonstration, visitors can see a gateway unit containing ST’s automotive processor and telematics-box update firmware received wirelessly and securely from a cloud server on its electronic control unit (ECU).
The ST booth includes a zone devoted to automotive 32-bit microcontrollers at the heart of a range of ECUs. Here, comprehensive demonstrations combine interior touch displays, motor control, NFC onboard smart keys, mirrors equipped with cameras, and a FOTA unit with a domain controller and gateway. ST’s Power Architecture®-based 32-bit microcontroller family features many communication channels matching automotive network standards such as CAN-FD and Ethernet. They are suitable for the construction of automotive network systems thanks to their support for built-in HSMs and ability to handle OTA systems or monitoring functions during standby.
The spread of EVs and HEVs is being accompanied by the need for further improvement of electric power efficiency in automotive systems. At AUTOMOTIVE WORLD 2019, ST is demonstrating a traction inverter based on a power MOSFET that uses silicon carbide (SiC), a next-generation semiconductor material. In this demonstration, actual tires are driven using a reference design for a traction inverter that integrates ST’s SiC power MOSFET, a galvanic isolation gate driver, an automotive 32-bit microcontroller, and a range of other components.
In EV/HEV battery charging, manufacturers are working to downsize units and accelerate charging. ST will show its solution for onboard chargers, featuring AC-DC and DC-DC converter circuits and comprised of a power MOSFET, IGBT, diodes, thyristors, and an automotive 32-bit microcontroller. A wide choice of device performance and package options enables ST to offer optimal onboard-charger solutions that meet the conflicting requirements of smaller size and greater capacity.
Other ST automotive semiconductor solutions displayed at the show include ADAS systems, acceleration sensors enabling road-noise cancellation, power-management ICs, lighting ICs, secure microcontrollers, wireless charging solutions, EEPROM, and others.
