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Renesas Automotive Digest Autumn 2013

Renesas Automotive Digest Autumn 2013

Renesas Automotive Digest Autumn 2013

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Overview: The document discusses the critical role of microcontrollers in modern automobiles, focusing on their contribution to controlling vehicle functions, enhancing fuel efficiency, and improving safety. It emphasizes the integration of cloud information and real-time image recognition to boost driving safety.
Microcontroller Solutions: Renesas is highlighted as a leader in automotive microcontrollers, particularly with its RH850 family, which is the first to utilize a 40nm process. These microcontrollers are designed to support security and functional safety, crucial for advanced automotive applications.
Cloud and IT Integration: The document describes the merging of control and IT to develop smarter vehicles, mentioning the R-Car series and RZ/A1 group, which offer solutions for vehicle information terminals and high-end car audio systems.
Product Roadmaps: Roadmaps for various product lines, including the R-Car series, RH850 family, and RL78 family, are provided. These roadmaps detail specifications and features such as low power consumption, high-performance graphics, and functional safety support.
Key Features: The RH850 family is noted for low power consumption, diverse package types, and support for Ethernet, CAN, LIN, and FlexRay. The RL78 family is recognized for its ultra-low power consumption, making it suitable for body control systems.
Technological Advancements: Advancements include the use of the G6400 high-performance graphics core and enhanced interfaces for next-generation vehicles, such as USB 3.0 and Ethernet AVB.
Conclusion: Renesas continues to innovate in the automotive sector, enhancing vehicle safety, efficiency, and connectivity through advanced microcontroller technology and IT system integration.
Intelligent Power Devices (IPDs) and Power MOSFET/IGBT Products: The document provides detailed information on Renesas Electronics' IPDs and Power MOSFET/IGBT products, focusing on their applications, specifications, and benefits for automotive and other electronic equipment.
Product Specifications: Various packages and channel configurations for IPDs are listed, including 12-pin HSSOP, 8-pin SOP, and 7-pin TO-252, with on-resistance values ranging from 6mΩ to 100mΩ, offering scalability and flexibility.
Applications: IPDs are used in body/lighting applications, transmission solenoids, and other automotive functions like engine control, EPS, brakes, and HVAC systems. Their adaptability is highlighted due to consistent specifications and easy interchangeability.
Key Features: IPDs include on-chip peripheral and protection functions, enhancing system reliability and compactness, with features like high-side drivers with load short protection and low-side drivers with overheating protection.
Innovation and Flexibility: Designed for toughness in abnormal situations, these products offer consistent pin assignments and diagnostic signal output formats, allowing easy replacement and adaptation.
Power MOSFET/IGBT Products: Renesas offers a range of Power MOSFETs and IGBTs with voltage ratings from 650V to 1,200V, suitable for HEV/EV propulsion inverter applications, noted for their performance and quality.
Support and Resources: Renesas provides extensive online resources, including industry news, technology trends, and design assistance, accessible through their website.
Legal and Safety Notices: The document includes legal disclaimers emphasizing compliance with laws and regulations and the importance of safety measures in product design.
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Renesas Automotive Digest Autumn 2013-1

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A Fusion of Control and IT to Create Smarter Automobiles Nowadays, microcontrollers are responsible for controlling the basic functions of an automobile: running, turning, and stopping. A single automobile typically contains between 50 and R-Car Series 100 microcontrollers. There is constant demand for ever more high-performance microcontrollers in order to achieve improved fuel efficiency and safety. R-Car H2 for The World’s Top Performance At the same time, the need to utilize information in the cloud (IT) and for image recognition in real time for enhanced driving safety continues automotive...

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A Fusion of Control and IT to Create Smarter Automobiles The RH850 family is a new automotive microcontroller family from Renesas, which supplies an extensive line of products offering high performance and ultralow power consumption. First in the industry to employ a 40nm process, the RH850 family delivers superior performance, an excellent cost-to-performance ratio, and support for security functionality and functional safety essential to advanced automotive applications. The RL78 family is suitable for use in a variety of body control system applications. It is a solution that makes it possible...

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Renesas Automotive Digest Autumn 2013-4

Intelligent Power Device Intelligent power devices incorporate on-chip a variety of peripheral and protection functions and provide an effective way to boost system reliability and compactness. The available lineup includes the following products: • Thermal FETs with on-chip overheating protection function and package that is interchangeable with power MOSFET • Motor drivers with H-bridge function integrated in a single package • Gate drivers with on-chip peripheral functions for motor applications • High-side drivers with on-chip load short protection function, self-diagnostic output function...

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Renesas Automotive Notes: 1. Descriptions of circuits, software and other related information in this document are provided only to illustrate the operation of semiconductor products and application examples. You are fully responsible for the incorporation of these circuits, software, and information in the design of your equipment. Renesas Electronics assumes no responsibility for any losses incurred by you or third parties arising from the use of these circuits, software, or information. 2. Renesas Electronics has used reasonable care in preparing the information included in this document,...

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