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Contents
Introduction...................................................................................................................................................................... 5
Demands of the automotive industry.......................................................................................................................... 10
Temperature requirements.......................................................................................................................................... 10
Vibration and shock.................................................................................................................................................... 12
Failure rates................................................................................................................................................................. 12
Challenges for the automotive industry..................................................................................................................... 13
Bandwidth................................................................................................................................................................... 13
Standardisation.......................................................................................................................................................... 14
Changes in the automotive industry........................................................................................................................ 14
Higher voltage architecture....................................................................................................................................... 15
System hardware........................................................................................................................................................... 17
Electronic Control Units (ECUs)............................................................................................................................... 17
Wiring and harnesses................................................................................................................................................. 17
Fibre optic cables........................................................................................................................................................ 18
Flat cabling.................................................................................................................................................................. 20
Flexible printed circuits................................................................................................................................................ 20
Programmable logic devices....................................................................................................................................... 21
Sensors........................................................................................................................................................................... 23
Resistive sensors........................................................................................................................................................ 24
Voltage generating sensors......................................................................................................................................... 25
Switch type sensors.................................................................................................................................................... 26
Optical torque and position sensors............................................................................................................................ 26
Other sensors............................................................................................................................................................. 26
Clustered sensors, sensor modules and sensor fusion................................................................................................ 28
Automotive network design......................................................................................................................................... 31
Network types and design......................................................................................................................................... 31
Systems Engineering................................................................................................................................................... 32
Reconfiguration Flexibility............................................................................................................................................ 32
Bus and Communication Standards........................................................................................................................ 33
CAN............................................................................................................................................................................ 33
LIN.............................................................................................................................................................................. 35
Ethernet...................................................................................................................................................................... 36
FlexRay....................................................................................................................................................................... 37
MOST......................................................................................................................................................................... 39
Software.......................................................................................................................................................................... 43
Coping with growing complexity................................................................................................................................. 43
AUTOSAR................................................................................................................................................................... 43
GENIVI Alliance........................................................................................................................................................... 46
AutoLinQ..................................................................................................................................................................... 48
Microsoft Auto............................................................................................................................................................. 48
ElectroBit.................................................................................................................................................................... 49
JasPar......................................................................................................................................................................... 49
Domain Controller approach....................................................................................................................................... 50
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Supplier Profiles............................................................................................................................................................. 53
Alpine Electronics....................................................................................................................................................... 53
Altran Technologies.................................................................................................................................................... 56
ARM.............................................................................................................................................................................. 58
Autoliv.......................................................................................................................................................................... 60
Bosch........................................................................................................................................................................... 66
ContinentalAutomotive Electronics......................................................................................................................... 78
Continental.................................................................................................................................................................. 80
C&S Group GmbH....................................................................................................................................................... 96
Delphi........................................................................................................................................................................... 97
Denso......................................................................................................................................................................... 106
dSpace Automotive electronics...............................................................................................................................114
Eberspächer...............................................................................................................................................................116
Elektrobit Corporation Automoitve lectronics...................................................................................................... 120
ELMOS Semiconductor............................................................................................................................................ 123
FEV.............................................................................................................................................................................. 127
Freescale Semiconductor........................................................................................................................................ 130
Fujitsu......................................................................................................................................................................... 137
Harman....................................................................................................................................................................... 140
Hella............................................................................................................................................................................ 144
IAV............................................................................................................................................................................... 149
IInfineon..................................................................................................................................................................... 150
Infosys........................................................................................................................................................................ 155
Intecs.......................................................................................................................................................................... 156
Johnson Controls..................................................................................................................................................... 157
Lear............................................................................................................................................................................. 165
Magna......................................................................................................................................................................... 170
Magneti Marelli......................................................................................................................................................... 179
MBTech Group.......................................................................................................................................................... 184
Mentor Graphics....................................................................................................................................................... 186
Mitsubishi Electric.................................................................................................................................................... 188
NEC Tokin.................................................................................................................................................................. 192
STMicroelectronics.................................................................................................................................................. 194
Texas Instruments.................................................................................................................................................... 198
TRW Automotive....................................................................................................................................................... 201
Figures
Figure 1: Global market revenue forecast for OEM electronic systems (billions)................................................... 5
Figure 2: Electronic Stability Control installation rates.............................................................................................. 6
Figure 3: High performance domain control ECUs can simplify overall network complexity............................... 7
Figure 4: A schematic of data fusion from multiple sensors..................................................................................... 8
Figure 5: Temperature and shock operating conditions for automotive electronic components....................... 11
Figure 6: Typical temperatures at which automotive electronic components...................................................... 11
Figure 7: Failure rate requirements of automotive electronic components........................................................... 12
Figure 8: The development of processor clock frequencies.................................................................................... 13
Figure 9: Additional functions and changes in electrical architecture................................................................... 14
Figure 10: Additional functionality requires higher voltages – 48 volts.................................................................. 16
Figure 11: Exponential growth in communications connections............................................................................. 18
Figure 12: Fibre optic cable and POF structure......................................................................................................... 19
Figure 13: Examples of automotive sensor applications.......................................................................................... 23
Figure 14: Estimated sensor market size ($ billion)................................................................................................... 24
Figure 15: Heated oxygen lambda sensor.................................................................................................................. 25
Figure 16: Optical torque and position sensor........................................................................................................... 26
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Figure 17: Fusing multiple sensor information for driver assistance systems....................................................... 27
Figure 18: A slip control system ECU with integrated inertial control sensors..................................................... 28
Figure 19: Evolution of Bosch radar sensors............................................................................................................. 28
Figure 20: Aggregate volume for radar sensors supplied by Bosch....................................................................... 29
Figure 21: Market segmentation development for in-vehicle networks................................................................. 31
Figure 22: Cost versus speed for communication standards.................................................................................. 33
Figure 23: CAN networks significantly reduce wiring requirements...................................................................... 34
Figure 24: Uses for the various communication standards..................................................................................... 35
Figure 25: A schematic representation of the FlexRay architecture....................................................................... 37
Figure 26: MOST Cooperation members 2013........................................................................................................... 40
Figure 27: The convergence of automotive and consumer electronics.................................................................. 41
Figure 28: A MOST Infotainment system in a heterogeneous.................................................................................. 42
Figure 29: AUTOSAR software architecture showing components and interfaces.............................................. 44
Figure 30: Volume of cars sold (2009)......................................................................................................................... 44
Figure 31: AUTOSAR timeline ...................................................................................................................................... 45
Figure 32: AUTOSAR implementation plan................................................................................................................. 46
Figure 33: Volume of ECUs utilising AUTOSAR.......................................................................................................... 46
Figure 34: GENIVI involved partners............................................................................................................................ 47
Figure 35: Functional units of a GENIVI IVI software platform................................................................................ 47
Figure 36: Automotive domain characteristics.......................................................................................................... 50
Tables
Table 1: Requirements on electronic devices............................................................................................................ 10
Table 2: Bus and communication standards comparison........................................................................................ 38
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