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Hyundai: E-GMP 800V Platform Success

The Hyundai E-GMP is one of the best selling 800V EV platforms with sales doubling in South Korea in 2022. It relies on SiC technology and Hyundai has established several new partnerships to secure supply.

Plastic Omnium: Automotive Radar Built Into the Bumper

Plastic Omnium is a giant of automotive plastics, making many body panels for many OEMs. It has recognised that automotive radar is a key sensor in progressing the megatrend of automation. As such it has built the radar antennas directly into the bumper, which brings numerous benefits over incumbent radar design.

Oxford Ionics

Oxford Ionics is a UK start-up developing trapped-ion technology for quantum technology.

General Electric: Megawatt Ship Converters

General Electric (GE) are experts in supplying and integrating high-power electrical systems up to 100MW in ships.

Fusion Processing

Fusion Processing is an engineering consultancy working with autonomous technologies to improve vehicle and road safety. Fusion Processing has been involved in several trials around the UK and has accumulated more than 1.8 million kilometres of service so far.

Could Graphene by the Answer to the Semiconductor Shortage?

Semiconductors, which date back to the 19th century, are used everywhere in electronic devices, from automobile systems and air conditioners to laser treatment in cutting-edge medical systems. The continuing global shortage in semiconductors impacts how high-tech products are made around the world — the automotive industry alone is expected to lose $210 billion in revenue, with major players like BMW, Volkswagen and Ford already reporting the effects.

Dynex Semiconductor (CRRC): EV Power Electronics

Dynex is a UK-based power electronics developer and manufacturer. They were acquired by CRRC and can now utilise China-based manufacturing for high volume orders.

In the Future Your Entire Car Could Be a Radar Antenna, Says IDTechEx

Radar miniaturization is one of the key trends that IDTechEx has identified in "Automotive Radar 2022-2042". There are several factors that are contributing towards this, such as moving from 24GHz to 77GHz which shrinks the antenna size. Or, transitioning from SiGe-BiCMOS based transceivers to Si-CMOS ones, which reduces the number of discrete computational components and shrinks the circuit board. So, with the size continuing to come down, IDTechEx asks, how small can it get?

Uhnder: Digital Code Modulation Automotive Radar

Uhnder is a start up working on radar on chip technologies for automotive and other applications. Uhnder use a 28nm Silicon CMOS technology to construct a single chip with 192 virtual channels giving high imaging potential. Uhnder has also moved away from the widely frequency modulated continuous wave emission pattern in facour of digital code modulation, this brings increased performance and robustness to interference.

Radar Suppliers: Tier 1s and Start Ups

Innovation roadmap for the report 'Automotive Radar 2022-2042'.

GenesInk

GenesInk is a French SME that offers a range of conductive and semiconducting inks based on nanoparticles that are synthesized in-house. Targeted applications include EMI shielding, Human-Machine Interface, conductive busbars, antennas, sensors and transport layers in organic semiconducting devices. IDTechEx caught up with GenesInk to find out about the latest developments.

Continental: Automotive Radar and LiDAR Suppliers

Continental are one of the largest automotive tier 1 suppliers, and one of the largest suppliers of radar for ADAS applications such as adaptive cruise control and automatic emergency braking. IDTechEx spoke to Continental at ITS World Congress 2021 in Hamburg.