Atmel presents its automotive products at AES China 2008, Shanghai
(Business News, 24 Apr 2008 )
Atmel Corporation announced its participation to the 4th China International Automotive Electronics Products and Technologies Show and Summit (AES) in Shanghai, May 19-21, 2008. On booth 101/102/103, Atmel will demonstrate its latest products for automotive applications, including body electronic solutions (stand-alone control function devices, high-temperature driver ICs, a LIN family of transceivers, System Basis Chips and System-in-Package solutions, as well as CAN devices), automotive AVR® microcontrollers, automotive RF solutions for car access and tire-pressure monitoring systems (TPMS) as well as general-purpose serial EEPROMs.
At the show, the company will make the following announcements:
· High-temperature driver devices for automotive applications. The new high-temperature hex half-bridge driver ICs ATA6837 and ATA6839 are designed for passenger car applications as well as for the use in 24V truck applications. They exhibit all the advantages of Atmel’s high-voltage 0.8 um BCD-on-SOI technology (SMART-I.S.®), including superior latch-up immunity and reduced junction leakage. The new ICs have an operating chip temperature of 200°C and are able to dissipate approximately twice the power of conventional driver ICs, which can normally only work up to 150°C chip temperatures.
· Programmable, ultra low-power RF transmitter IC for car access and TPMS applications. The fully integrated fractional-N PLL RF transmitter IC ATA5749 is one of the very few automotive RF transmitter ICs that is fully programmable, thus enabling flexible system design and adaptation. Moreover, it is one of only a few such devices with ultra low power consumption – a significant factor for TPMS applications. Its active current consumption in transmission mode is about 20% less than the values of currently available solutions on the market.
In addition, Atmel will present a paper on its high-temperature technology solutions during the Technical Seminars at AES on May 20.
