Texas Instruments and Delta Electronics announce collaboration to advance electric vehicle onboard charging
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Texas Instruments (Nasdaq: TXN) and Delta Electronics have announced a collaboration aimed at advancing electric vehicle (EV) onboard charging and power solutions. The partnership will leverage both companies' R&D capabilities in a joint innovation lab in Pingzhen, Taiwan, to optimize power density, performance, and size, aiming to make EVs safer, faster-charging, and more affordable. This initiative is part of a three-phase development program, starting with a lightweight, cost-effective 11kW onboard charger that achieves up to 95% power conversion efficiency using TI’s C2000 real-time microcontrollers and active EMI filter products. Subsequent phases will focus on achieving higher automotive safety standards and developing next-gen automotive power solutions using GaN technology.
Positive
- Collaboration with Delta Electronics to develop advanced EV power solutions.
- Establishment of a joint innovation laboratory in Pingzhen, Taiwan.
- Phase one aims for a 30% size reduction in onboard chargers with 95% power conversion efficiency.
- Use of TI's C2000 real-time microcontrollers and EMI filter products.
- Improvement in automotive safety standards up to ASIL D in phase two.
- Focus on GaN technology for next-gen solutions in phase three.
Negative
- Potential risks associated with reliance on new technologies like GaN.
- Challenges in meeting automotive safety integrity levels (ASILs).
News Market Reaction 1 Alert
On the day this news was published, TXN gained 1.44%, reflecting a mild positive market reaction.
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"The transition to electric vehicles is key to helping achieve a more sustainable future, and through years of collaboration with Delta Electronics, we have a solid foundation to build upon," said Amichai Ron, senior vice president for Embedded Processing at TI. "Together with Delta, we will use TI semiconductors to develop EV power systems like onboard chargers and DC/DC converters that are smaller, more efficient and more reliable, increasing vehicle driving range and encouraging more widespread adoption of electric vehicles."
"Delta has been developing high-efficiency automotive power products, systems and solutions since 2008 to help reduce transportation-related carbon emissions," said James Tang, executive vice president of Mobility and head of the Electric Vehicle Solutions business group at Delta Electronics. "Through the establishment of this joint innovation laboratory with TI, Delta intends to leverage TI's abundant experience and advanced technology in digital control and GaN to enhance the power density and performance of our EV power systems. With more leading-edge product development and design capabilities, we aim to achieve closer technology exchange and collaboration to accelerate product development and improve product safety and quality. We look forward to furthering our technology leadership and creating a win-win situation in the rapidly developing electric vehicle market."
Three phases of development for next-generation automotive power solutions
- Phase one for the collaboration focuses on Delta's development of a lighter-weight, cost-effective 11kW onboard charger, using TI's latest C2000™ real-time microcontrollers (MCUs) and TI's proprietary active electromagnetic interference (EMI) filter products. The companies are working together using TI's products to reduce the charger's size by
30% while achieving up to95% power conversion efficiency. - In phase two, TI and Delta will leverage the latest C2000 real-time MCUs for automotive applications to enable automakers to achieve automotive safety integrity levels (ASILs) up to ASIL D, which represents the strictest automotive safety requirements. Highly integrated automotive isolated gate drivers will further enhance the power density of onboard chargers, while also minimizing overall solution size.
- In phase three, the two companies will collaborate to develop the next generation of automotive power solutions, capitalizing on TI's more than 10 years of experience in developing and manufacturing products with gallium nitride (GaN) technology.
"The rapid growth of electronics in automotive applications has enabled more feature-rich, efficient and safer vehicles. However, technical challenges remain," said Luke Lee, president of
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