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Power Supply ICs and Controllers
News Release from: STMicroelectronics
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 25 June 2007
Academic collaboration targets
automotive EMC
Electromagnetics competence centre will research in the field of EMC for automotive smart-power integrated circuits.
STMicroelectronics and the Istituto Superiore Mario Boella (ISMB) have set up an electromagnetics competence centre that will research in the field of EMC for automotive smart-power integrated circuits As electronic systems become more compact and faster, they increasingly run into physical limitations caused by electromagnetic compatibility issues and the difficulty of integrating components into the final design
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 8 Nov 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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A major technical issue today, especially for the highly demanding automotive market, is to improve design methodology and develop modelling techniques that can permit the simulation of circuit performance and avoid electromagnetic incompatibilities at an early stage, thus reducing overall design cost and time to market while improving reliability and performance.
According to Giampietro Maggioni, Automotive Product Group Business Unit Director at STMicroelectronics: "The Electromagnetics Competence centre (EMCC) is part of ST's organisation-wide philosophy of working co-operatively with other leaders".
"This approach has achieved great success in projects in Europe and throughout the rest of the world".
"The EMCC will see ST researchers working alongside ISMB experts to find solutions which satisfy EMC International standards for cost-effective and reliable automotive product designs".
"The continually rising complexity of modern integrated circuits requires the management of the integrated circuits' EMC performance from the earliest stages of the design", says Vincenzo Pozzolo, Full Professor at the Politecnico di Torino and EMC Leader at ISMB.
"Automotive ICs have to work properly in high-noise environments where wide-band interference strongly affects IC nominal signals".
"The three-year joint project with ST will contribute to improving the quality of automotive products in safety and reliability".
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