Automotive systems include a wide range of functions and products. These include powertrains, chassis control, body electronics, passive safety systems, exterior lighting, 48 VDC boardnet, start / stop, micro hybrid vehicles, full hybrid vehicles (HEVs), and full electric vehicles (FEVs). All of these depend on types of electronic components manufactured by Vishay, including diodes and rectifiers, MOSFETs, optoelectronic, resistors, inductors, and capacitors.
Vishay has incorporated key automotive industry quality initiatives into an Automotive Grade product line. With the goal of zero defects, Vishay has implemented requirements covering design, qualification, and manufacturing, that are used to continuously improve products and processes. Products fulfilling the Vishay Automotive Grade requirements, described below, earn Automotive Grade stamp on their datasheets.
- Rectifiers
- Inductors
- Current Sense Resistors
- Polymer Capacitors
Rectifiers including eSMP® Packages
Vishay introduces eSMP®(enhanced surface mount power packages) diodes and rectifiers to their series. Their eSMP® package increases thermal performance while its smaller footprint reduces PCB space requirements and enables higher integration
Features
- Enhanced Surface-Mount Power (eSMP®) series offer small, low-profile rectifier technologies
- Better thermal performance and reliability
- Available in asymmetrical and symmetrical flat type packages
- Higher current and power efficiency
Applications
- Engine Vehicle Control Unit
- Powertrain injection control and Fuel Pump
- Chassis Control
- Body Electronics
- Active Safety
- Passive Safety
- Exterior Lighting
- HEV and FEV
Schottky Rectifiers including High-Current Density TMBS®Series
Enabling higher current and power efficiency
Vishay High-Current Density TMBS® eSMP® Rectifiers are ideal for automated placement and feature Trench MOS Schottky technology (TMBS®). These rectifiers are housed in a low-profile package with a typical height of 1.3mm. The rectifiers have a low forward voltage drop, low power losses, and high-efficiency operation. Vishay High-Current Density TMBS eSMP® Rectifiers are well-suited for use in low-voltage high-frequency DC/DC converters, freewheeling diodes, and polarity protection applications.
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FRED PT® Ultrafast Recovery Rectifiers
Ultrafast recovery, high switching speeds
Vishay FRED (Fast Recovery Epitaxial Diodes) PT® Ultrafast Recovery Rectifiers offer designers a highly flexible solution that's equally at home in consumer and automotive applications. With ratings from 100V to 600V and from 2A to 150A - unique in the industry - this series allows designers to increase the efficiency of power supplies with devices designed to minimize conduction and/or switching losses.
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Standard & Fast Recovery Rectifiers
Rectifiers for harsh environment applications
Standard recovery rectifiers include avalanche, glass passivated pallet chip junction (GPP), open junction, and new planar wafer technology Gen 1, Gen 2 (low VF). Available in conventional surface mount packages and eSMP® package series for comprehensive applications in automotive such as advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS)and safety Robust glass passivated technology in conventional surface mount and power packages are available for harsh environment applications in industrial and automotive.
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IHLP® Series Inductors
High Current, high-temperature
Vishay IHLP® family provide the very highest efficiency surface mount power inductor solution, due to low DCR (Direct Current Resistance) and low core loss over a wide range of operating frequencies. The IHLP performance offers engineers the widest range of space-saving PCB footprints and low-profile solutions compared to conventional ferrite and through hole technologies.
Features
- AEC-Q200 qualified
- Offered in the 10 case sizes
- Low profile down to 1.0 mm
- High continuous operating temperature to +180 °C
- High efficiency
- Lowest DCR for improved efficiency
- High saturation
- Reduced PCB area / profile
- Wide range of inductance values
- Handles high transient current spikes without saturation
- RoHS-compliant, halogen-free, and environmentally friendly
Applications
- Energy Storage
- Filters for Noise Suppression
- AC/DC Converters
- LED lighting
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WFM Power Metal Plate™ Current Sense Resistors
Surface-Mount, high power
Vishay WFM Power Metal Plate™ Current Sense Resistors offer up to a 0.5Ω resistance rating, 2010 and 2512 size packages, and a 0.5nH to 5nH inductance range. WFM Resistors are AEC-Q200 qualified and feature solid metal manganese copper and nickel-chromium-aluminum alloy construction. Vishay WFM Resistors are ideal for all types of current sensing and pulse applications, including switching and linear power supplies, instruments, power amplifiers, shunts, and power inverters.
Advantage: Boost in power density enables use of single resistor instead of multiple in parallel improving measurement accuracy and saving space.
Features
- Superior pulse performance and superior pulse tolerance
- Low TCR (< 20ppm/°C); for better temperature stability
- Tight tolerance (±1%); improves measurement accuracy
- Features a construction that incorporates an improved thermal management design utilizing a copper heat spreader, enabling high power density and lifetime stability
Applications
- Ideal for all types of current sensing and pulse applications including:
- Switching and linear power supplies
- Instruments
- Power amplifiers
- Shunts
- Power inverters
- Battery management
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T51 vPolyTan™ Polymer Surface-Mount Chip Capacitors
Molded case, high performance
Vishay T51 vPolyTan™ Automotive-Grade Polymer SMD Chip Capacitors are AEC-Q200-qualified and provide high-temperature (-55°C to +125°C) and high-humidity operation. Vishay T51 vPolyTan Capacitors offer ultra-low Equivalent Series Resistance (ESR) in a 7343-31 EIA size molded case. These capacitors are designed for use in decoupling, smoothing, and filtering applications as well as automotive and switch-mode/point of load (PoL) power supplies.
Features
- AEC-Q200 qualified
- High volumetric efficiency - able to offer more capacitance
Available in the compact D and V case sizes (B-case under development) - Wide capacitance range from 6.8μF to 330μF, with a 20% capacitance tolerance
- Voltage ratings from 2.5V to 35V
- Ultra-low ESR from 120mA down to 40mA
- High temperature operation to +125°C, with voltage derating above +105°C
- High temperature load time to 2000 hours
- High ripple current to 2.37A
- Lead (Pb)-free terminations
- RoHS-compliant, halogen-free, and Vishay Green
- High temperature and humidity 85 °C / 85 % RH rated voltage capability
Applications
- ADAS & Infotainment
- Body Electronics
- Light & rain sensors
- Communication bus
- Car alarms
- Windshield wipers
- Small motor drives
- Tire Pressure sensors
- In-Vehicle Systems
- USB Type-C chargers
- Seat controls
- Window & mirror controls
- Panoramic roof systems
- Cruise control
Reference Designs
Vishay has reference designs available for download to help fast-track your development. See which designs are available now.
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- eSMP® Rectifiers
- WFM Power Metal PlateTM Current Sense Resistors
- IHLP® Power Inductors
- vPolyTan™ Polymer SMD Capacitors