Mild Hybrid Vehicles

Infineon gears up to tap the strong growth potential in mild hybrid vehicles.

Mild hybrids are increasingly gaining the reputation of being the ideal solution that offers the best of both worlds: power and performance. Infineon Technologies AG expects a significant growth curve too for the automotive 48-volt mild hybrids over the coming the years. To tap this growth potential, the company is expanding its portfolio of suitable power devices. For instance, the chip manufacturer is launching new packages for its 80-volt and 100-volt MOSFETs with OptiMOS™ 5 technology in order to meet the different requirements of different 48-volt applications. In view of this expected rise in demand, Infineon has set up a new manufacturing process to produce the chips on its line for 300-millimetre thin-wafers in Dresden, Germany. Averred Stephan Zizala, Vice President and General Manager Automotive High Power at Infineon, “In this decade, we will reach the point where the majority of all newly produced cars worldwide have a partially or fully electric powertrain.”