North American Technology Trends in Automotive Electronics

SUMMARY

1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Overview

• 1. Electronics Revolution in Autos
• 2. Impact on Components
• 3. Integrated Electronics

Consumer Attitudes and Needs

• 1. Consumer Attitudes and Needs
• 2. Issues and Challenges
• 3. Economics
• 4. Interest
• 5. Technical Issues

Scope and Methodology

• 1. Scope and Methodology

2 OVERVIEW OF TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT

Electronics Abound in Vehicles

• 1. Making Cars Safer
• 2. Entertaining Passengers
• 3. Location-Specific Security

A Different Type of Vehicle

• 1. A Different Type of Vehicle
• 2. Advances in Sensor Technology
• 3. The Smart Highway
• 4. The Impact of MEMs
• 5. IC Technology
• 6. The 42-V Challenge
• 7. Electrical Backbones
• 8. Technical Concerns

Power from Embedded Technology

• 1. Power from Embedded Technology
• 2. Security; Safety Systems Take Active Approach
• 3. In-Vehicle Entertainment
• 4. Advent of Drive-by-Wire and New Electric Motors

Issues and Challenges

• 1. Cost Concerns
• 2. Fragile Electronics
• 3 SENSORS AND MEMS

Array of Sensor Technologies

• 1. Continuous Innovation
• 2. Types of Automotive Sensors

Micro Innovation

• 1. Micro Innovation
• 2. Manufacturing

MEMS Applications

• 1. Airbags
• 2. Dynamic Control
• 3. Temperature and Tire Pressure Monitoring
• 4. Role Angle and Rate Feature
• 5. Future Trends

Developments to Watch

• 1. Eye Tracking
• 2. Detecting Diesel Exhaust
• 3. Self-Calibrating Sensors
• 4. Crash Sensors
• 5. Biometrics and Security

4 POWER EFFICIENCY

42-V Battery

• 1. 42-V Architecture
• 2. Cost
• 3. System Alternatives

Wire Harnesses

• 1. Wire Harnesses
• 2. Major Harnesses
• 3. 42-Volt Impact
• 4. Fiber Optics
• 5. Electronic Control Units
• 6. Supercapacitors
• 7. Fuel

Developments to Watch

• 1. Optimizing the Alternator
• 2. Integrated Starter-Alternator
• 3. Quantum Mechanics
• 4. Reducing Combustion Instability

5 OTHER KEY TECHNOLOGY TRENDS

Telematics and Bluetooth

• 1. Origins and Functionality
• 2. Development of Telematics
• 3. GPS and Telematics
• 4. 'Under the Hood' Potential
• 5. Remote Vehicle Diagnostics
• 6. Bluetooth Technology

Semiconductor Content

• 1. Advances in Automotive Electronics
• 2. Government Legislation

Haptics Innovations

• 1. Haptics Innovations
• 2. Device Interactions
• 3. Software for Force Feedback

6 DEVELOPER PROFILES

Public Sector

• 1. Argonne National Laboratory
• 2. Clemson University
• 3. Iowa State University
• 4. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
• 5. Los Alamos National Laboratory
• 6. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• 7. Oak Ridge National Laboratory
• 8. Ohio State University
• 9. Simon Fraser University
• 10. Southwest Research Institute
• 11. University of California at Berkeley
• 12. University of Dayton
• 13. University of Michigan
• 14. University of Wisconsin
• 15. University of Toronto
• 16. Virginia Tech
• 17. Wayne State University

Private Sector

• 1. Analog Devices Inc.
• 2. ARM
• 3. ATX Technologies Inc.
• 4. BEI Technologies Inc.
• 5. Bluetooth Users Group
• 6. Cepstral LLC
• 7. E Ink Corp.
• 8. Fairchild Semiconductor Corp.
• 9. Immersion Corp.
• 10. Irvine Sensors Corp.
• 11. Iteris
• 12. Johnson Controls Inc.
• 13. Kodak Display Products
• 14. Memsic
• 15. Motorola
• 16. Methode Electronics Inc.
• 17. Omron Automotive Electronics Inc.
• 18. Optrand Inc.
• 19. Royal Philips Electronics
• 20. SiRF Technology Inc.
• 21. Sense Technologies Inc.
• 22. TRW Automotive
• 23. Visteon Corp.
• 24. Xilinx Inc.

7 PATENTS AND BIBLIOGRAPHY

Patents

• 1. Key USPTO Patents

Bibliography

• 1. Bibliography

8 FROST & SULLIVAN 2004 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AWARDS

Technology Leadership Award

• 1. Award Description
• 2. Award Recipient

Technology Innovation Award

• 1. Award Description
• 2. Award Recipient

9 DECISION SUPPORT DATABASES

Vehicle Production Statistics

• 1. Car Production
• 2. Light Commercial Vehicle Production
• 3. Bus Production
• 4. Heavy Truck Production

Other Economic Indicators

• 1. Personal Disposable Income
• 2. Population Per Vehicle
• 3. Vehicle Scrap Rate

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Overview

• 1. Electronics Revolution in Autos
• 2. Impact on Components
• 3. Integrated Electronics

Consumer Attitudes and Needs

• 1. Consumer Attitudes and Needs
• 2. Issues and Challenges
• 3. Economics
• 4. Interest
• 5. Technical Issues

Scope and Methodology

• 1. Scope and Methodology

2 OVERVIEW OF TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT

Electronics Abound in Vehicles

• 1. Making Cars Safer
• 2. Entertaining Passengers
• 3. Location-Specific Security

A Different Type of Vehicle

• 1. A Different Type of Vehicle
• 2. Advances in Sensor Technology
• 3. The Smart Highway
• 4. The Impact of MEMs
• 5. IC Technology
• 6. The 42-V Challenge
• 7. Electrical Backbones
• 8. Technical Concerns

Power from Embedded Technology

• 1. Power from Embedded Technology
• 2. Security; Safety Systems Take Active Approach
• 3. In-Vehicle Entertainment
• 4. Advent of Drive-by-Wire and New Electric Motors

Issues and Challenges

• 1. Cost Concerns
• 2. Fragile Electronics
• 3 SENSORS AND MEMS

Array of Sensor Technologies

• 1. Continuous Innovation
• 2. Types of Automotive Sensors

Micro Innovation

• 1. Micro Innovation
• 2. Manufacturing

MEMS Applications

• 1. Airbags
• 2. Dynamic Control
• 3. Temperature and Tire Pressure Monitoring
• 4. Role Angle and Rate Feature
• 5. Future Trends

Developments to Watch

• 1. Eye Tracking
• 2. Detecting Diesel Exhaust
• 3. Self-Calibrating Sensors
• 4. Crash Sensors
• 5. Biometrics and Security

4 POWER EFFICIENCY

42-V Battery

• 1. 42-V Architecture
• 2. Cost
• 3. System Alternatives

Wire Harnesses

• 1. Wire Harnesses
• 2. Major Harnesses
• 3. 42-Volt Impact
• 4. Fiber Optics
• 5. Electronic Control Units
• 6. Supercapacitors
• 7. Fuel

Developments to Watch

• 1. Optimizing the Alternator
• 2. Integrated Starter-Alternator
• 3. Quantum Mechanics
• 4. Reducing Combustion Instability

5 OTHER KEY TECHNOLOGY TRENDS

Telematics and Bluetooth

• 1. Origins and Functionality
• 2. Development of Telematics
• 3. GPS and Telematics
• 4. 'Under the Hood' Potential
• 5. Remote Vehicle Diagnostics
• 6. Bluetooth Technology

Semiconductor Content

• 1. Advances in Automotive Electronics
• 2. Government Legislation

Haptics Innovations

• 1. Haptics Innovations
• 2. Device Interactions
• 3. Software for Force Feedback

6 DEVELOPER PROFILES

Public Sector

• 1. Argonne National Laboratory
• 2. Clemson University
• 3. Iowa State University
• 4. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
• 5. Los Alamos National Laboratory
• 6. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• 7. Oak Ridge National Laboratory
• 8. Ohio State University
• 9. Simon Fraser University
• 10. Southwest Research Institute
• 11. University of California at Berkeley
• 12. University of Dayton
• 13. University of Michigan
• 14. University of Wisconsin
• 15. University of Toronto
• 16. Virginia Tech
• 17. Wayne State University

Private Sector

• 1. Analog Devices Inc.
• 2. ARM
• 3. ATX Technologies Inc.
• 4. BEI Technologies Inc.
• 5. Bluetooth Users Group
• 6. Cepstral LLC
• 7. E Ink Corp.
• 8. Fairchild Semiconductor Corp.
• 9. Immersion Corp.
• 10. Irvine Sensors Corp.
• 11. Iteris
• 12. Johnson Controls Inc.
• 13. Kodak Display Products
• 14. Memsic
• 15. Motorola
• 16. Methode Electronics Inc.
• 17. Omron Automotive Electronics Inc.
• 18. Optrand Inc.
• 19. Royal Philips Electronics
• 20. SiRF Technology Inc.
• 21. Sense Technologies Inc.
• 22. TRW Automotive
• 23. Visteon Corp.
• 24. Xilinx Inc.

7 PATENTS AND BIBLIOGRAPHY

Patents

• 1. Key USPTO Patents

Bibliography

• 1. Bibliography

8 FROST & SULLIVAN 2004 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AWARDS

Technology Leadership Award

• 1. Award Description
• 2. Award Recipient

Technology Innovation Award

• 1. Award Description
• 2. Award Recipient

9 DECISION SUPPORT DATABASES

Vehicle Production Statistics

• 1. Car Production
• 2. Light Commercial Vehicle Production
• 3. Bus Production
• 4. Heavy Truck Production

Other Economic Indicators

• 1. Personal Disposable Income
• 2. Population Per Vehicle
• 3. Vehicle Scrap Rate