Infineon Technologies : Around one in 15 new cars uses radar chips from market leader Infineon for driver assistance
June 21, 2016 at 03:10 pm IST
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Munich, Germany - June 21, 2016 - By the end of 2016, more than half of all new automotive 77-GHz radar systems worldwide will be equipped with chips from Infineon Technologies AG (FSE: IFX / OTCQX: IFNNY). Statistically speaking, that means around one in 15 new cars will use a driver assistance system with 77-GHz radar chips from Infineon.
The market leadership of Infineon in the rapidly growing market for radar chips for driver assistance systems was also recently confirmed by market research company IHS Technology. While Infineon has sold a total of 20 million radar chips in the past few years, the company intends to have shipped a further 30 million chips for driver assistance systems next year alone. Infineon would have thus doubled its radar chip sales annually for five years in a row.
'Of the world's five largest manufacturers of radar systems, four already rely on 77-GHz radar chips from Infineon,' said Ralf Bornefeld, Vice President & General Manager, Sense & Control at Infineon Technologies. 'We make driving safety the standard in mid-sized and small vehicles. Our sensor chips place the vehicle inside the kind of safety cocoon that is essential for autonomous driving.'
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Depending on a vehicle's category and how it's equipped, it will have between one and three radar systems. Soon up to five will be offered, together ensuring an 'all-around view' that makes new functions like the intersection assistant and parking assistant possible. In the autonomous vehicle, which the automobile industry expects to be available from around 2020, at least ten radar systems may be installed. Together with camera, laser and ultrasonic systems, they form a safety cocoon around the vehicle and are the key technology for autonomous driving.
'With Infineon as a partner, manufacturers of radar systems have an experienced technology leader at their side,' said Ralf Bornefeld. 'Whether they need a radar chip with silicon-germanium technology or a highly integrated CMOS solution, our advantage is our product and system expertise at 77 GHz and 24 GHz, in silicon-germanium and CMOS.'
Innovativeness from Infineon for radar-based driver assistance
Infineon's innovativeness in radar-based driver assistance and the development of automated driving is also confirmed by one of its radar chip teams being nominated for the Deutscher Zukunftspreis 2015 (German Future Award). It is the German President's Award for Innovation in Science and Technology, and Germany's most prestigious innovation award.
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For more information about radar chips from Infineon, go to www.infineon.com/radar, www.infineon.com/rasic und www.infineon.com/shortrange-radar
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Infineon Technologies AG is one of the world's leading manufacturers of semiconductors. The group's products include power semiconductors, sensors, microcontrollers, digital, mixed-signal and analog ICs, discrete semiconductor modules, switches, interface ICs, motor-controlling ICs, RF power transistors, voltage regulators, and electronic safety components. Net sales break down by area of activity as follows:
- automotive (50.5%): semiconductor products used in the automotive industry, and memory products for specific applications for automotive, industrial, information technologies, telecommunications and consumer electronics.
- power & sensor systems (23.3%): semiconductors for energy-efficient power supplies, mobile devices, mobile phone network infrastructures, human-machine interaction as well as applications with special demands on their robustness and reliability.
- industrial power control (13.5%): semiconductor products for the conversion of electrical energy for small, medium and high-power applications, used in the manufacturing, the low-loss transmission, the storage and the efficient use of electrical energy;
- connected secure systems (12.6%): semiconductors for networked devices, card-based applications, and government documents; microcontrollers for industrial, entertainment, and household applications, components for connectivity systems, various customer support systems;
- other (0.1%).
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: Germany (12.4%), Europe/Middle East/Africa (14.4%), China/Hong Kong/Taiwan (32.3%), Japan (10.5%), Asia/Pacific (15.9%), the United States (12.1%) and Americas (2.4%).