Integration of electronic power components for electromobility

The current trend in the global automotive industry toward eco-friendly mobility will continue to grow in the future. At the same time the most important challenge for automotive electronics is to manage increasing electronic power within smaller devices. Power electronic modules have to be placed close to the electric motor or — for hybrid electronic vehicles — close to the combustion engine. Further challenges are to achieve high reliability during operation and to reduce system costs. Under the CATRENE (Cluster for application and technology research in Europe on nanoelectronics) project EmPower (Embedded power components for electric vehicle application), funded by the German government, a new high integrated packaging technology (embedding technology) is under development and being tested which covers power components for electric vehicle applications (e.g. pedelec, electric vehicle).