<span style='color:red'>NOVOSENSE</span> introduces NSDA6934-Q1: Automotive-grade Class D audio amplifier with digital input
  NOVOSENSE recently announced the launch of the NSDA6934-Q1, a digital-input automotive-grade Class D audio amplifier designed for vehicle audio systems. Featuring four-channel audio output with up to 75W per channel, it supports low-latency mode and sampling rates up to 192kHz. The amplifier offers flexible switching frequencies, multiple modulation options, and comprehensive protection features, making it highly adaptable to various automotive audio system designs.  Class D amplifiers: Driving the evolution of automotive audio  As automotive electronics continue to advance, Class D amplifiers have emerged as the preferred choice for vehicle audio systems due to their high efficiency, low heat dissipation, and compact form factor. These amplifiers not only meet modern vehicles’ stringent energy efficiency demands but also enhance audio quality and power output within limited space, playing a key role in the evolution of automotive audio technology.  Optimized Low-Latency Mode: Reducing Path Delay by Over 70%  In automotive audio systems, amplifiers boost signals from the DSP (Digital Signal Processor) before transmitting them to the speakers. Traditional amplifiers can contribute to over 30% of total signal transmission latency, impacting system performance.  The NSDA6934-Q1 features a unique low-latency mode that reduces transmission path delay by more than 70%, granting the DSP additional time for signal processing. This reduces DSP resource demands and enhances the effectiveness of RNC (Road Noise Cancellation). Additionally, the amplifier supports up to 192kHz sampling rates, delivering high-resolution audio with enhanced clarity and detail for an immersive in-car listening experience.  Flexible Configurations to Suit Various Designs  The NSDA6934-Q1 provides a wide range of switching frequencies and modulation options, allowing system engineers to optimize efficiency and size.  Adjustable Switching Frequency (384kHz – 2.1MHz)  At 384kHz, the amplifier achieves up to 93% efficiency, ideal for applications prioritizing power savings, though it requires a 10μH inductor for operation.  At 2.1MHz, the amplifier supports a compact 3.3μH inductor, making it suitable for space-constrained smart cockpit integration.  Selectable Modulation Modes (BD Mode & 1SPW Mode)  BD Mode (50% duty cycle) ensures superior linearity at high power levels, making it ideal for high-output applications.  1SPW Mode (20% duty cycle) reduces conduction losses, improving efficiency in low-power scenarios  Additionally, the NSDA6934-Q1 supports TDM16 data format, ensuring seamless integration with mainstream audio interfaces. With eight selectable I2C addresses, it prevents communication conflicts among peripheral devices. It also features integrated PVDD voltage monitoring, eliminating the need for external resistor dividers and simplifying system wiring and debugging.  Enhanced EMC Performance & Comprehensive Protection  The NSDA6934-Q1 incorporates multiple EMC optimization techniques, including slew rate control, phase control, and three spread-spectrum modes (triangular wave, random spread, hybrid spread), helping customers pass system-level EMC tests efficiently.For system reliability, the amplifier integrates multiple intelligent protection and diagnostic functions, including:  • I2C watchdog for real-time bus monitoring.  • Thermal protection, which automatically reduces gain under high-temperature conditions.  • AC/DC diagnostics for real-time power supply monitoring.  • Comprehensive protection suite, including temperature alarms, over-temperature shutdown, undervoltage, overvoltage, and overcurrent protection, ensuring robust system stability.
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Supporting up to 1500W motor drive, NSUC1602 from <span style='color:red'>NOVOSENSE</span> easily addresses high current challenges
  NOVOSENSE announced the launch of NSUC1602, a high-integration embedded motor control IC, following its introduction of NSUC1610, a small motor driver SoC for automotive applications in early 2023. Compared to the single-chip NSUC1610 that integrates LIN and MOS power stages, NSUC1602 as a SoC, supports an external independent power MOSFET design. This innovative approach enables it to effortlessly address applications requiring higher current.  In addition, NSUC1602 integrates three half-bridge pre-drivers, expanding the motor control power range to 20W-1,500W. This enhancement not only further optimizes the control performance of BLDC motors, but also better meets the requirements of applications with higher power output. In the realm of xEV, thermal management systems are particularly complex and crucial for ensuring overall vehicle performance. These systems are responsible for managing the temperatures of electric motors, power electronics, and battery, while ensuring optimal comfort for passengers in the cabin. An efficient thermal management system not only helps extend battery life, but also prevents the risks of thermal runaway caused by overheat, thereby safeguarding safe operation of xEVs.  In the realm of xEV, thermal management systems are particularly complex and crucial for ensuring overall vehicle performance. These systems are responsible for managing the temperatures of electric motors, power electronics, and battery, while ensuring optimal comfort for passengers in the cabin. An efficient thermal management system not only helps extend battery life, but also prevents the risks of thermal runaway caused by overheat, thereby safeguarding safe operation of xEVs.  To achieve these objectives, thermal management systems rely heavily on precise control of various actuators, such as electric compressor, electronic water pump, oil pump, fan motors, valves, and HVAC control modules. The motors driving these actuators typically need high power output to ensure stable and precise performance under a wide range of operating conditions, thereby meeting the strict requirements of efficient and accurate control for xEV thermal management systems.  NSUC1602, a highly integrated embedded motor control IC from NOVOSENSE, plays a pivotal role in managing key actuators in xEVs with its exceptional integration features and powerful motor control algorithms. This IC integrates an ARM® Cortex®-M3 core and efficient three-phase pre-driver circuits, and supports more advanced and complex motor control algorithms, such as FOC sensored or sensorless vector control. These advanced algorithms significantly enhance the precision and efficiency of temperature management for motors and electronic devices, providing robust technical support for intelligent three-phase brushless DC motor control applications, including automotive electronic cooling fans and electronic water pumps. Additionally, NSUC1602 incorporates a series of optimization designs to significantly improve overall system efficiency, ensuring stable performance under high-load operating conditions.  NSUC1602 meets the reliability requirements of AEC-Q100 Grade 0, and operates stably at extreme temperatures (up to 175°C wafer junction temperature). This SoC comes with further enhanced built-in diagnostics and protection functions that ensure high system reliability and comprehensive security protection for users.  While maintaining a highly integrated design, NSUC1602 also has an optimized power management solution. The LIN port supports ±40V reverse voltage protection, and the BVDD pin supports a withstand voltage range from -0.3V to 40V, allowing direct power supply from a 12V automotive battery. This helps simplify system design and notably reduce development costs.  NSUC1602 demonstrates extensive applicability for diverse applications. With superior motor control performance, NSUC1602 can play a crucial role in a wide range of BLDC and BDC applications requiring precise temperature control and efficient power transmission, such as automotive electronic water pumps, cooling fans, air conditioning blowers, seat adjustment, sunroof control, or tailgate control. Its optimized power management solution ensures that these devices achieve significant energy consumption reduction and substantial service life extension, while providing exceptional performance.
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<span style='color:red'>NOVOSENSE</span> Achieves ISO 26262 ASIL D
  NOVOSENSE Microelectronics today announced it has earned the ISO 26262 ASIL D "Defined-Practiced" certification from TÜV Rheinland, a significant milestone validating the company's robust functional safety management system.  This achievement confirms NOVOSENSE's successful implementation of functional safety practices in critical automotive applications, including ABS wheel speed sensors and isolated gate drivers. Moving from the "Managed" (system establishment) to the "Defined-Practiced" (system implementation) level signifies a major leap in NOVOSENSE's functional safety capabilities and underscores the maturity of its research and development (R&D) and quality management systems.  Transitioning from Compliance to Real-World Application  Since securing the ISO 26262 ASIL D "Managed" certification in December 2021, NOVOSENSE has focused on refining its R&D processes and strengthening its functional safety management. TÜV Rheinland's comprehensive audit assessed various aspects, including functional safety lifecycle management, safety culture, and R&D proficiency. The review specifically examined the practical application of these systems in NOVOSENSE's NSM41xx series wheel speed sensors and the NSI6911 isolated gate driver, confirming the company's systems meet the stringent "Defined-Practiced" standard.  Key Product Highlights:  • NSM41xx Series ABS Wheel Speed Sensors: These AMR-based sensors, designed to ISO 26262 ASIL B (D) standards, support ASIL D system-level functional safety. They offer precise wheel speed monitoring for critical systems like ABS, ESP, and EPS, ensuring reliability in demanding conditions. These are currently in mass production.  • NSI6911 Isolated Gate Driver: Designed for new energy vehicle (NEV) main drives, this ASIL D-compliant driver features a 12-bit high-precision ADC, advanced diagnostics, and an SPI programmable interface. It provides robust driving and protection for SiC MOSFETs and IGBTs, ensuring NEV safety. Samples are now available.  Commitment to Automotive Excellence  Automotive applications remain a core focus for NOVOSENSE, driving the company to uphold its "Robust & Reliable" values. Building strong functional safety capabilities is a strategic priority, supported by a comprehensive ISO 26262:2018-compliant development process and a rigorous automotive-grade quality management system.  As of 2024, NOVOSENSE has shipped over 500 million automotive chips, with automotive business representing more than 35% of its total revenue. Its products are trusted by leading NEV OEMs and Tier-1 suppliers.  NOVOSENSE aims to be a preferred chip supplier in the global automotive supply chain. Through its strong R&D, reliable quality assurance, proven mass production, and flexible customization, NOVOSENSE delivers high-quality, high-reliability, and high-performance analog and mixed-signal chips, along with comprehensive system-level solutions.
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With 16-bit PWM dimming and 4-channel LED drivers, NSUC1500 from <span style='color:red'>NOVOSENSE</span> redefines cockpit experience
  NOVOSENSE announced the addition of a new member to its NovoGenius product family - NSUC1500-Q1, a highly integrated ambient lighting driver SoC product.  Integrating an ARM® Cortex®-M3 core and 4-channel high-precision current-mode LED drivers, NSUC1500-Q1 provides 16-bit independent PWM dimming and 6-bit analog dimming capabilities, and enables more accurate dimming and color mixing control while effectively compensating for lumen depreciation. Additionally, NSUC1500-Q1 is compliant with the AEC-Q100 Grade 1 and CISPR 25 Class 5 EMC standards, promising high reliability and flexibility.  This innovative product allows opportunities to develop more efficient and creative smart cockpit lighting solutions that provide users with more superior visual experience.  With continuous advancements of automotive personalization and innovation, vehicles of the future will be more than a means of transportation, but a mobile living space full of human touch and intelligence. The rapid evolvement of smart cockpits has further stimulated strong demand for more intelligent and comfortable driving experience from end-users. In this context, the creation of in-vehicle atmosphere is increasingly valued, as users expect to enhance the sense of immersion and emotional connection experience in the overall cabin through the integration and interaction between the ambient lighting system and other cockpit applications.  The role of cabin ambient lighting is also quietly transforming. It goes beyond the traditional lighting and decoration functions, and has become a core element in enhancing the driving experience. By integrating personalized customization, intelligent response to driving conditions, and enhanced interactive features, the ambient lighting system can greatly improve the sense of immersion and ownership for drivers and passengers, creating a unique driving atmosphere for each individual.  The NSUC1500-Q1, a highly integrated ambient lighting driver SoC, comes with an ARM® Cortex®-M3 processor core and four LED driver circuits. It also integrates high-precision constant current source, signal control, and LIN interface. These components work together to enable precise current control for each LED, and provide a perfect solution that answers complex and changing ambient lighting design requirements. Additionally, it supports flexible regulation of numerous LEDs. With internal high-precision PWM signals, NSUC1500-Q1 delivers exceptionally smooth dimming and color mixing effects. It also effectively compensates for brightness decay in RGB ambient lights due to temperature fluctuations and long-time aging, thereby ensuring consistent and outstanding lighting effects.  High system reliability and effective protection mechanisms  NSUC1500-Q1 is a good performer in system reliability, meeting the stringent reliability requirements of AEC-Q100 Grade 1. It also comes with advanced SoC-level LED diagnostics and protection functions. These design features significantly bolster the overall system reliability, and ensure stable operation of the ambient lighting system in a wide range of complex environments, thus delivering a more reassuring and dependable driving experience for users.  Outstanding electrical properties and application flexibility  In terms of electrical properties, NSUC1500-Q1 demonstrates exceptional adaptability and flexibility. Its LIN port provides reverse voltage withstand range from -40V to 40V, ensuring reliable operation in high-stress electrical environments. The BVDD pin supports a wide withstand voltage range from -0.3V to 40V, allowing it to directly use 12V power from the automotive battery. This greatly simplifies the system design process and significantly enhances the application flexibility.  Integrated high-precision ADC for enhanced signal processing capability  NSUC1500-Q1 integrates a high-performance 12-bit SAR ADC, providing more precise signal processing support for ambient lighting drivers. In the single-ended mode, its differential non-linearity (DNL) is controlled between -1LSB and +0.8LSB, and its integral non-linearity (INL) is maintained in the range from -1.1LSB to +1.1LSB, ensuring high accuracy and stability in signal processing. In the differential-ended mode, the DNL and INL of NSUC1500-Q1 can range from -0.8LSB to +0.8LSB, enabling smoother and more refined color transitions and brightness adjustments even in complex lighting scenarios.  Ultimately streamlined BOM for significant cost reduction  With an ultimately streamlined BOM, NSUC1500-Q1 from NOVOSENSE brings significant cost efficiency enhancement and design optimization for ambient lighting systems. Apart from the ambient lighting LEDs, its peripheral circuit requires only five components: three capacitors, one ferrite bead, one reverse protection diode, and an optional Transient Voltage Suppressor (TVS) diode. This streamlined BOM design markedly reduces system costs, and allows a smaller PCB footprint, helping achieve an optimal balance between system cost and performance.  Excellent EMC performance and shortened design cycle  NSUC1500-Q1 from NOVOSENSE offers reference designs for ambient lighting, with optimized EMC (Electromagnetic Compatibility) and thermal management performance. NSUC1500-Q1 has successfully undergone and passed all automotive EMC/EMI tests according to the CISPR 25: 2021 standard, meeting the most stringent Class 5 requirements. Its outstanding EMC performance ensures stable operation even in complex electromagnetic environments. In addition, the reference designs tailored for specific applications are carefully optimized and well answer customer needs, thereby shortening the design cycle and saving valuable time and resources for customers.  Cortex-M3 core for enhanced scalability  NOVOSENSE NSUC1500-Q1 is equipped with an Arm® Cortex®-M3 core, and offers rich scalability, including memory and package options. This not only allows flexible platform development, but also provides a highly cost-effective solution for ambient lighting applications.  Key features of NSUC1500-Q1  - 32-bit ARM® Cortex®-M3  - 32 KB Flash, 2 KB SRAM, 2 KB EEPROM, 15KB ROM with integrated UDS bootloader  - On-chip high-precision oscillator with a main frequency of 32 MHz  - 35 kHz low-power and low-speed clock  - Operating voltage range from 6.0V to 28V  - 4-channel high-precision current-mode LED drivers, with a maximum drive current of 64 mA  - Supporting 16-bit independent PWM dimming and 6-bit analog dimming  - 1-channel 12-bit high-precision ADC with a sampling rate of up to 1.5Msps  - LIN PHY supporting LIN 2.x standards and SAE J2602  - Supporting various fault diagnostics capabilities, such as LIN diagnostics, RGB diagnostics, and supply voltage monitoring, as well as thermal shutdown functionality  - Typical power consumption in sleep mode at 20μA  - Compliant with AEC-Q100 Grade 1  - Available in QFN20/SOP8/HSOP packages
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Leading Performance for High Voltage Applications: <span style='color:red'>NOVOSENSE</span> Launches the NSI67X0 Series of Smart Isolated Drivers
  NOVOSENSE has officially launched the NSI67X0 series of smart isolated drivers with Isolated Analog Sensing function. Suitable for driving power devices such as SiC, IGBTs and MOSFETs, and available in both automotive (AEC-Q100 compliant) and industrial variants, this series can be widely used in new energy vehicles, air conditioners, power supplies, photovoltaics and other applications.  This series of isolated gate drivers equates an isolated analog to PWM sensor, which can be used for temperature or voltage detection. The design further enhances driver versatility, simplifies system design, effectively reduces system size and lowers overall cost.  High-voltage Drive and Ultra-high Common-mode Immunity  Designed to drive IGBTs or SiC up to 2121V DC operating voltage, NSI67X0 offers advanced protection functions, excellent dynamic performance, and outstanding robustness. This series uses SiO2 capacitor isolation technology to isolate the input side from the output side, providing ultra-high common-mode immunity (CMTI>150kV/μs) while ensuring extremely small offset between devices, which is at the leading level in the industry.  Powerful Output Capability and Miniaturized Package  The NSI67X0 series has powerful output capability, supporting ±10A drive current and a maximum output drive voltage of 36V, far exceeding most similar products. Its SOW16 package design further enhances safety by achieving a creepage distance of more than 8mm while maintaining miniaturization.  Comprehensive Protection Functions and Automotive Certification  With comprehensive protection functions, including fast overcurrent protection, short-circuit protection, fault soft turn off, 4.5A Miller clamp, and undervoltage protection, this series is a reliable choice for driving power devices such as IGBTs. The entire product family meets the AEC-Q100 standard for automotive applications and can be widely used in new energy vehicles, industrial control and energy management.  Features of NSI67X0 Series  ◆ Smart isolation drivers up to 2121Vpk for driving SiC and IGBTs  ◆ High CMTI: 150 kV/μs  ◆ Input side supply voltage: 3V ~ 5.5V  ◆ Driver side supply voltage: up to 32V  ◆ Rail-to-rail output  ◆ Peak source and sink current: ±10A  ◆ Typical propagation delay: 90ns  ◆ Operating ambient temperature: -40°C ~ +125°C  ◆ Compliant with AEC-Q100 for automotive applications  ◆ RoHS compliant package type: SOW16, creepage distance > 8mm  Protection Functions  ◆ Fast over-current and short-circuit protection, with optional DESAT threshold voltage of 9V and 6.5V and OC threshold voltage of 0.7V  ◆ Integrated soft turn off function in case of fault, with optional soft turn off current of 400mA and 900mA  ◆ Integrated Miller clamp function, with clamp current up to 4.5A  ◆ Independent undervoltage protection UVLO on both HV and LV sides  ◆ Fault alarm (FLT/RDY pin indication)  Isolated Analog Sampling Function  ◆ Isolated analog sampling function  ◆ AIN input voltage range: 0.2V ~ 4.7V  ◆ APWM output duty cycle: 96% ~ 6%  ◆ Duty cycle accuracy: 1.6%  ◆ APWM output frequency: 10kHz  ◆ Optional AIN integrated constant current source output  Safety Related Certification  ◆ UL Certification: 1 minute 5700Vrms  ◆ VDE Certification: DIN VDE V 0884-11:2017-01  ◆ CSA Certification: Approved under CSA Component Acceptance Notice 5A  ◆ CQC Certification: Compliant with GB4943.1-2011  Introduction to Principle of High-precision Temperature Sampling of NSI67X0 Series  The AIN interface of the NSI6730 has a built-in 200uA current source. When an external NTC is connected, a voltage drop will be generated and demodulated into a 10kHz PWM signal for isolated output. The PWM signal is captured by the processor MCU, and the corresponding voltage value and temperature are obtained by calculating the duty cycle.  When the AIN voltage is in the range of 0.2V ~ 4.7V, the AIN input voltage and APWM output duty cycle are linearly related. When the AIN voltage is converted to a PWM signal, the PWM duty cycle conforms to the following formula:  That is, the AIN voltage of 0.2V ~ 4.7V corresponds to a PWM duty cycle of 96% ~ 6%.  Model Selection Chart of NSI67X0 Series  This series offers a variety of models to meet the needs of different applications. Specifically, in the NSI67X0 series, when X is 3, the AIN interface integrates a constant current source; when X is 7, the AIN interface does not integrate a constant current source.
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<span style='color:red'>NOVOSENSE</span> Launches NSIP3266 Full-Bridge Transformer Driver with Integrated Crystal Oscillator, Simplifying Isolated Driver Power Supply Design
  NOVOSENSE today announced the launch of the NSIP3266 full-bridge transformer driver with integrated crystal oscillator, multiple protection functions and soft start support, which can be widely used in isolated driver power supply circuits in automotive on-board chargers (OBCs), traction inverters and charging piles, photovoltaic power generation and energy storage, server power supply and other systems. NSIP3266 supports a full-bridge topology with a wide range of inputs, and with clever pin and function design, it greatly simplifies the design of isolated driver’s power supply circuits, facilitating system manufacturers to optimize system circuits and shorten product time to market.  Currently, isolated driver's power supply in high-voltage systems is available in three architectural forms: centralized, fully distributed, and semi-distributed. Centralized architecture has only one stage of power supply, and the auxiliary power input voltage has a wide input range, requiring closed-loop operation. At the same time, the transformer design is complicated, and especially when a single low-cost isolated power supply is used, there are problems of multi-output load regulation and long wiring, which increase the difficulty of system design and debugging.  Fully distributed architecture uses independent isolated power modules to supply power to isolated drivers. The advantage is that 1-to-1 power supply and targeted protection can be achieved for isolated drivers, but a corresponding number of isolated power modules need to be configured, and the system cost is high.  Semi-distributed architecture adopts a balanced strategy. Through a two-stage auxiliary power architecture, the first stage uses devices with a wide input voltage range to generate regulated rails, and the second stage can be a compact open-loop form using other devices to provide isolated power supply for isolated drives. Semi-distributed architecture is gaining popularity among engineers because of its simplicity in design and balance of system cost, performance, and protection requirements.  Simplified circuit design with full-bridge topology  NOVOSENSE's NSIP3266 full-bridge transformer driver is designed for semi-distributed architecture with isolated driver power supply. Common topology options for semi-distributed architecture include push-pull, LLC, and full-bridge. NSIP3266 adopts full-bridge topology. Compared with other solutions, the principle of full-bridge topology is simple, the transformer structure does not require a center tap, the working principle does not involve the design and selection of external L and C, and the peripheral BOM is often minimal. At the same time, the full-bridge topology is more tolerant to transformer design, including leakage inductance and parasitics, which saves engineers' efforts in system design and debugging.  Ingenious design releases MCU resources  It is worth mentioning that NSIP3266, through the internal integrated crystal oscillator circuit and RT pin design, allows engineers to complete the switching frequency configuration with only external resistors, achieving decoupling of MCU control and more flexible layout. At the same time, it can still provide safe power supply when the MCU fails, promoting higher system safety. In addition, the built-in soft-start function of NSIP3266 also eliminates the need for MCU control. While not requiring MCU domain routing, it saves secondary-side current limiting resistors, greatly simplifying board design and improving architectural flexibility.  Wide voltage input and comprehensive protection  NSIP3266 supports a wide operating voltage range of 6.5V~26V. No additional TVS protection tube is required in the system circuit, allowing engineers to choose the pre-stage power supply more flexibly. In addition, NSIP3266 provides multiple protection functions, including undervoltage protection, overcurrent protection, over-temperature protection, etc. The comprehensive protection functions enable engineers to focus on the optimization and innovation of the core system functions, and to design the system quickly and efficiently to meet the reliability requirements.  Packaging and selections  NSIP3266 is available in EP-MSOP8 package (3.0 x 3.0mm x 0.65mm, with thermal pad). The industrial version, NSIP3266-D, and the automotive version, NSIP3266-Q1, which meets the requirements of AEC-Q100, will be mass-produced in the first half of 2025. Please contact NOVOSENSE's sales team (sales@novosns.com) for product details or to request samples.  Rich isolation products meet diverse needs  With its expertise and leadership in isolation technology, NOVOSENSE provides a series of isolation and "isolation+" products covering digital isolators, isolated sampling, isolated interfaces, isolated power supply, and isolated drivers. NSIP3266 is a new addition to NOVOSENSE's isolated power supply family. NOVOSENSE also offers a selection of other cost-effective and high-performance, high-integration options, including: the NSIP605x series of push-pull transformer drivers; the NSIP88/89xx and NIRSP31x series with integrated transformers and multi-channel digital isolators; the NSIP83086 isolated RS485 transceiver and the NSIP1042 isolated CAN transceiver with integrated transformers and isolated interfaces. NOVOSENSE's comprehensive "isolation+" product portfolio can meet the diverse system design needs of various types of customers and provide one-stop chip solutions for them.
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<span style='color:red'>NOVOSENSE</span>'s NCA1044-Q1 CAN Transceiver Successfully Passes the IBEE/FTZ-Zwickau EMC Certification
  NOVOSENSE announced that its newly launched NCA1044-Q1, an automotive-grade CAN transceiver, had received the EMC certification test reports from IBEE/FTZ-Zwickau, a prestigious European testing organization. NCA1044-Q1 successfully passed all test items. NOVOSENSE now can provide the test report to support automakers in streamlining their system certification process and accelerating their product launches.  CAN transceivers are commonly used in automotive CAN bus networks typically for critical control and diagnostics functions, such as battery, motor control, electronic control, braking, steering, and airbag systems. These applications are prone to various sources of electromagnetic interference (EMI), including battery, motor and electronic control systems for EVs, engine, frequency converter and wireless communication devices. Such disturbances can adversely affect data transmission, leading to signal errors or system failures, and even compromised system safety.  In addition, due to the long distance of CAN bus wiring in automotive systems, CAN transceivers can easily radiate noise through the CAN bus acting as an antenna. This can result in radiated emission and conducted emission from modules or the entire system that exceed the requirements for vehicle. Therefore, CAN transceivers that provide good electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) performance are essential for ensuring system reliability.  Full compliance with IBEE/FTZ-Zwickau certification  Given the critical role of CAN transceiver's EMC performance in automotive safety, countries or regions have established stringent automotive EMC standards and certification procedures for automakers to follow. For example, both the SAE J2962 standard and the European IBEE/FTZ-Zwickau certification set clear requirements for the EMC performance of automotive electronics.  The IBEE/FTZ-Zwickau certification is carried out according to the IEC 62228-3 standard. Compared with SAE J2962, IEC 62228-3 excludes the effects of peripheral circuits, focuses more on the EMC property of the CAN transceiver itself, and specifies higher performance level requirements. The IEC 62228-3 standard is also extensively adopted by automakers outside of Europe. The IBEE/FTZ-Zwickau certification includes four tests: Emission RF Disturbances, Immunity RF Disturbances, Immunity Transients, and Immunity ESD. NCA1044-Q1 from NOVOSENSE successfully passed all four tests.  Industry-leading interference immunity  NCA1044-Q1 features an ingenious circuit design that addresses the issue of output signal errors caused by abnormal high-voltage interference affecting its output circuit. This enhances its EMC performance, helping customers substantially reduce their EMC design complexity, simplify peripheral components, and lower costs.  Furthermore, NCA1044-Q1 boasts industry-leading interference immunity. According to IEC 62228-3, when external RF noise at different frequency bands couples to the CAN bus, a higher pass-through power indicates stronger interference immunity. This means a lower risk of errors in the system.  Even without the use of a common-mode inductor filter on the bus, NCA1044-Q1 from NOVOSENSE can still meet the highest power requirements specified in the standard (as shown in Figure-1 and Table-2). Although this test is typically not required at the application level, NCA1044-Q1 still successfully passed the test. This capability helps users reduce peripheral circuits, lower costs, and enhance system robustness.  Packages and selection  NCA1044-Q1 is now in mass production and is available in SOP8 and DFN8 packages. Compliant with the AEC-Q100 Grade 1 requirements, it operates in a wide temperature range from -40°C to 125°C, and provides over-temperature protection. NCA1044-Q1 also supports TXD dominant timeout function and remote wake-up in standby mode. 
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<span style='color:red'>NOVOSENSE</span> Launches Automotive-Grade High-Side Switches for Body Control Modules and Zone Control Units
  NOVOSENSE Microelectronics, a semiconductor company specializing in high-performance analog and mixed-signal chips, has announced a range of high-side switches for driving traditional resistive, inductive, and halogen lamp loads in automotive body control modules (BCM) as well as large capacitive loads commonly found in the first-level and second-level power distribution within zone control units (ZCU).  At time of launch, the NSE34 and NSE35 families includes 26 single-, dual- and quad-channel devices developed for operation across 11 separate load currents intervals (11 A to sub-2 A). These devices have an Rds(on) resistance range from 8 mΩ to 140 mΩ and feature industry-leading load-driving capabilities and advanced diagnostic and protection functions such as advanced over-current protection and over-voltage clamping protection.  All devices in the two families are fully compliant with multiple automotive standards, including AEC-Q100, AEC-Q100-006, AEC-Q100-012 Grade A, ISO7637, ISO16570 and CISPR25-2021 Class 5.  Yang WANG, Product Line Marketing Director of NOVOSENSE said: “For electric and autonomous vehicles, body domain controllers have become increasingly important, enabling smart power distribution and functional integration. Indeed, they are essential for many applications, whether in resistive loads such as a seat heater, capacitive or halogen lamp loads for surge-current handling, or inductive loads such as in wipers, solenoids and relays, where it protects against negative voltage spikes.”  The NSE34 and NSE35 families of high-side switches are available in 14- and 16-pin HSSOP packages measuring 4.9mm x 3.9mm respectively.
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400mA, High Output Slew Rate: <span style='color:red'>NOVOSENSE</span>'s NSOPA240x Series Cracks the Challenge of Resolvers
  With the continuous pursuit of high-precision, high-performance motor control technology, the ability of resolvers, as one of its core components, to accurately measure angular position and rotational speed becomes particularly important.  However, the special requirements of resolver drive circuits have always been a technical bottleneck in the development of the industry. To address this challenge, NOVOSENSE recently released the new NSOPA240x series of operational amplifier, which is designed to simplify circuit design and improve system robustness, bringing innovative solutions to resolver drive applications.  As electromagnetic sensors that can be used to accurately measure angular position and rotational speed, resolvers are widely used in industrial motor controls, servos, robots, and powertrain units in electric and hybrid vehicles. Particularly in electric vehicles, resolvers provide motor control algorithms with precise and stable position information, which is critical to ensuring ideal performance in a wide range of driving conditions. Through their unique operating principle, resolvers provide real-time and accurate feedback on the rotor angle and speed, enabling electric vehicles' motor control algorithms to accurately adjust the current output for smooth driving and instant response. In addition, resolvers' high temperature resistance, simple and reliable mechanism, compact size and low cost make them adaptable to the compact design requirements of electric vehicles and reduce overall costs.  In practice, the design of resolver drive circuits faces multiple challenges. First, the requirements for high current output and high slew rate must be met to ensure a stable excitation signal for resolvers. Second, simplifying circuit design and improving system robustness are also important issues faced by engineers. In addition, complex noise environments and stringent safety requirements bring more difficulties to the design.  With their excellent high gain bandwidth and slew rate, as well as continuous high output current drive function, NOVOSENSE's NSOPA240x high-current output operational amplifiers meet the stringent requirements of resolver primary coils for low-distortion and differential high-amplitude excitation. More importantly, NSOPA240x integrates internal thermal shutdown and overcurrent production, which not only optimizes the circuit design and reduces the system cost, but also significantly improves the overall system reliability and performance.  The automotive version of the NSOPA240x series meets the reliability requirements of AEC-Q100 Grade 1 and can work in harsh environments of -40~125°C. Different channel versions are available to meet different customer needs, with TO252-5 package for single-channel and HTSSOP14 package for dual-channel, as shown in the table below.  High current output capability - adapt to various resolver primary coil drives  Output current capability and output swing are among the most important indicators to measure the driving capability of power amplifiers. The relationship between load current and output swing directly determines the dissipated power in driving operational amplifiers. The excitation primary coil of a resolver usually has a very low DCR (DC resistance), typically less than 100Ω, so a strong current output capability up to 200mA is required to drive the coil. NSOPA240x is designed with a maximum continuous output current capability of 400mA, fully meeting the drive requirements of various resolvers.  High output slew rate - ensure undistorted primary coil excitation signal  Slew rate is one of the most important performance indicators reflecting the dynamic response of an operational amplifier, and the minimum requirement for undistorted sinusoidal signals is shown in the following formula:  Different types of resolvers have different requirements for the amplitude and frequency of the excitation signal. Taking a 7Vrms, 10kHz excitation signal as an example. According to the calculation results of the above formula, the minimum slew rate required to ensure no distortion is about 0.6 V/μs. With a slew rate of 5.5 V/μs, NSOPA240x meets most application requirements for resolver drives.  Integrated current limiting protection and overheating protection - improve resolver system reliability, and reduce complexity and cost  For the power level of several hundred mA at the primary drive end of a resolver, perfect protection measures must be taken, otherwise the system will be seriously threatened or even burned due to overheating and other reasons. NSOPA240x integrates a thermal shutdown protection function. When the chip junction temperature exceeds 173°C, the device will be disabled and the occurrence of a thermal shutdown event will be indicated by the OTF/SH_DN status. To prevent repeated triggering, the overtemperature shutdown function has a temperature hysteresis, where the junction temperature needs to fall back to 155°C before the device is re-enabled and the state of the OTF/SH_DN pin changes to indicate that the thermal shutdown event has stopped.  As shown in the figure below, NSOPA240x can provide customers with system-level functional safety and simultaneously indicate short circuit to power and short circuit to ground.  In addition, each operational amplifier in the chip has current limiting protection for the PMOS (high side) and NMOS (low side) output transistors, because overcurrent may be found on the high side or the low side. And two dedicated pins (as shown in the red box in the figure) are provided to distinguish between high side overcurrent and low side overcurrent, corresponding to the applications of short circuit to ground and short circuit to supply voltage respectively. When the output current returns to normal, the indicator pins will be released synchronously, allowing the system to easily cope with short circuit test scenarios similar to those specified in the ISO 16750 standard.
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<span style='color:red'>NOVOSENSE</span> Introduces the NSIP605x Series of Cost-Effective Push-Pull Transformer Drivers to Support Customers' Diverse and Flexible Designs
  NOVOSENSE today announced the launch of the NSIP605x series of cost-effective push-pull transformer drivers, consisting of NSIP6051 with an output power of 1W and NSIP6055 with an output power of 5W. NSIP6055 is available in two versions: NSIP6055A with a switching frequency of 160kHz, for system applications with more stringent EMI requirements; and NSIP6055B with a switching frequency of 420kHz, for system applications that require improved conversion efficiency and reduced transformer size.  The cost-effective NSIP605x series is designed for cost-sensitive systems with no particular requirements for footprint size, and offers a higher cost effectiveness than comparable devices with internally integrated transformers while providing similar system performance. The NSIP605x series complements NOVOSENSE's existing product portfolio and supports customers' diverse system design needs with flexible, lightweight configurations in a wide range of industrial, automotive and renewable energy applications.  Excellent EMI and ESD performance helps reduce system design time  Thanks to NOVOSENSE's proven EMI optimization technology, the NSIP605x series achieves ultra-low noise and EMI through slew rate control of output switching voltage and spread spectrum clocking (SSC), and the peripheral circuit requires only simple configuration to meet CISPR25 Class 5 requirements. In terms of ESD performance, NSIP605x achieves ±8kV ESD (HBM) and ±2kV ESD (CDM) performance. Excellent EMI and ESD characteristics enable customers to complete overall system debugging more quickly and easily, shortening design time.  NOVOSENSE's extensive product portfolio meets different design needs  The NSIP605x series of push-pull transformer drivers is a new addition to the cost-effective product line introduced by NOVOSENSE. NOVOSENSE also offers a selection of other high-performance, highly-integrated products, including: the NSIP88/89xx series and the NIRSP31x series with integrated transformers and multi-channel digital isolators; the NSIP83086 series of isolated RS485 transceivers and the NSIP1042 series of isolated CAN transceivers, integrated with transformers and isolation interfaces. NOVOSENSE's comprehensive product portfolio can meet the diverse system design needs of various types of customers, providing one-stop semiconductor solutions for different customers.
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