es, as well as for use in low-temperature regions. Toshiba SCiB batteryThe 12V lead-acid replacement battery widely used in idle-stop vehicles Toshiba's SCiB battery uses lithium titanate as the negative electrode, and is also a substitute for 24V lead-acid batteries   JTEKT: Lithium-ion capacitor   At the JTEKT Corporation (JTEKT) booth, lithium-ion capacitors that it developed were on display. The lithium-ion capacitor "Libuddy," wh...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/06/27

ed a 1,500V automotive silicon carbide (SiC) power semiconductor for use in kilovolt architectures. The semiconductors use double-sided silver sintering processing technology and high-temperature resistant sealing technology. In addition, the use of connecting bolts between the power module and the capacitor has been eliminated in favor of laser welding. This resulted in a 50% decrease in stray inductance and a 10% increase in overcurrent capabil...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/04/23

Smart Energy Week Spring 2025 (2) BEVs, Batteries, and Chargers Mitsubishi commercial EVs, Sharp/Foxconn BEV concept, CATL battery packs for Kei-class BEVs, etc. Summary BEV (Mitsubishi Motors, Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus, CONNEXX SYSTEMS, Taiho Industrial, Sharp) Battery packs and cells (CATL, BYD, OPmobility, Sanoh Industrial, CONNEXX SYSTEMS) Non-lithium battery types, capacitors (Nippon Electric Glass, LBHunet, Ioxus Japan, Niterra, JTEKT) ...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/04/08

s driving without a driver present. (Solves 99% of extreme problems)     XPeng unveiled its AI Hawkeye Visual Solution. This increases detection distance by 125% and recognition speed by 40%. In addition, the AI Hawkeye Visual Solution adopts a single-pixel LOFIC (Lateral Overflow Integration Capacitor) architecture to accommodate environments such as low light, backlight, and large light differences. The solution upgrades the front view, r...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2024/09/20

Hybrid Batteries - The Best of Two Worlds Skeletons’ SuperBattery: Leveraging the advantages of supercapacitors and Li-ion batteries Summary Introduction SKELETON’S SUPERBATTERY APPROACH BENEFITS FOR THERMAL MANAGEMENT SOME INDUSTRY VOICES ARE SKEPTICAL SUMMARY AND PROSPECTS   This report contains a Spotlight article from Springer's automotive technical magazine "ATZ" www.atz-magazine.com. and "MTZ" www.mtz-magazine.com. Springer is a German...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2024/08/22

realizing "completely unmanned driving" within a limited area) that does not require human-operated steering. Companies are showcasing their technologies in concept cars and other vehicles for this purpose. To ensure redundancy in steer-by-wire systems, dual power supply systems, such as the use of capacitors, are required. Companies are looking to eventually develop systems that incorporate the concept of automated driving, but first, they are a...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2024/08/08

te even though 700,000 units have been sold. Total solution for solid-state batteriesLarge glove box for sulfide-based all solid-state batteries 1/12 scale model of battery module for previous Leaf modelsFrom left: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th generations JTEKT: High heat-resistant lithium-ion capacitor   At the JTEKT Corporation (JTEKT) booth, lithium-ion capacitors that it developed were on display.   Lithium-ion capacitors (Libuddy), wh...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2024/07/10

e Institute for Powertrains and Automotive Technology (IFA), Vienna University of Technology; Slides: © AVL Software and Functions GmbH)   The integrated dual inverter uses high-efficiency SiC modules and a variable switching frequency up to 20 kHz to increase power density and reduce DC-link capacitor size and voltage ripple. It features a special cooler design to reduce parasitic coupling to ground and improve efficiency. The design is ba...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2024/07/03

exhibited at the venue a two-tiered housing that had been separated to reveal the inside.   The unit at the back is the main part of the inverter, and the module is visible, incorporating a double-sided laminated cooler that sandwiches the power device on both sides for liquid-cooling, a smoothing capacitor, and a current sensor that detects the motor's drive current.   The unit in the foreground shows the reactor of the boost converter (DC-DC ...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2024/06/28

f 10,000 cycles, similar to Toshiba's SCiB.   The 48V battery pack for MHEVs (mild hybrids) incorporates LTO-type lithium-ion battery cells, with a maximum discharge current of 300A and a capacity of 0.5 kWh. LTO type lithium-ion battery 48V battery pack for MHEVs   Niterra: Lithium-ion capacitor, LLZ oxide solid electrolyte   Niterra Co., Ltd. (Niterra Group, formerly NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd.) exhibited lithium-ion capacitors that c...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2024/04/05

chinery Various BMS (battery management systems)   Sunwoda also exhibited BMS (battery management system), various battery cells, and high-output LFP battery cells for power systems. Various battery cells High-output LFP battery cells for power systems   JTEKT: Lithium-ion capacitor JTEKT's lithium ion capacitor exhibitSmall and large capacity cells, charge controllers for drones   JTEKT Corporation (JTEKT) had...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2023/11/30

are the transmission coil and inverter on the road side and the power receiving coil and receiving circuit on the vehicle side, which are compact and highly efficient by utilizing Litz wires from SWCC and SiC power devices from ROHM, which are participating members of the R&D team.   The resonant capacitor must be in close proximity to the coil to increase the efficiency of magnetic field resonance, and is buried with the transmission coil on t...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2023/10/26

ted driving ("fully unmanned driving" within a limited area), which does not require human-operated steering. Companies are showcasing their technologies in concept cars and other vehicles for this purpose. To ensure redundancy in steer-by-wire systems, dual power supply systems, such as the use of capacitors, are required. Companies are looking to eventually develop systems that incorporate the concept of automatic driving, but first, they are a...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2023/09/07

2D magnetic property visualization device ------------------ KeywordsTECHNO-FRONTIER, Electric Powertrain, e-Axle, Traction Motor, In-wheel Motor, Busbar, Magnet, Winding, Motor Core, PCU, Inverter, Cooling System, Power Module, Semiconductor, MOSFET, IGBT, SiC, Power Device, Power Electronics, Capacitor, Sensor, Connector, Measuring, Testing ...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2023/09/05

Smart Energy Week Spring 2023: Battery/Module Electrification Technologies 14th [International] Rechargeable Battery Expo [Spring] - Battery Japan, etc. Summary All-solid-state batteries, lithium-ion batteries/capacitors (NEG, Hitachi Zosen, Niterra, JTEKT, GUS Tech, Solid Battery) Lithium-ion battery module for lead-acid battery substitution (Global Electronics, Okada Corp., Seiki) Battery-related products (Kyoho Machine Works, Mitsunami, MIRAI-...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2023/04/21

ation Prius since 2003. It incorporates a boost circuit between the battery and inverter to boost the battery voltage to 500V ~ 650V to drive the motor and generator at a higher voltage, resulting in higher motor output and reduced power losses.   The boost circuit consists of IGBTs, reactors, and capacitors, and can bi-directionally control the system voltage in the range of 500V to 650V from the battery voltage.   While the boost system can i...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2023/03/29

as been reduced from the 1st to the 4th generation. 1st to 4th generation Prius PCU component configuration display panel 1st to 4th Prius generation PCU cooling performance display panel   An eye-catching feature of the PCU in the 1st Prius released in 1997 is the aluminum electrolytic capacitor mounted on top, which uses three 2700μF Panasonic capacitors and has a harness connection with ample space throughout.   The PCU in the 2n...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2023/03/27

  Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (All-solid-state, in mass production) A battery composed of a laminated ceramic structure (Source: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.)   The product is an all solid-state battery using nonflammable ceramics as a separator. The company's own multilayer ceramic capacitor manufacturing technology is applied, with a voltage of 3.8V and a capacity of several tens of mAh, for applications such as IoT and wearable...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2023/03/01

Power Module) from CISSOID (Belgium), of which Panatronic Japan is the distributor, is a 6-in-1 type power module for 3-phase inverters, combining a 1,200V, 550A SiC MOSFET and gate driver substrate.   There is also an SiC inverter platform that combines a power module with a motor controller and capacitors, and the peripheral circuits are optimized to give the inverter platform plug-and-play capability.   NetPower's (NetPower Technologies, In...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2023/02/28

es totaled KRW 7,351,424 million (FY12/2021), and like the aforementioned two European companies, sales, which had declined from FY2019 to FY2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, are on the way to recovery, with companywide sales in FY2021 turning positive at +6.9%. [Recent Activities] Acceptance of capacitor business transfer: In May 2021, the company accepted the transfer of the Czech Republic and North American (Mexico and part of the U.S.) con...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2022/12/15