At a glance

With vehicle architectures trending toward more centralized processing and smarter systems, the semiconductor technology in these systems also need to evolve. This paper examines trends that are changing the structure of hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) and EV powertrains and how the technologies within battery management system (BMS) are shifting to support the requirements of safer, smarter vehicles.

1 Evolving the powertrain to domain and zone control	Understand the shift to domain and zone architectures and how it impacts system designs and semiconductor technology.
2 Technologies enabling intelligence within BMS: the MCU	Take a look at how the transition to safer, smarter BMS evolves MCU technology, communication interfaces, and battery junction box designs.
3 Digital twin, machine learning and fleet management	See how machine learning algorithms can be applied to drive trends such as intelligent battery digital twins.