EV charging infrastructure
Build fast, efficient EV charging solutions with leading high-voltage power, current and voltage sensing and connectivity products and designs
EV charging needs to be quick, affordable, safe and reliable. Providing a flexible infrastructure to generate, store, transmit and distribute the additional power is crucial for the electrification journey. Whether improving performance, convenience or accessibility, our semiconductor technology will be a key part of the charging infrastructure that will power the electrification transformation.
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Why choose TI for your EV charging design?
Increase power density
Drive down size/cost and increase power efficiency in DC charging stations and wallboxes with our leading high power technology and real-time microcontrollers.
Accurate sensing solutions
Get current and voltage sensing devices that help meet energy measurement and safety requirements to improve customer experience.
Find flexibility in connecting
Our product portfolio provides all of the connectivity standards (Wi-Fi, Bluetooth®, Wi-SUN, wired ethernet) and protocols (OCPP, ISO15118).
Engineering faster, more efficient charging systems
Choose from several products, including GaN FETs, real-time microcontrollers, gate drivers for SiC, IGBTs and isolated power bias supplies.
- Increase power density over IGBT (insulated gate bipolar transistor)-based solutions and significantly reduce the size of DC wall boxes with our GaN technology.
- For >50-kW DC charging stations, our isolated gate drivers and isolated power bias supplies enable adoption of SiC FETs and can support 1.5-kV working voltages.
- Our reference designs feature Wolfspeed, a global leader for SiC metal-oxide semiconductor field-effect transistors (MOSFET). Wolfspeed’s SiC products offer the industry’s lowest on-state resistances as well as low switching losses, enabling high power density and efficiency.
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Addressing high-voltage design challenges with reliable and affordable isolation (Rev. A)
This paper provides an overview of galvanic isolation, explains common isolation methods for high-voltage systems, and how our isolation products can help you meet isolation needs reliably while reducing solution size and cost.
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Impact of an isolated gate driver (Rev. A)
With information exchange and urbanization rising at a global level, the need for power management is becoming more critical than ever.
Technical article
Increasing power density with an integrated GaN solution
Integrated GaN solutions simplify many of your device-level challenges so that you can focus on the wider system. Read more to find out how.
Featured products for high-voltage power conversion
Find flexibility in connecting with a product portfolio that provides connectivity standards (Wi-Fi®, Bluetooth®, Wi-SUN, wired Ethernet) and protocols (OCPP, ISO15118).
- Enable vehicle-to-grid (V2G) and vehicle-to-home (V2H) with access to connectivity standards and protocols, including OCPP and ISO15118.
- AM625x ARM Cortex A53 processor with built-in HSM (Hardware Security Module) to support secure communication for Plug and Charge.
- Linux based eco system for easy integration of 3rd party stacks and low power operation.
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CCS-Compliant EV Service Equipment Reference Design for Level 1 and 2 EV Charger
Read our product overview to learn more about our reference design recomendation for level 1 and 2 EV Charger applications.
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Build a smart EV charging station with Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) communication
Take charge of your smart EV charging station design with TI’s new low-power AM62x processors, featuring Arm®-based edge AI technology and robust connectivity options for fast, flexible and secure data transfer.
Featured products for Edge processing and connectivity
Our current and voltage sensing technology, leads the industry in performance, with accurate DC and AC performance for both isolated and non-isolated measurement.
- Isolated and non-isolated amplifiers and modulators for shunt based current sensing with high noise immunity and low radiated emissions for more reliable data transfer across voltage domains.
- RCD and insulation monitoring reference designs to speed up time to market and integration.
- Achieve revenue-grade AC and DC e-metering with our high-accuracy current and voltage sensing analog-to-digital converters (ADCs), and enable powerful insights for convenience, energy savings and grid stability.
Featured products for current and voltage sensing
Design & development resources
Reference design
Bi-directional, dual active bridge reference design for level 3 electric vehicle charging stations
This reference design provides an overview on the implementation of a single-phase dual active bridge (DAB) DC/DC converter. DAB topology offers advantages like soft-switching commutations, a decreased number of devices and high efficiency. The design is beneficial where power density, cost, (...)
Reference design
AC and DC current fault detection reference design
This reference design detects mA-level AC and DC ground fault currents. An auto-oscillation circuit is implemented using a DRV8220 H-bridge that drives the magnetic core in and out of saturation. In addition, an active filter circuit is implemented to identify fault current signal and level.
Reference design
AC level 2 charger platform reference design
Electric vehicle service equipment (EVSE) facilitates power delivery to electric vehicles safely from the grid. An EVSE control system consists of an auxiliary power stage, an off-board AC/DC high power stage (only in DC charging stations), energy metering unit, AC and DC residual current (...)
“The EV charging industry is rapidly evolving, becoming more universal, intelligent and efficient. Our real-time microcontrollers work seamlessly with our isolated gate drivers and integrated GaN power devices to boost charging efficiency, while flexible connectivity and security enable long-term integration with the grid.”
– Matt Watson | Texas Instruments General manager, C2000™ microcontrollers
18 Apr 2023 | COMPANY BLOG
Analog and embedded processing products are enabling electrification through smarter, reliable and more accessible solar, energy storage and electric-vehicle charging systems.
Technical resources
White paper
Taking charge of electric vehicles – both in the vehicle and on the grid (Rev. A)
As more EVs and HEVs hit the road around the world, automotive system developers will need to improve efficiency and lower battery charging times in these vehicles, all without adding too much weight. Read more to find out how.
Blog
Misconceptions about EV charging
The electric vehicle (EV) charging industry is growing fast, given commitments from car manufacturers worldwide to sell only EVs in the future, and assistance from governments to build fast, reliable charging networks.
Application note
Design Considerations for Current Sensing in DC EV Charging Applications
This application report looks into design considerations for current sensing in EV charging applications, especially with a focus on the gain error, offset, bandwidth, and latency concerning system performance.