EV and hybrid applications often require manufacturers to design robust, resilient, and lightweight vehicles that address the performance demands of the transportation vehicles market. In the industrial space, this is further compounded by the need to operate in harsh conditions such as heavy rain, snow, and extreme temperature changes on a daily, constant, and seasonal basis. Design engineers must address the voltage, current, sealing, vibration, chemical compatibility, and temperature challenges associated with manufacturing all types of EVs and hybrid vehicles. This means choosing protective products that can work within increasingly complex designs, as well as withstand the harsh environments inherent to vehicle operation. Increasingly, it also means vehicle manufacturers must choose a component provider that not only understands current and future market demands but offers a breadth of products that address a range of needs and are backed by decades of superior performance and reliability.
In addition to protecting and sealing critical components, product designers need to understand that all active electronic devices have the potential to emit electromagnetic radiation in the architecture of the vehicle and therefore also need to consider electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding products to protect critical electronic components and systems from EMI. This is particularly true for designing highly integrated architectures where high voltage and high current systems are in close proximity to low voltage signal lines.
This white paper describes the electrification and electromobility (e-mobility) impact on vehicle architectures including EMI and protection of electric components design considerations.