In the era of “data fuel”, is your car ready?

The intelligence of a car largely affects people's evaluation of whether the car is "keeping up with the times". Today, the "trump card" - the ACES family - automation (A), interconnection (C), electrification (E) and sharing (S ) are considered by the Western automotive industry to be the four key trends in mobile travel.

Levels of automated driving as determined by the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)

For a private car, the degree of autonomous driving is undoubtedly a key indicator of "intelligence" that attracts much attention. Many cars currently on the market can achieve L0 (emergency assistance) - L2 (combined driving assistance) level (or part of it). Starting from 2020, the development of the field of autonomous driving will be accelerated. The L3 (conditional autonomous driving) / L4 (highly autonomous driving) level that many Tier 1 (first-tier suppliers) and OEMs have been planning for many years will surface.

Regardless of the level of autonomous driving, they all require the connection support of massive data . This means that any data collected and generated at the source must reach the intended destination quickly and accurately.

Data is the fuel for advanced autonomous driving , the food for the ultimate evolution of automobiles, the enabler for the liberation of drivers, and the driving force behind the transformation of automobile intelligence.

How is data collected? In the era of intelligent networking, cars collect massive amounts of data through sensors (medium and short distances) and antennas (medium and long distances), and then transmit it to the application end through the power amplifier, PHY/IC, and connector system connected by data cables.

The era of data fuel has also put forward new requirements for connectors. Antenna and connector systems are important parts of data connection transmission. The transmission of data signals is divided into a variety of connection methods, including twisted pair (differential), coaxial, hybrid, optical fiber , etc., and the corresponding connectors are also different.

Let’s see what kind of technologies TE provides and what kind of design requirements it meets!

At the product level, TE's data connection products are specially designed to meet the stringent requirements of the automotive environment and comply with standards such as LV214 and USCAR. TE's product series has also passed very strict signal integrity and electromagnetic compatibility specification tests, such as the OPEN (One-Pair Ethernet) Alliance Technical Committee specifications.

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