2021 - PACE Award Winner

WHAT: Solid-state electrical center

INNOVATION: Aptiv’s technology replaces traditional devices such as plug-in fuses and printed circuit board-mounted relays to deliver greater optimization of a vehicle’s architecture. By replacing selected electromechanical relays with semiconductor switching devices, Aptiv has reduced package size and mass while also reducing power dissipation by eliminating energized relay coils.

FIRST CUSTOMER: Ford Motor Co.

WEBSITE: aptiv.com

Aptiv’s technology replaces traditional devices such as plug-in fuses and printed circuit board-mounted relays to deliver greater optimization of a vehicle’s architecture.

The system replaces selected electromechanical relays with semiconductor switching devices or metal-oxide semiconductor field-effect transistors, which reduce package size and mass while also reducing power dissipation by eliminating energized relay coils.