WINNER: A smaller electrical package
Aptiv
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.