Powertrains

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This 5,000-hour study of seven plastics and nine fuel blends is designed to help automakers and Tier 1 suppliers speed design and create better systems for oxygenated fuels. It includes long-term fuel compatibility data for commonly used engineering plastics in applications such as fuel sender units, rollover valves, outlet covers and fuel injector components and confirms the importance of long-term testing to aid understanding of how plastics and fuels interact. It also confirms the many performance benefits of Celcon® and Hostaform® acetal copolymers (POM) at fuel tank temperatures and Fortron® polyphenylene sulfide (PPS) at engine compartment temperatures.

The introduction of electric and hybrid electric vehicles have added high voltage electric modules into the car. The battery stack in a hybrid vehicle can be in excess of 150 V, which is then boosted to a much higher voltage level for the inverter driving the electric motor. The ACPL-782T automotive isolation amplifier, which is part of Avago’s R2Coupler™ series, features safe insulation, high common mode transient rejection and precision analog sensing – all in a compact 300 mil dual-in-line package.