Automotive

Automotive - electric vehicle battery and chassis

Trackwise’ Improved Harness TechnologyTM (IHT) offers the automotive sector both significant weight-saving opportunity, and smart harness capability.

These are both particularly relevant in today’s rapidly emerging alternatively powered electric vehicle (EV), hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) or battery electric vehicle (BEV) market.

Flex PCBs are particularly suited to automotive vehicles using alternative power generation and their associated battery packs. Due to the general cuboid structures and their flat faces of most battery modules, they have the ideal geometry for flex. They can be used for both HV power (up to 6oz or 210um copper, nickel or nickel plated copper) as well as control circuits.

Trackwise’ long flex is being used for temperature and voltage monitoring circuits for automotive EV battery packs in a number of applications across the globe.  In place of conventional wire harness, flex offers a lighter solution taking up less space – and potentially for distribution of control electronics onto a ‘smart harness’.

Trackwise is working with leading vehicle OEMs on this exciting development.

No matter the required architecture of the energy storage, Trackwise’ IHT can replace conventional automotive wire harnesses and busbars to usher in a functionality that not only reduces weight and space, but can run entire vehicle lengths so removing points of failure. IHT can be designed to your exacting requirements, to withstand harsh environments, to connect with existing applications and be manufactured with financial considerations in mind.

Trackwise is working with a number of manufacturers on a variety of different methodologies.

Trackwise will work with the automotive customer to ensure that their interconnect fulfils the desired duties regardless of specific design choices.  We have inhouse teams of experts who are willing to advise and consult on the best approach to designing flex circuits and have documentation outlining the key considerations and limitations when designing long multi-layer, flexible printed circuits.

WHITE PAPERS

For more information regarding replacing shielded twisted pairs with flex, please visit our White Papers page to download the PDF.

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