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Overview

Our integrated circuits and reference designs for automotive small light applications including LED driver modules help you create compact, efficient and reliable lighting solutions while meeting stringent automotive regulations.

Design requirements

Small light designs require:

  • Highly-flexible control of individual LED pixels.
  • Optimized thermal performance in a small form factor.
  • High-definition symbol projection.
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Small light - LED driving module

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Small light - dynamic projection

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CAN transceivers
  • TCAN1057A-Q1—Automotive enhanced CAN transceiver with silent mode
    Data sheet: PDF | HTML
  • TCAN1044A-Q1—Enhanced automotive CAN transceiver with standby
    Data sheet: PDF | HTML
  • TCAN1042GV-Q1—Automotive fault-protected CAN transceiver with I/O level shifting and 5-Mbps flexible data-rate
    Data sheet: PDF | HTML
  • TIDA-01428—Automotive Pre-Buck, Post-Boost With CAN Discrete SBC Reference Design
    Design guide: PDF Schematic: PDF

Technical documentation

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Type Title Date
Technical article How semiconductor technologies are changing automotive lighting roadmaps PDF | HTML 25 Jul 2023
White paper 자동차 후미등의 트렌드와 토폴로지 (Rev. A) 16 Oct 2019
White paper 汽車尾燈系統的趨勢與拓撲 (Rev. A) 14 Oct 2019
White paper Evolution vs. revolution: the building blocks of automotive body electronics 11 Apr 2018
Analog Design Journal Does adaptive pre‐boost control in automotive‐lighting apps boost efficiency? 04 Oct 2018
White paper Fundamentals to automotive LED driver circuits 04 Jun 2019
White paper Fundamentals to automotive LED driver circuits 04 Jun 2019
White paper Trends and topologies for automotive rear lighting systems (Rev. A) 01 Oct 2019
White paper Trends and topologies for automotive rear lighting systems (Rev. A) 01 Oct 2019

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