Director, Electronics Research Department (ERD) Toyota Research Institute of North America Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
For next generation electrified vehicles, compact power conversion systems and advanced interior sensors are critical. Flexible hybrid electronics and additive manufacturing are technology solutions that enable new packaging concepts and design paradigms for these intelligent electric systems. Specifically, additive manufacturing provides a path to realize high performance, non-traditional thermal solutions for high power density electronics. Flexible or adaptive sensor hardware coupled with intelligent algorithms then facilitate bio-sensing modalities in non-traditional user spaces. Accordingly, this talk will provide a high-level vision for next generation electronics systems and clarify through examples how advanced manufacturing processes will be crucial for future device realization.
