Patrick Leteinturier has 24 years of experience in automotive electronics. He started his career working at Lucas (UK) and SAGEM (France) developing powertrain electronic systems for PSA and Renault. He is working since 1997 at Infineon Technologies AG (Germany). He is currently responsible for system architecture of silicon products (silicon sensors, microcontrollers, silicon smart powers, and power modules) for Engine, Transmission and xEV applications.
A member of SAE International since 1998, Mr. Leteinturier received the SAE International Forest R. McFarland Award (2008). In 2010, he was named an SAE International Fellow. Mr. Leteinturier is currently SAE director and member of the Engineering Meeting Board. In addition, Mr. Leteinturier is Guest Professor Tianjin University in China (since 2006).
Mr. Leteinturier received his Mechanical Engineering degree from ENSAM: Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts et Métiers (France) in 1987, his Master of Advanced Studies in Internal Combustion Engines (DEA) at the University Paris 6 (France), and his Electric & Electronic Engineering degree from ESE: Ecole Supérieure d’Electricité (France) in 1990.
Title: Vehicle propulsion electronic system for 2020
Abstract:
Electronic technologies have made significant improvements since the early time of engine management systems. At the same time, regulation has reached a very stringent level for emission and fuel consumption: 95 g CO2/km by 2020. People are even talking about 20 g CO2/km by 2050.
The semiconductor industry has a very high responsibility in enabling electronic control systems. The full propulsion now comprises of engine, transmission, hybrid motor, battery, and eventually charger. Those systems are interconnected inside a powertrain domain control and many satellites or accessories are reporting to them. This presentation will address the key factors to design vehicle propulsion control and power electronics for 2020.
The development of powertrain system is very costly and can only be amortize by economy of scale. The system & product segmentation is a key phase of the platform definition. This will allow the good reuse factor across applications, car models, and customers. Software is a very expensive parts of the control system. It is very important to facilitate the migration path and the reuse / compatibility of software modules cross segments. The new architectures are taking into account from the early stage the need of modularity, scalability and configurability.
