Electro-mechanical braking (EMB)
An electromechanical braking system (EMB) is a type of braking system that uses electrical and mechanical components to slow or stop a vehicle. It does this by using an electric motor or actuator to apply the brakes instead of hydraulic pressure, as in traditional hydraulic braking systems. The electric motor receives braking commands from the brake pedal ECU (driver input) or other systems such as a central computer (e.g., stability control).
EMB has proven benefits to both drivers and OEMs
Electromechanical brakes (EMB) can be more easily integrated, especially in electric vehicles (EVs), offering several advantages:
- Easier routing: The vehicle's "skateboard" chassis does not need to accommodate the routing of traditional hydraulic lines.
- Faster and more reliable assembly: EMB enables the supply of pre-validated axles, increasing assembly efficiency, and reducing vehicle re-work at end of line.
- Reduced weight: EMB can be lighter than hydraulic brakes, reducing the overall weight of the vehicle and improving its efficiency.
- Lower system cost: The total cost of the braking system is lower than traditional braking
- Improved control: EMB can be controlled more precisely than hydraulic brakes, allowing for improved braking performance and better integration with the vehicle's other systems, such as regenerative braking, stability control, or anti-lock braking.
- Lower maintenance: EMB typically have fewer moving parts than hydraulic brakes, making them easier to maintain and reducing the risk of failure.
Infineon is your partner for virtually every semiconductor for EMB
We have over two decades of expertise in chassis application solutions, deep know-how of safe motor control, dependable products, technical documents, and evaluation boards. With that, we cover every major socket in EMB controllers and actuators to enable easy design-in and fast time to market:
- Powerful and scalable chipset featuring a small footprint
- Field-proven interoperability
- Support of fail-safe and fail-operational EMB systems
- Harmonized safety concept that focuses on power supply, gate driver, sensors, and microcontrollers developed together
For all your development needs, Infineon provides the full range of ICs, from safety microcontrollers to power supplies, bridge drivers, world-class MOSFETs, and sensors. Find out what is possible with our components to start or enhance your EMB project.
Seamless integration and highest-possible safety standards
We recognize that braking and steering are two of the most important safety functions of a vehicle, and we translate that into a system-level approach to functional safety with products that are ISO 26262 compliant and developed together to meet the strictest standards in safety and robustness.
With a proven track record and years of experience in the automotive sector, Infineon is the right partner for any electric power steering project. Our components have been designed and tested to ensure they work seamlessly and fulfill the highest-possible safety standards. Since our chipset is aligned in-house, you can count on its interoperability to ensure safety while reducing your development effort. Thanks to a small footprint and integrated features, our solution contributes to a lower BOM.
Furthermore, our chipset is suitable for OEMs who want to scale platform solutions across models to increase cost efficiency, from fail-safe to fully redundant fail-operational and high-availability solutions. Last but not least, there’s the peace of mind you gain knowing that all components are manufactured according to Infineon’s high automotive quality standards.
System benefits
- Scalability and interoperability
- Highest design flexibility
- Single source of chipset solution
- Adaptability via software OTA
- Easy design-in; fast time to market
- Dependable quality and performance
- Adaptive MOSFET control, a technology that will help you successfully overcome the challenges in bringing an ECU to market!
- Reduce power dissipation, easily pass EMC testing and mitigate supply chain issues!
Learn more about Infineon automotive dependability.
Training topics:
- Do you know Infineon’s OPTIREG™ power supply solutions?
- Do you know why OPTIREG™ products stand out from other solutions in the market?
In this training you will:
- Know more about Infineon’s wide MOSFET selection for 48 V mild-hybrid electric vehicle, or MHEV, applications
- Understand why and how Infineon is strengthening its position in the 40 V MOSFET market, and be familiar with Infineon’s newest 60 V MOSFETs
In this training you will:
- Get to know why systems require frequent updates, how this is done and how automotive systems try to ensure their security when they are updated
- Learn how AURIX™ families of microcontrollers support over-the-air software updates
