Automotive consumers continue to demand increased efficiency along with added features for safety and convenience. To meet the consumer’s needs, manufacturers are now including advanced systems that employ the latest technologies in their vehicles.
Maxim supplies a wide variety of automotive qualified ICs with a focus on power management, LED/Opto, Vehicle Networking, RF/Wireless and Analog products.
- Power
- LED/OPTO
- Vehicle Networking
- RF/Wireless
- Analog
Power
The number of powered control modules, sensors, actuators and motors distributed throughout today’s automobiles has increased markedly within the last decade. This has increased the need for more diverse power management and voltage regulation circuits. Maxim provides many types of PMIC, DC-DC converter, voltage regulator and USB charging devices for automotive power management and lighting applications.
| Part Family | Description | Applications |
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| MAX6747 MAX6753 |
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| MAX15027 |
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| MAX16962 MAX16963 |
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| MAX16984 |
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| MAX20002 MAX20003 |
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| MAX16141 |
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| MAX16132 MAX16133 MAX16134 MAX16135 |
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| MAX16910 |
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| MAX16126 |
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| MAX20019 |
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| MAX16922 |
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| MAX16963 |
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| MAX16984 |
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| MAX20037 MAX20038 |
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| MAX20047 |
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| MAX20097 |
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| MAX5090 |
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LED/OPTO
LED driver ICs for automotive applications offer features such as wide dimming ranges, fault tolerance and EMI reduction circuitry to save space and cost for exterior and interior automotive lighting applications. These include headlights, taillights, rear combination lights (RCL), daytime running lights (DRL), dashboard lighting and display backlighting. Maxim supplies industry-leading AEC-Q100 qualified switching regulators (SEPIC, boost, buck/boost) specifically for automotive lighting.
| Part Family | Description | Applications |
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| MAX16813 MAX16814 |
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| MAX16833 |
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| MAX20090 |
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Vehicle Networking
Maxim’s Gigabit Multimedia Serial Link (GMSL) serializers and deserializers (SerDes) fully support the high bandwidth, complex interconnect and data integrity requirements required for future automotive infotainment and advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS). From the low-power requirements of cameras to the widely varying bandwidth of sensor data aggregation, GMSL SerDes technology addresses the needs of future vehicle systems. Based on a foundation that pioneered many of the features seen in automotive video interconnect today, GMSL technology offers the bandwidth, rich features and flexibility needed to support the future of automotive design, including autonomous driving systems.
| Part Family | Description | Applications |
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| MAX9275 MAX9279 |
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| MAX9276 MAX9280 |
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| MAX9277 MAX9281 |
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| MAX9278A MAX9282A |
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| MAX9286 |
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| MAX96705 |
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| MAX96706 MAX96708 |
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| MAX96707 MAX96709 |
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| MAX96711 |
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RF/Wireless
Maxim delivers high-integration radio, navigation, television tuners and receivers for vehicle infotainment system designs. For navigation systems, Maxim offers complete GPS, GLONASS, Compass and Galileo front-end ICs to simplify navigation system design.
| Part Family | Description | Applications |
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| MAX2181 |
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| MAX2634 |
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| MAX2659 |
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| MAX2678 |
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| MAX7034 |
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| MAX3280 |
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Analog
Maxim's analog ICs provide high-performance, low power operation for automotive signal chain applications. Our wide selection of analog signal ICs include op amps, current-sense amplifiers, precision voltage references and data converters.
| Part Family | Description | Applications |
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| LM4050 |
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| MAX6070B |
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| MAX11043 |
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| MAX11254 |
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