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Power and data center (PDC) for automotive applications

US11380107B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

APTIV TECHNOLOGIES AG · BB

Inventors

Lee Bauer · Grosse Pointe Farms, US
Martin Bornemann · Nuremberg, DE
Christian Schäfer · Berlin, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 28, 2019
Grant date	Jul 5, 2022
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 12, 2040

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L2012/40273
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A power and data center (PDC) can serve as a combined data concentrator and power distributor that delivers scalable and affordable network/power redundancy into an automotive electrical/electronic architecture (E/EA) that supports partially or fully autonomous vehicles. In some embodiments, a vehicle that includes the smart E/EA is divided into zones, where each zone includes one or more PDCs and one or more sensors, actuators, controllers, loudspeakers or other devices that are coupled to and powered by their zone PDC(s). Each PDC collects and processes (or passes through) raw or pre-processed sensor data from the one or more sensors in its zone. The sensors provide their data to the PDC by way of cost efficient, short-range data links. In some embodiments, one or more actuators in each zone are coupled to their respective zone PDC, and receive their control data from the PDC over a high-speed data bus or data link.

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