Infineon

Infineon Technologies

Semiconductors are crucial for addressing the energy challenges of our time and shaping the digital transformation. For this reason, Infineon is committed to actively driving decarbonization and digitalization. As a global semiconductor leader in power systems and IoT, Infineon enables game-changing solutions for green and efficient energy, clean and safe mobility, as well as smart and secure IoT.

 

Infineon is a world leader in semiconductor solutions and is ranked the number one provider of automotive semiconductors, discrete power devices, MEMS microphones, security ICs, and microcontrollers. The company’s aim is to stay ahead of the competition by securing and expanding its leading position across all key markets. This includes consistently demonstrating to customers that Infineon is the best possible partner to help drive their businesses forward.

 

Infineon’s technologies help make life easier, safer, and greener-together with its customers and partners, working toward a better tomorrow.

 

A Leader in Power Systems and IoT

 

Infineon is the clear No. 1 in power semiconductors and a leading power systems innovator. Its silicon-, silicon-carbide-, and gallium-nitride-based power, driver, microcontroller, and software solutions are essential to take energy efficiency and green power to the next level.

 

Infineon is a leading one-stop technology partner for smart, energy-efficient, and secure IoT solutions. Its sensors, microcontrollers, and communication devices, combined with security technologies and related software, are indispensable in bringing industrial and consumer IoT to life.

 

Key Markets

  • Energy – green and efficient
    Rising demand for energy, depleted natural resources, and climate change call for more efficient ways of generating, transmitting, storing, and consuming energy. Infineon's semiconductor solutions allow energy to be created and used more efficiently. The company plays a major role in the journey toward a net-zero world. Infineon helps make green energy happen.
  • Mobility – clean and safe
    Today, the world is facing a new era of mobility with rising expectations around electrification, automation, convenience, and reliable connectivity. Infineon's semiconductor solutions drive the transformation toward clean, safe, and smart mobility services across all means of transport. Infineon helps shape the future of mobility.
  • IoT – smart and secure
    As digital transformation advances, demand for intuitive, secure, and smart 'things' is rising across everything from buildings and homes to factories and cities. Infineon's semiconductor solutions make connected 'things' context-aware, intelligent, energy-efficient, and secure. Infineon helps make IoT work.

Automotive

Achieving automotive excellence with Infineon's semiconductors.

 

If companies want to rely on a trusted partner offering all relevant ingredients for dependable systems - automotive quality, functional safety, cybersecurity, innovative products, system understanding, and operational excellence - then they need Infineon automotive dependability.

 

As the number one partner in the automotive industry, Infineon shapes the future of mobility, making cars clean, safe, and smart - through dependable electronics that enable systems that form the foundation for trust.

 

Automotive

Key Applications:

  • Body and lighting systems
    TRAVEO™ II and AURIX™ MCUs for body control, LITIX™ LED drivers for exterior and interior lighting, CAN FD transceivers and system basis chips for networking and power management. OptiMOS™ and CoolMOS™ for efficient switching, EiceDRIVER™ gate drivers for robust control.
  • Comfort actuators, pumps, fans, seats, and closures
    MOTIX™ motor control, either XMC™ or PSOC™ Control C3 MCUs with external 6EDL7141 three-phase gate driver, or the integrated IMD701A option that combines XMC1404 with a 6EDL7141 driver in one package. Pair with OptiMOS™ MOSFETs and angle or Hall sensors for position feedback.
  • Battery management and 12-V sub-systems
    TLE9012 or TLE9018 BMS ICs for cell monitoring and balancing, TLI4971 current sensor for accurate current measurement, protection and balancing MOSFETs, plus EiceDRIVER™ high-side drivers.
  • ECU connectivity and security
    Automotive transceivers for CAN and LIN, OPTIGA™ security for device identity and firmware integrity, AURIX™ safety concepts for functional safety paths.

Robotics

Leading solutions for smart and safe robots.

 

Today’s robots can identify and navigate through surroundings, work alongside humans, and even interact with them. All this would not be possible without recent advancements in semiconductor and sensor solutions.

 

As both a leading supplier of robotics components and an advanced user of robots in its own fabs, Infineon has carved out a unique position in the market.

 

Drawing on insights into all facets of the robotics field and with a comprehensive portfolio of power, microcontrol, memory, connectivity, and sensor products, Infineon provides reliable system solutions with certified functional safety and advanced security.

 

Robotics

Key Applications and Ideal Infineon Solutions:

  • AMR drive and motion control
    Choose IMD701A for a compact, fully programmable wheel drive, or use XMC™ or PSOC™ Control C3 with a 6EDL7141 three-phase gate driver. Add OptiMOS™ MOSFETs, EiceDRIVER™ gate drivers, TLE5012 angle sensors, and TLE9351 CAN transceivers for robust motion subsystems.
  • Battery systems for mobile robots
    TLE9012 or TLE9018 BMS for 12- to 18-cell packs, TLI4971 current sensor for accurate current measurement, protection FETs and high-side drivers, AIROC™ Bluetooth LE for service interfaces.
  • Navigation, obstacle avoidance and SLAM
    REAL3™ hybrid ToF navigation sensor for high-resolution depth at close range and room-scale mapping, 60 GHz XENSIV™ radar for presence and motion sensing in all lighting conditions.
  • Connectivity and fleet communications
    AIROC™ Wi-Fi and Bluetooth combos for reliable links between robots, infrastructure, and cloud services.
  • Edge compute and HMI
    PSOC™ Edge for ML at the edge and sensor pre-processing, PSOC™ 6 or PSOC™ Control C3 for control loops, timing, and fast ADCs.

Healthcare

Infineon enables medical wearables, patient monitoring, healthcare robotics, and lab automation.

 

Pair low-power MCUs and precise sensors with secure connectivity and robust power to build reliable devices. Regulatory certifications depend on your end product; Macnica can help you choose components that align with your path.

 

Key Building Blocks:

  • Sensing: Pressure sensors, 60 GHz XENSIV™ radar for contactless vital signs, magnetic and current sensors, XENSIV™ MEMS microphones
  • Compute: PSOC™ 6 and PSOC™ Edge MCUs for signal processing and ML at the edge
  • Connectivity and security: AIROC™ Bluetooth and Wi-Fi, OPTIGA™ security for device identity and data protection

 

Healthcare

Key Applications:

  • Patient monitoring and contactless vital sensing
    60 GHz XENSIV™ radar modules for heart and respiration monitoring without contact, PSOC™ Edge for signal processing and ML, AIROC™ Wi-Fi and Bluetooth for data handoff, OPTIGA™ Trust for device identity and data integrity.
  • Medical wearables and smart health devices
    PSOC™ 6 for ultra-low-power control and sensing, AIROC™ Bluetooth for mobile pairing, secure boot and OPTIGA™ for protected data paths, pressure and magnetic sensors where required.
  • Facility monitoring
    DPS368 pressure sensors for environmental or flow feedback, plus Wi-Fi or BLE for connectivity.
  • Lab automation and healthcare robotics
    Motor and motion subsystems using MOTIX™ IMD701A or 6EDL7141 with XMC™ or PSOC™ Control C3, OptiMOS™ MOSFETs and EiceDRIVER™ gate drivers for compact, reliable pump and actuator control.

 

Product Families

 

CategoryFamilyShort copyIdeal applicationsRecommended starter part or kit

Microcontrollers

PSOC™ Control C3

Motor control oriented MCU with fast ADCs, high resolution PWMs, and peripherals for FOC and BLDC control.

AMR wheel drives, pumps and fans, lab automation actuators

PSOC™ Control C3 evaluation kit

PSOC™ 6

Ultra low power dual core MCU for connected HMI and sensing with plenty of memory for RTOS and comms stacks.

Wearables, patient monitors, smart health devices, robotics HMI panels

60 GHz radar evaluation board

PSOC™ Edge

Edge ML processing with sensor fusion support and secure boot to run local inference efficiently.

Vision and navigation pre processing, vital signs processing, anomaly detection at the edge

PSOC™ Edge starter kit

XMC

Industrial control MCUs that pair well with gate drivers for precise motor and power control.

Robot joints and conveyors, pumps, fans, industrial motion control

XMC motor control kit

AURIX

Safety focused multi core MCU for automotive control and gateways with powerful peripherals.

Body control modules, domain controllers, safety related control paths

AURIX TC3xx evaluation board

TRAVEO™

Automotive grade MCUs for body, comfort, lighting, and cluster applications.

Body control, lighting controllers, instrument clusters

TRAVEO™ II body control starter kit

Sensors

REAL3 hToF depth

Hybrid Time of Flight depth sensing for navigation and close range perception with robust performance indoors.

Obstacle avoidance, path planning, people detection in service robots

REAL3 evaluation module

60 GHz radar

Compact radar modules for presence, motion, and contactless vital sign detection that work in all lighting.

Patient monitoring, human presence, fall detection, occupancy and intrusion sensing

60 GHz radar evaluation board

Magnetic angle TLE5012

Precise angle sensing for position feedback in motors and mechanisms, supports FOC control.

Robot joints, gimbals, closures, valves and actuators

TLE5012 angle sensor eval kit

Current sensing TLI4971

Accurate, fast current measurement with excellent linearity to stabilize motor and power loops.

Motor phase current, battery current, power rails

TLI4971 current sensor shield

DPS368 pressure

High precision pressure sensing in a very small package for environmental and flow feedback.

Airflow, altitude and pressure feedback, pump control

DPS368 pressure sensor board

Digital MEMS microphones

Low noise digital microphones for voice and acoustic sensing with simple digital interfaces.

Operator HMI, sound classification, audio monitoring

Infineon digital MEMS mic eval board

Gas Sensors

Infineon gas sensor solutions support accurate air quality and environmental monitoring across industrial and consumer applications.

HVAC and building automation, smart home solutions, consumer appliances, and environmental monitoring platforms.

Several evaluation kits are available. Contact Macnica for details.

Motor Control

MOTIX IMD701A

Integrated motor control SoC that combines control MCU and three phase gate driver for compact designs.

AMR wheel drives, pumps and fans, compact drives in lab equipment

IMD701A motor control kit

6EDL7141

Programmable three phase gate driver with protections and diagnostics for BLDC and PMSM control.

High performance drives using PSOC™ or XMC control, cobot joints, conveyors

6EDL7141 driver board

EiceDRIVER gate drivers

High side and half bridge drivers that simplify robust, efficient power stages.

Drives that require isolation or higher voltage stages, pumps, HVAC

EiceDRIVER evaluation board

iMOTION

Motor control IC family with built in field oriented control to speed time to spin.

Fans, pumps, compressors, appliances and facility systems

iMOTION MADK platform

Intelligent Power Modules

Compact modules that integrate switches and drivers for small, reliable power stages.

Space constrained drives and actuators in robots and lab tools

IPM dev board

Power

OptiMOS MOSFETs

Low Rds(on) MOSFETs for efficient switching with many voltage and package options.

Motor phases, battery protection, DC DC converters

OptiMOS reference design

CoolMOS

Superjunction MOSFETs for high efficiency AC DC and DC DC conversion.

Power supplies and PFC stages, chargers and adapters

CoolMOS PFC reference design

CoolGaN

Gallium nitride devices for high frequency, high density power stages.

Compact chargers, on robot power supplies where size matters

CoolGaN half bridge board

CoolSiC

Silicon carbide devices with excellent efficiency for demanding power conversion.

Fast charging, high power inverters and supplies

CoolSiC evaluation kit

DC DC and LDO regulators

Point of load conversion and low noise regulation for sensitive analog and compute domains.

Sensors, radios, MCUs, mixed signal subsystems

Multi rail DC DC eval board

Connectivity

AIROC™ Wi-Fi plus Bluetooth

Combo radios with certified stacks for robust device and fleet connectivity.

Fleet telemetry, OTA updates, service BLE pairing, local AP links

Wi-Fi 6 plus Bluetooth dev kit

CAN transceivers

Robust networking for vehicles and industrial robots with fault tolerant options.

AMRs and AGVs, ECUs, distributed motion nodes

TLE CAN transceiver shield

LIN transceivers

Simple low cost networking for body and actuator nodes.

Automotive body and comfort, auxiliary actuators and sensors

LIN transceiver board

USB C Power Delivery controllers

USB C and PD negotiation for device attach, charging, and accessory support.

Service and debug ports, accessory power, battery powered devices

USB C PD controller kit

Security

OPTIGA Trust

Secure element for device identity, authentication, and protected key storage.

Secure onboarding, accessory and battery authentication

OPTIGA Trust evaluation kit

OPTIGA Authenticate

Security IC for accessory and consumable authentication with lightweight host integration.

Disposable medical consumables, accessory lock out, anti counterfeiting

OPTIGA Authenticate starter kit

TPM

Trusted Platform Module for systems that require standards based measured boot and attestation.

Gateways, PCs and embedded controllers that adopt TPM policy

Infineon TPM module

Memory

SEMPER™ NOR Flash

High reliability NOR flash with safety features for code storage and OTA updates.

Automotive ECUs, robotics controllers, gateways

SEMPER™ evaluation board

EXCELON™ F RAM

Non volatile RAM with fast writes and high endurance for logs and parameters.

Event logs, configuration and counters, black box data

EXCELON™ F RAM shield

HYPERRAM™

High bandwidth, low pin count PSRAM for frame buffers and scratch storage.

Depth and radar buffers, display and vision tasks

HYPERRAM™ Pmod board

nvSRAM

SRAM speed with non volatile backup for critical data retention.

Robotics safety and state data, medical device records

nvSRAM dev board

USB and Interface

EZ-USB™ bridges

Flexible USB bridges for high speed data movement between sensors and hosts.

Cameras and sensors to host, test and measurement tools

EZ-USB™ dev kit

USB C PD controllers

USB C attach and power delivery control for peripherals and device charging.

Docking, charging and accessory power for robots and healthcare devices

USB C PD controller kit

Isolation and transceivers

Digital isolators and robust transceivers for noisy or high side domains.

High voltage motor and power stages, medical isolation paths

Isolation reference board