The Development Centre Padua was founded in 2001 and focuses its activities on the development of voltage regulators, drivers, switches and microcontrollers for the car industry:

• linear voltage regulators

• SMPS voltage regulators

• LED drivers

• multichannel and high current Switches

• embedded Microcontroller’s Flash

Infineon Technologies Italia S.r.l. is a legally independent subsidiary, with headquarter located in Milano, 100% owned by Infineon Technologies AG in Germany (www.infineon.com). It is one of the globally acting research & development centres of the Infineon group. Infineon Italia S.r.l. employs around 100 highly educated and skilled persons. The research and development centre is located in Padova, where around 100 engineers and researchers develop semiconductor products mainly for the automotive industry.

Since 2001 Infineon Technologies Italia S.r.l. focuses its research and development activities on the following areas of competence:

• Linear Power supply ICs for Automotive
• High efficiency SMPS ICs
• Drivers for conventional and LED Lighting
• Microcontrollers for automotive

Role:

The role of Infineon Technologies S.r.l. Padova is to contribute in WP7, “Compact Power application”.

Key Contribution:

The development of a DCDC converter IC able to drive up to 4 external power transistors (Silicon based in the first Phase, GaN based in a second phase).

The development of evaluation & qualification hardware to compare the new transistors with the state of the art.

The development of an Automotive LED Demo application for exterior light applications.

Contact

	Infineon Technologies Italia  S.r.l
Via N.Tommaseo 65/b
35127 Padova, Italy
www.infineon.com