Glossary
AC-DC alternating current - direct current
AD automated driving
ADAS advanced driver assistance system
BEV battery electric vehicle
BMS battery management system
BoM bill of material
CAN controller area network
CMOS complementary metal-oxid semiconductor
CPU central processing unit
CVC California vehicle code
DC-DC direct current - direct current
ECU electronic control unit
EPS electric power steering
EV electric vehicle
FCEV fuel cell electric vehicle
FHEV full-hybrid electric vehicle
FPGA field programmable gate array
GaN gallium nitride
GPU graphics processing unit
HSM hardware security module
HV high-voltage
HW hardware
IC integrated circuit
ICE internal combustion engine
IGBT insulated gate bipolar transistor
IVN in-vehicle networking
MCU microcontrollerunit
µC microcontroller
MHEV, mildhybrid
mild-hybrid electric vehicle; vehicles using start-stop systems, recuperation, DCDC conversion, e-motor
micro-hybrid vehicles using start-stop systems and limited recuperation
mild-hybrid vehicles using start-stop systems, recuperation, DC-DC conversion, e-motor
MOSFET metal-oxide siliconfield-effect transistor
MPU microprocessor unit
NEDC new European drive cycle
OBC on-board charger
OEM original equipment manufacturer
PCB printed circuit board
PHEV plug-in hybrid electric vehicle
PMIC power management IC
PT powertrain
RF radio frequency
RoW rest of world
Si silicon
SiC silicon carbide
SiGe silicon germanium
SoC system-on-chip
SOTA software over-the-air
SW software
TAM total addressable market
ToF time-of-flight
V2X vehicle-to-everything communication
xEV all degrees of vehicle electrification (EV, FHEV, HEV, PHEV)
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