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2004
Conference Paper
Titel
Signal and power transmission at Fraunhofer IPA
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Signal- und Leistungsübertragung am Fraunhofer IPA
Abstract
Due to the increasing use of electrical and electronical components in automotive applications, the wiring effort increases rapidly. This causes problems in weight and space. The use of bus systems helped to reduce the wiring effort, but the result was not sufficient. This presentation gives an overview about alternative wiring technologies to save further space and weight. The focus is on flex-wiring (FFC, FPC) and moulded interconnect devices (MID) as promising alternatives. For each wiring technology existing applications are named and the capabilities are shown. The importance of these technologies is defined by the actual and the future market. Afterwards a comparison of the influence of different manufacturing processes on the capabilities is worked out. The last point shows important cross-functional tasks like joining technologies, available applications for isolation of joinings, existing and additional process monitoring and control as well as test methods concerning automotive specifications.