Body and Convenience

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Car body and convenience applications are evolving to increase the comfort of both drivers and passengers. Vehicle manufacturers need solutions that have the flexibility to cover a wide range of car models and a broad range of options. These solutions need to communicate increasing amounts of data to enable decentralized control, enhanced functional safety levels, as well as efficient diagnostic and maintenance capabilities. Body control modules (BCM) are increasingly being used to control multiple vehicle functions, with integration becoming a key discriminator. Cost-effective flexible semiconductor solutions for BCMs depend upon having the right technology for the application needs. Read more

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Automotive Gateway

Automotive USB Type-C Power Delivery

Body Control Module (BCM)

Car Exterior Lighting

Dome Module

Door Control Module

Door Lock

Head-Up Display (HUD)

Heating System

HVAC and Climate Control

NFC Keyless Entry

Power Distribution

Seat Control

Trunk Control System

Our products and solutions

ST has the broadest product portfolio dedicated to body and convenience solutions, covering interior and exterior lighting systems for bulbs, xenon HID and LEDs and drive controllers for stepper, brushed and brushless DC motors. We provide complete solutions for seat positioning and trunk, mirror, window, wiper and lock control as well as everything required for automatic climate control systems. In addition, we supply connectivity solutions to link all the sub-systems together, whether with LIN, CAN or Ethernet.

Smart Power silicon technologies

Our proven automotive grade Smart Power technologies, Bipolar-CMOS-DMOS (BCD) and VIPower can combine multiple functions on a single chip to provide unprecedented levels of integration. Our CMOS and discrete power technologies complement the Smart Power technologies and our wide range of automotive packages completes the offer.

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Application Notes (4)

	Resource title	Version	Latest update
PDF	AN5413 Getting started with the SPC58x Networking	1.0	17 Mar 2021	17 Mar 2021 AN5413 Getting started with the SPC58x Networking 1.0
PDF	AN5524 SPC58EHx/SPC58NHx OctalSPI HyperBus	1.0	17 Mar 2021	17 Mar 2021 AN5524 SPC58EHx/SPC58NHx OctalSPI HyperBus 1.0
PDF	AN5523 SPC58x Ethernet wake-up cases	1.0	17 Mar 2021	17 Mar 2021 AN5523 SPC58x Ethernet wake-up cases 1.0
PDF	AN5650 VIPower transient thermal analysis using SPICE	1.0	19 Apr 2021	19 Apr 2021 AN5650 VIPower transient thermal analysis using SPICE 1.0

Flyers (5 of 8)

	Resource title	Version	Latest update
PDF	A798x, A597x switching regulators for car power management	1.0	02 Jul 2021	02 Jul 2021 A798x, A597x switching regulators for car power management 1.0
PDF	Automotive 600V RQ Ultrafast diode series - soft reverse recovery and low Vf - for output circuits	1.0	02 Jul 2021	02 Jul 2021 Automotive 600V RQ Ultrafast diode series - soft reverse recovery and low Vf - for output circuits 1.0
PDF	MEMS automotive sensors - Making our cars safer and more comfortable	1.0	04 May 2021	04 May 2021 MEMS automotive sensors - Making our cars safer and more comfortable 1.0
PDF	New fully integrated, reliable and compact drivers for DC motors		04 May 2021	04 May 2021 New fully integrated, reliable and compact drivers for DC motors
PDF	OMNIFET III General purpose fully-protected FETs for low-side load driving	1.0	17 May 2021	17 May 2021 OMNIFET III General purpose fully-protected FETs for low-side load driving 1.0
PDF	STM8A-SafeASIL - Functional Safety Package for STM8A 8-bit Automotive MCUs	20.12	02 Jul 2021	02 Jul 2021 STM8A-SafeASIL - Functional Safety Package for STM8A 8-bit Automotive MCUs 20.12
PDF	STM8CubeMX eases STM8 configuration	19.01	16 Apr 2021	16 Apr 2021 STM8CubeMX eases STM8 configuration 19.01
PDF	VIPower Zero series - Innovative smart power switches for high-current applications	1.0	02 Jul 2021	02 Jul 2021 VIPower Zero series - Innovative smart power switches for high-current applications 1.0

Selection Guides (3)

	Resource title	Version	Latest update
PDF	Automotive-grade protection devices and rectifiers	1.0	14 Jul 2021	14 Jul 2021 Automotive-grade protection devices and rectifiers 1.0
PDF	Smart power solutions for car body applications	4.0	23 Apr 2021	23 Apr 2021 Smart power solutions for car body applications 4.0
PDF	eeprom_advanced_automotive_selection_guide	1.0	02 Jul 2021	02 Jul 2021 eeprom_advanced_automotive_selection_guide 1.0

Brochures (5 of 10)

	Resource title	Version	Latest update
PDF	All you need to drive SPC56 32-bit power architecture MCUs	1.0	14 Jul 2021	14 Jul 2021 All you need to drive SPC56 32-bit power architecture MCUs 1.0
PDF	Amplifiers & Comparators - Broaden Your Horizons	1.0	19 Mar 2021	19 Mar 2021 Amplifiers & Comparators - Broaden Your Horizons 1.0
PDF	Automotive Applications Brochure	1.1	05 Nov 2018	05 Nov 2018 Automotive Applications Brochure 1.1
PDF	Body and Convenience Applications Brochure	1.0	12 Apr 2021	12 Apr 2021 Body and Convenience Applications Brochure 1.0
PDF	Driving smart power in automotive	1.0	02 Jul 2021	02 Jul 2021 Driving smart power in automotive 1.0
PDF	MEMS sensors for automotive applications - brochure	2.1	01 Jul 2021	01 Jul 2021 MEMS sensors for automotive applications - brochure 2.1
PDF	SPC58 C-line	1.0	17 May 2021	17 May 2021 SPC58 C-line 1.0
PDF	ST’s solutions for automotive seating systems	1.0	02 Mar 2020	02 Mar 2020 ST’s solutions for automotive seating systems 1.0
PDF	VIPower M0-7 - Miniaturized high-side driver family	1.0	02 Jul 2021	02 Jul 2021 VIPower M0-7 - Miniaturized high-side driver family 1.0
PDF	VIPower™ M0-7 family H-bridges for DC motor control	1.0	16 Apr 2021	16 Apr 2021 VIPower™ M0-7 family H-bridges for DC motor control 1.0