Automotive Devices

Toshiba has a wide range of semiconductor products that are essential for the electrification of automobiles. Toshiba focuses mainly on automotive inverters, battery management systems, and motor drives for applications such as electric power steering, electric water pumps, and fans for electric air conditioning. In particular, our high voltage and low loss power devices make a significant contribution in achieving highly efficient electrification. Toshiba will continue to provide cutting-edge semiconductor technologies with future perspective.

Discrete Semiconductor

Automotive MOSFETs
Toshiba offers an extensive line of power devices such as power MOSFETs for various automotive applications, including 12V battery and motor control systems.
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Automotive Photocouplers
It combines a high-light-output LED chip and a high-gain photochip. It contributes to the improvement of safety by redundant communication and the reduction of the area occupied by the board.
Automotive Photorelays (MOSFET Output)
Non-contact relays contribute to power saving and long life of the set. In combination with MOSFETS, photovoltaic couplers can realize contactless relays with the desired output.

Diodes

Automotive TVS Diodes (ESD Protection Diodes)
It absorbs static electricity from outside, prevents circuit malfunction, and protects the device.
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Automotive Schottky Barrier Diodes
Schottky barrier diodes are available with a wide range of reverse voltage specifications extending from 20 V to 60 V.
Automotive Rectifier Diodes
Toshiba offers rectification diodes in surface-mount packages with a reverse voltage ranging from 200 V to 1000 V and an average forward current ranging from 0.5 A to 3 A.
Automotive Switching Diodes
To meet diverse customer needs, Toshiba offers products with a wide choice of voltage specifications and available in various small surface-mount packages.
Automotive Zener Diodes
Zener diodes are available with a wide range of Zener voltage specifications extending from 6.2 V to 82 V.

Transistors

Automotive Bipolar Transistors
Toshiba’s extensive lineup ranges from ultra-small, surface-mounted, small-signal transistors to power transistors with medium-sized, surface-mount packages, including low-saturation and high-current types.
Automotive Bias Resistor Built-in Transistors (BRTs, Digital Transistors)
To meet diverse customer needs, Toshiba offers an extensive lineup of resistors available in small surface-mount packages.

Logic ICs

Automotive CMOS Logic ICs
Toshiba’s extensive lineup offers a wide range of functions and includes low-voltage-operation-type and high-speed-type standard logic products. We also offer industry standard packages from small US packages.
Automotive One-Gate Logic ICs (L-MOS)
To meet your needs, Toshiba offer products with various functions that are available in small surface-mount packages.

Analog Devices

Toshiba has a 0.13-μm BiCD process that can integrate analog circuitry with large logic and power (DMOS) devices on the same chip.The BiCD process helps reduce the size and power consumption of automotive systems. With the ever-increasing computerization of electric vehicles (EVs) and hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs), demand for electronic devices for motor and other applications is increasing.In addition to the 0.13-μm BiCD process, Toshiba offers analog devices with a wide range of current and voltage ratings as well as circuit technologies that are optimized for various applications.

This figure lists Application Areas for Toshiba's Analog Devices.
Automotive Brushless Motor Driver ICs
For automotive electric pumps, we use sensor-less technology with hard logic control, which has a proven track record in many automotive. These automotive motor ASSPs meet the specifications required by customers for various applications and motorization needs.
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Automotive Brushed DC Motor Driver ICs
A brushed motor is used the most in the type of motor for automotive application.
Toshiba has various of H-Bridge driver ICs which realize system optimization of ECU.
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Automotive Stepping Motor Driver ICs
Toshiba’s line of stepping motor drivers is for a general multipurpose use and suitable for a wide range of automotive applications. These products have the advantage of being highly efficient at a simple clock input interface, microstep to reduce noise and vibration, and error detections such as a stall detection and an over current detection.
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Automotive Driver ICs
Toshiba offers high/low side switches, gate drivers, etc. that include the protection and diagnostic functions necessary for automotive applications.
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Automotive System Power Supplies ICs
Along with the electronic devices of the vehicle is high performance for example EPS, it becomes necessary for power supply ICs to correspond to large currents outputs, multiple outputs, and functional safety. Toshiba provides automotive solutions with high reliability to satisfy the customers demand specification.
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Automotive audio power amplifier ICs
Toshiba’s audio power amplifier for in-vehicle adopts the low on-resistance 0.13um process with the leading edge and top-class in the industry, and realize
the high quality design by including the various protection functions and the original safety function for in-vehicle.
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Automotive Network Communication
The platform configuration of automotive network communication has been changing because motor vehicles are rapidly becoming electrified and digitalized. Toshiba offers automotive network communication devices that meet the needs of the times.
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Digital Devices

We offer products that incorporate our digital processing technology into a single chip. In the field of video information systems, our products support analog input and perform video quality adjustment processing. Additionally, in the information transmission systems, we provide products that bridge the gap between various interfaces of peripheral devices and SoCs.

Digital Devices
Video Processors
Video processing ICs for automotive display systems. Support video signal processing as a companion chip for SoC.
In addition to one chip IC, Toshiba has some of accessory devices specialized in　picture quality adjustment.
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Video Decoder ICs
Video decoder ICs for rear camera systems in-vehicle. Receive analog video(CVBS) and decord to digital format like a BT.656.
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Automotive Ethernet Bridge ICs
The in-vehicle communication network is becoming increasingly complex each year, necessitating network optimization. Additionally, there is a growing need for real-time data processing, which has brought attention to the Ethernet AVB/TSN standards. Automotive Ethernet bridge ICs contribute to enhancing the functionality and convenience of communication networks.
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Wireless Devices

RF-ICs for in-vehicle communication are products that perform wireless communication in automobiles.
Our product lineup is used in electronic toll collection system (ETC), remote keyless entry (RKE) systems that remotely lock and unlock car doors, and tire pressure monitoring systems (TPMS).

This is the block diagram of the Remote Keyless Entry System.
In-vehicle wireless communication ICs
Toshiba offers products suitable for ETC and RKE.
Our lineup can be used not only for in-vehicle applications, but also for ETC roadside machines and IoT devices.
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Applications

Toshiba focuses on contributing to the electrification of automobiles and leverage our cutting-edge semiconductor technology to provide a wide range of semiconductor products, including analog, connectivity, discrete, logic and power management.

Body Electronics
xEV
Chassis
In-Vehicle Infortainment
Advanced Driver-Assistance Systems (ADAS)

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Technical Articles

Automotive Devices / Analog Devices / Automotive Brushless Motor Driver ICs

SmartMCD™ Series Product TB9M003FG, Integrating a Microcontroller and Motor Driver
TB9M003FG is optimized for applications utilizing three-phase brushless DC (BLDC) motors, including electric water pumps, electric oil pumps, electric fans, and electric blowers.

MBD / SPICE models / Thermal analysis models / Automotive semiconductors / EMC / MATLAB® / Simulink®

Model-Based Development (MBD) initiatives for automotive semiconductor products
To realize MBD, we provide automotive semiconductor models that are compatible with customers' design environments. We will introduce various SPICE models, thermal analysis, and an overview of our efforts in noise verification.

Automotive Devices / Analog Devices / Automotive Brushed DC Motor Driver ICs

PWM 2ch H-Bridge DC Brushed Motor Driver Integrated Circuit (IC) for Automotive
Brushed DC motor driver integrated circuit (IC) with SPI communication controllable PWM drive. For electronic throttle and other valve controls and body systems applications under 10A.

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Automotive Ethernet Architectures: High-quality in-car audio with Ethernet-AVB/TSN

MOSFETs / Automotive MOSFETs

Switching characteristics of the N-ch U-MOS series
The U-MOSVIII series suppresses VDS ringing by tuning Coss and Rs, thereby reducing EMI noise.

Intelligent Power ICs / Automotive driver ICs

Optimal driver ICs for various automotive applications
Toshiba automotive driver ICs offer the best features for automotive applications and are used to drive various actuators.

Automotive Devices / Discrete Semiconductor / Automotive TVS Diodes (ESD Protection Diodes)

ESD tolerance
Toshiba TVS diodes can be used with peace of mind because they can withstand ESD levels exceeding the highest Level 4 values in IEC61000-4-2/ISO10605.

MOSFETs / Automotive MOSFETs

Package Trends of Automotive MOSFETs
DPAK+, DSOP Advance (WF), SOP Advance (WF), and TSON Advance (WF) adopt Cu connector structures, realizing high current conduction capability.

Intelligent Power ICs / Automotive driver ICs

Gate driver products
Our gate drivers are compatible with high-side switches, half-bridges, and three-phase full-bridges.

Automotive Devices / Discrete Semiconductor / Automotive TVS Diodes (ESD Protection Diodes)

Ensuring signal quality: insertion power loss
To prevent signal degradation, it is necessary to select a TVS diode with a capacitance between terminals suitable for the signal speed.

Automotive Devices / Digital Devices / Video Decoder ICs

Product Introduction

Automotive Devices / Analog Devices / Automotive Brushless Motor Driver ICs

Three-Phase Brushless Sensorless Pre-driver IC TB9062FNG
Sensorless control pre-driver with startup stability and out-of-step prevention function improved from TB9061AFNG

Automotive Devices / Analog Devices / Automotive Brushed DC Motor Driver ICs

1-Channel Brushed DC Motor Driver IC: TB9051FTG
DC motor driver IC in a small package that is capable of controlling the throttle and other valves of a vehicle engine

Automotive Devices / Analog Devices / Automotive Stepping Motor Driver ICs

Automotive Stepping Motor Driver IC: TB9120FTG
The TB9120FTG is a constant-current stepping motor driver IC capable of generating microstepped sine waves only from an input clock signal, eliminating the need for a high-performance MCU and software.

Automotive Devices / Analog Devices / Automotive System Power Supplies ICs

TB9044AFNG Overview
Low-voltage operation (VB: 2.7V～), 3ch Power Supply for Sensors Safety mechanisms suitable for ASIL D systems

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Automotive 3kW 48V-12V Bidirectional DC-DC Converter
In recent years, xEV (hybrid-electric vehicles and battery-powered electric vehicles) are becoming popular to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions. The xEV may have a 48V battery inside in addition to a 12V battery to reduce electrical power loss.This design is a bidirectional DC-DC converter required for the applications which have the 48V battery and the 12V battery. It achieves high efficiency operation by using Toshiba's automotive MOSFETs which have low on-resistance and high heat dissipation.Design tips on each portion of the circuit, method of operation, and design information such as circuit diagrams and PCB patterns are available, please use them for your design.
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Automotive Brushed DC Motor Control Circuit Using TB9103FTG
The Automotive Brushed DC Motor Control Circuit Using TB9103FTG can control two motors in half-bridge mode or one motor in H-bridge mode. The Motor can be controlled using onboard switches or an external MCU. This reference design provides design guide, data, and other contents.
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Motor Driving Circuit for Automotive Body Electronics Using SmartMCD™
We developed an automotive body motor control circuit that supports sensorless vector control using SmartMCD™, a gate driver IC with a built-in microcontroller. This reference design provides explanations of design points of various circuits, design data, and usage methods.
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Matrix LED Headlight
This reference design provides design guide, data and other contents of LED Matrix Headlight. It controls the lighting of multiple LEDs independently according to the situation.
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News / Latest information

17-07-2025

Toshiba Releases Automotive Photorelay with 1800V Output Withstand Voltage

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Toshiba Starts Sample Shipments of the Second Product in its Smart Motor Control Driver “SmartMCD™” Series

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19-06-2025

Toshiba Releases 2-Channel Automotive Standard Digital Isolators Compliant with AEC-Q100

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18-03-2025

Launch of Automotive CXPI Communication Driver/Receiver IC that Contributes to Wiring Harnesses Reduction

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13-03-2025

Toshiba Releases Gate Driver IC for Automotive Brushed DC Motors that Will Contribute to Downsizing of Equipment

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27-02-2025

Toshiba Releases Automotive Standard Digital Isolators Compliant with AEC-Q100

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