Power System Design Article
The perfect opportunity for automotive power to move to 48V
Saving weight has become a priority for vehicle manufacturers, and a move to a 48V
power delivery network will help them achieve it.
There have been many false starts for the move to 48V in the past. This time it looks like it could actually happen. The introduction of electric vehicles combined with the move to a centralized architecture has presented the perfect opportunity for manufacturers to remove weight from the vehicles, or perhaps even keep the same weight by adding more batteries to increase the range.