Automotive-Grade Electronics: Reliability Design Theory, Development Process, and Full Lifetime Management

Automotive-Grade Electronics: Reliability Design Theory, Development Process, and Full Lifetime Management provides readers with a comprehensive, up-to-date, expert, and best practice reference resource. The book fills a gap in the current literature by providing readers with a systematic exploration of reliability design theory, development processes, and full lifetime management of automotive-grade electronics, for both components and parts. The book takes a unique industry perspective, drawing upon the authors' two decades of experience in the electronics industry.

• Provides best practice guidance for R&D, testing, and manufacturing in the automotive electronic, chips, component, and parts industries
• Systematically describes reliability design theory, development processes, and full lifetime management of automotive-grade electronics for both components and parts
• Includes analysis of Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) standards for electronic components, automotive-grade certification, and functional safety (ISO 26262)
• Covers electrical and environment testing and Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) testing of automotive electronic parts, including Design Verification and Product Validation (DV/PV) tests
• Examines reliability requirements for the entire lifetime of a vehicle

Chenggang Zuo is the CEO and co-founder of Futureauto Tec, an automotive electronics parts company. He obtained a Bachelor's degree from the China University of Mining and Technology. He has nearly 20 years of experience in the design of automotive Electronic Control Units or ECUs. Chenggang Zuo has worked at BYD and Lear’s Asia Pacific Technology Center, where he led the design and development of multiple body controllers, power management modules, and gateways (crucial components in managing and distributing electrical power, particularly in complex systems)

Xueli Heng is Research and Development Director of Futureauto Tec, an automotive electronics parts company. She obtained a Bachelor's degree from Peking University. Xueli Heng has nearly 20 years of experience in the design of automotive electronic controllers. She previously worked at BYD and Continental Automotive Holding (Shanghai). Xueli Heng is an automotive functional safety expert and process expert