Automotive gateway

Performance and security for today’s automotive connected gateways

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Overview

High-performance and secure central automotive gateway solutions address the demands of connected cars. Our broad portfolio of solutions includes AURIX™ microcontrollers that offer a balance of performance and security, TRAVEO™ T2G devices that enable fast communication with advanced security features, and OPTIGA™ TPMs that enhance protection against attacks and is trusted by leading vehicle manufacturers.

Benefits

  • High performance
  • Robust cybersecurity
  • Meeting evolving gateway challenges
  • Integrated system

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Enhanced performance and security with our vehicle gateway solutions

When designing central gateway applications for cars, the two biggest success factors are performance and security.

As the central hub for internal and external communications, today's automotive connected gateways must deliver significantly higher processing power and data throughput than their predecessors. At the same time, connected gateways play an indispensable role in protecting the vehicle from cyber-attacks, and in enabling new IoT services like car sharing, software updates over the air (SOTA), and predictive maintenance. Infineon's automotive gateway solutions address both of these challenges successfully.

Automotive gateway with robust performance to meet design challenges

With Infineon's solutions for connected gateways in cars, designers no longer need to compromise between performance and security. 

Our AURIX™ family of automotive microcontrollers strikes a perfect balance, offering cutting-edge performance along with robust and scalable cybersecurity.

For faster in-car communication and enhanced security, our TRAVEO™ T2G devices are designed with features like dedicated Arm® Cortex®-M0+ for secure processing, embedded flash in dual bank mode for firmware over the air (FOTA) requirements, and the introduction of hardware security modules (HSM).

To further strengthen the security of the vehicle's electronic architecture against various attacks, our OPTIGA™ TPM security controller can be combined with AURIX™ or TRAVEO™ microcontrollers and any application processor. This combination provides additional protection against observative, semi-invasive, manipulative, and other malicious activities. Leading vehicle manufacturers have chosen OPTIGA™ TPM as their preferred security solution for connected cars. It reinforces the security measures and ensures the safety of their vehicles and the data they process.

Enhance your automotive gateway design with advanced subsystems

The power supply subsystem feeds power to the processors, communication interfaces, and various circuits on the PCB. Depending on the overall current consumption and connectivity requirements, this subsystem can be realized using integrated solutions (system basis chips, SBC) or discrete components. 

The processor subsystem consists of a single microcontroller, multiple microcontrollers, or a microcontroller/microprocessor combination depending on overall system partitioning and performance requirements. Regardless of partitioning, the AURIX™ automotive microcontroller acts as a gateway to provide the necessary physical isolation and protocol translation to safely route messages between different functional domains.

The security subsystem consists of two main components: AURIX™ and TRAVEO™ with their embedded hardware security module (EVITA HSM full version) for real-time security-critical use cases and the OPTIGA™ TPM security controller to harden the entire E/E architecture more effectively while also enabling new use cases.

Advanced communication management in complex network

BRIGHTLANE™ Ethernet switches integrate seamlessly with our automotive gateway security portfolio, which includes the AURIX™ family of automotive microcontrollers and OPTIGA™ TPM security controllers. This scalable product combination enables maximum flexibility and is made to meet each and every gateway security strategy. 

Gateway requirements like multi-port networking or advanced features like TSN (Time-Sensitivite Networking ), QoS (Traffic Prioritization) or VLAN (Network Segmentation) are perfectly met by our BRIGHTLANE™ Ethernet switch portfolio. In zonal architectures, where the gateways must connect and manage multiple zones, BRIGHTLANE™ switches act as the backbone for connecting the zone controllers to the gateway. 

In summary, Infineon offers the most advanced portfolio of software and hardware solutions for automotive gateways, enabling modern vehicles to fulfill stringent functional safety standards, such as ISO 26262, and key cybersecurity standards.

Enhanced performance and security with our vehicle gateway solutions

When designing central gateway applications for cars, the two biggest success factors are performance and security.

As the central hub for internal and external communications, today's automotive connected gateways must deliver significantly higher processing power and data throughput than their predecessors. At the same time, connected gateways play an indispensable role in protecting the vehicle from cyber-attacks, and in enabling new IoT services like car sharing, software updates over the air (SOTA), and predictive maintenance. Infineon's automotive gateway solutions address both of these challenges successfully.

Automotive gateway with robust performance to meet design challenges

With Infineon's solutions for connected gateways in cars, designers no longer need to compromise between performance and security. 

Our AURIX™ family of automotive microcontrollers strikes a perfect balance, offering cutting-edge performance along with robust and scalable cybersecurity.

For faster in-car communication and enhanced security, our TRAVEO™ T2G devices are designed with features like dedicated Arm® Cortex®-M0+ for secure processing, embedded flash in dual bank mode for firmware over the air (FOTA) requirements, and the introduction of hardware security modules (HSM).

To further strengthen the security of the vehicle's electronic architecture against various attacks, our OPTIGA™ TPM security controller can be combined with AURIX™ or TRAVEO™ microcontrollers and any application processor. This combination provides additional protection against observative, semi-invasive, manipulative, and other malicious activities. Leading vehicle manufacturers have chosen OPTIGA™ TPM as their preferred security solution for connected cars. It reinforces the security measures and ensures the safety of their vehicles and the data they process.

Enhance your automotive gateway design with advanced subsystems

The power supply subsystem feeds power to the processors, communication interfaces, and various circuits on the PCB. Depending on the overall current consumption and connectivity requirements, this subsystem can be realized using integrated solutions (system basis chips, SBC) or discrete components. 

The processor subsystem consists of a single microcontroller, multiple microcontrollers, or a microcontroller/microprocessor combination depending on overall system partitioning and performance requirements. Regardless of partitioning, the AURIX™ automotive microcontroller acts as a gateway to provide the necessary physical isolation and protocol translation to safely route messages between different functional domains.

The security subsystem consists of two main components: AURIX™ and TRAVEO™ with their embedded hardware security module (EVITA HSM full version) for real-time security-critical use cases and the OPTIGA™ TPM security controller to harden the entire E/E architecture more effectively while also enabling new use cases.

Advanced communication management in complex network

BRIGHTLANE™ Ethernet switches integrate seamlessly with our automotive gateway security portfolio, which includes the AURIX™ family of automotive microcontrollers and OPTIGA™ TPM security controllers. This scalable product combination enables maximum flexibility and is made to meet each and every gateway security strategy. 

Gateway requirements like multi-port networking or advanced features like TSN (Time-Sensitivite Networking ), QoS (Traffic Prioritization) or VLAN (Network Segmentation) are perfectly met by our BRIGHTLANE™ Ethernet switch portfolio. In zonal architectures, where the gateways must connect and manage multiple zones, BRIGHTLANE™ switches act as the backbone for connecting the zone controllers to the gateway. 

In summary, Infineon offers the most advanced portfolio of software and hardware solutions for automotive gateways, enabling modern vehicles to fulfill stringent functional safety standards, such as ISO 26262, and key cybersecurity standards.

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