Automotive, Industrial & Multimarket (AIM)
Infineon has been firmly committed to the automotive industry for over 35 years and has established a proven track record. It does almost twice as much business with the automotive and industrial market than the average semiconductor supplier. Offering one of the broadest product portfolios in the business, Infineon is the number one automotive semiconductor supplier in Europe and the second largest worldwide*.
The operational business of the Automotive, Industrial & Multimarket (AIM) group is divided into three businesses: Automotive, Industrial & Multimarket, and Security & ASICs.
Automotive
With the range of microcontrollers, power semiconductors and sensors, Infineon covers the three most important fields of automotive applications – the power train, safety and body & convenience electronics. The product portfolio is completed by communication components for on-board power networks and by wireless communication modules.
In manufacturing Infineon’s overriding precept is ‘zero defect’. It stands for the absolute flawlessness in more than one billion components supplied every year. This is one important element of Infineon’s Automotive ExcellenceTM Program - the most comprehensive quality program in the industry.
Industrial & Multimarket
The power semiconductors and modules help supply electricity throughout the entire power grid – from energy generation through energy transmission to energy consumption. Power MOSFETs, IGBTs (Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistors), thyristors and diodes are the most important components in this field. Infineon supplies semiconductor components for control and commutation of motors of all shapes and sizes, as well as for the activation of light sources, energy-saving lamps and light-management systems.
Security & ASICs
The wealth of experience with chips for security applications has been translated into SIM cards, cards for banking, health insurance and PayTV, into biometric personal identity cards and passports, as well as contactless applications. Furthermore, Infineon is developing and manufacturing chip designs to meet customer specifications for applications such as hard-disk drive controllers, Trusted Platform Modules (TPM), game consoles and hearing aids.
*Ranking according to Strategy Analytics May 2007