When Gleichmann signed the distribution contract with the German Batterie Montage Zentrum (BMZ) in April 2000, the Karlstein factory employed 55 people - a manufacture under several ownerships.

Meanwhile BMZ changed to having 238 employees, offering specialist service for intelligent solutions in customized battery packs and chargers. All this at the manufacturing location in Germany. Expanding aggressively internationally, recently establishing its own production plant in China with over 2.000 m² manufacturing area. BMZ now ranks internationally as the first choice for Design, construction and manufacturing of battery systems, including safety and intelligent circuits plus customized housings. Such achievements are as much a result of the intensive co-operation over many years between our sales and marketing engineers, as is the highly quali. ed technical designers, technicians and production staff of BMZ.
From the first discussion at the customer to understand the technical and commercial requirements, providing product requirement specifications, through to sample and pilot build manufacturing, whilst always working together to achieve the optimum solution.

It is essential that designs meet requirements such CE/UN/and ULtests and will be arranged by BMZ. The result of this close co-operation is reflected by dozens of successful joint projects from the markets including medical technology, mobile communications, leisure, and Power tools plus more.

Crucially, adaptation to market and customer needs is essential to continued success. Whilst BMZ and Gleichmann naturally offer technologies of nickel metal hydride, nickel cadmium and lead acid from the portfolio, the demand is clearly tending towards lithium-ion, to high current capacity lithium manganese and lithium polymer batteries.
As in previous years BMZ and Gleichmann cordially invite you for international specialist developer forum on the 28th of September 2006 to inform regarding the current developments of the market. The individual topics and all important information please take from the attached program on page 7. Use this chance to get first hand information for this Top Event. We look forward to welcoming you to our meeting at the BMZ facilities in Karlstein (in the proximity of Frankfurt/Main).

New buffer memory and circuits optimized for system memory access reduce the gap between packets of data and enable the ìPD720102 host controller to transmit data at speeds approaching 33 MBytes/s, almost 2 GBytes per minute – up to 30% faster than the current industry-leading host controller. This highspeed transmission rate would make it possible to transfer approximately 500 MP3-compressed songs per minute, and could also facilitate the development of next-generation multimedia systems with larger storage capacities and greater performance features that benefit from high-speed interfaces. The record-breaking data transmission rate represents a nearly 50% improvement in transmission rate over NEC Electronics’ previous-generation host controller, the µPD720101.

Super low power and optimisation at no extra cost

Optimized internal clock signals and an on-chip 1.5 V voltage regulator enable extremely low power consumption levels, as low as 65 mA during data transmission and a mere 100 µA during idle time. These power consumption rates in both active and idle modes are the lowest in the industry and more than 50% improvement over the µPD720101 device.
To optimise cost the number of ports in NEC Electronics’ latest ECOUSB™ device has been reduced to three, compared to the previous 5-port design. The new µPD720102 host controller is available in a compact package and offers superb and costeffective performance due to an integrated 1.5 V internal voltage regulator for core logic and several on-chip termination resistors.
The implementation of these components reduces the total bill of material by approximately 30% and facilitates lowcost system development, ideal for many industrial and digital consumer applications.
The µPD720102 host controller is easy to use in new system development because of its compliance with the Enhanced Host Controller Interface (EHCI) Rev 1.0 and Open Host Controller Interface (OHCI) Rev 1.0a specifications, which allows developers to introduce USB interface products quickly based on popular operating systems and device drivers already available in the market.

Key applications

• Industrial Human Machine Interface
•  PC/server motherboards and PCI add-in cards
•  Digital TV, STB, HDD recorders
•  Printers, multi-function printers
•  Wireless routers, NAS (Network Attached Storage), printer servers
•  Building automation products
•  Drive interface
•  Security and control panels

NEC Electronics will continue to expand its line-up of ECOUSB™ products to meet the increasingly sophisticated needs of industrial applications and digital consumer devices. More information about the µPD720102 USB 2.0 host controller can be found at our homepage.

NEC Electronics’ ISSP Instant Silicon Solution Platform) technology is a meanwhile well-established class of Structured ASIC devices based on a costeffective, high-function, easy-to-design architecture. Ideal for the modern demands of fast development turnaround, ISSP provides a risk management solution that combines very quick time to market with reduced totalcost.

The ISSP1-Compact is a new product that inherits the structure, performance, and functions of the 150nm ISSP1 - STD series as is, while at the same time reducing the package size signi. cantly. The ISSP1-Compact employs Finepitch BGA (FPBGA) and Plastic BGA (PBGA) packages, providing a lineup that offers smaller size and light - weight mounting.

In addition to the already very low non-recurring engineering (NRE) cost that is available for ISSP1 - STD, making use of smaller packages allows the further reduction of unit prices for ISSP1-Compact.

Thus ISSP1-Compact is a powerful and attractive new product that targets industrial and consumer equipment manufactured in low-to-medium quantities. ISSP1-Compact is available for design-in from now.

Impact on E/E architectures

Introducing AUTOSAR is likely to lead to software and runtime overhead. Normally this would lead to an increase in system cost. One solution to that problem could be to alter the vehicle E/E architecture, by moving away from the current one-ECU-one function approach to a more . exible approach where several functions are bundled in one ECU. Changing to this style of E/E architecture would save a lot of overhead cost such as housing or PCB (see . gure at the bottom of the page). Introducing AUTOSAR software will ease software integration work signi. cantly. In that sense the success of the AUTOSAR standardization could be a decisive factor for further growth in vehicle software functionality.

Changing the user interface

When AUTOSAR is introduced and a new microcontroller is to be applied the developers will no longer use traditional user manuals that explain a number of registers and physical signals; instead they will use the AUTOSAR con. guration tool to con. gure standard drivers. In consequence, the microcontroller vendor will no longer be selling a ‘chip + user manual‚ but a ‘chip + software + con. guration set’

Challenges for microcontroller vendors

Since the software interface is the same for all microcontrollers how can the microcontroller vendors differentiate their products? Traditional factors like:

•  Price
•  Quality
•  Current

78K0R microcontrollers are ideal for battery operated applications such as blood glucose and blood pressure monitors, gas and water meters, and fire and security products. In addition existing 8-bit users can benefit from turbocharging’ applications such as single phase electricity meters, thermostats/ heating controls, sensors and detectors, and small appliances. Designers using 8-bit microcontrollers are facing ever increasing demands to integrate more and more features into even the most basic products. Power consumption budgets are tighter than ever and marketing teams are forever demanding lower costs.

As a consequence designers are often required to choose between performance and power consumption. The result is either a product that has a shorter battery life or a compromised feature set. Because of the optimised power/performance ratio of 78K0R microcontrollers, designers no longer have to compromise on feature sets or battery life.
78K0R based microcontrollers deliver 13 Dhrystone MIPS at 20 MHz (0.65 DMIPS/MHz) while only consuming 0.4 mA/MHz in fully operational mode.
Designers can also run the device on an internal oscillator at up to 8 MHz, or in standby mode using the 32 KHz low speed oscillator. By using these additional modes, power consumption can be even further reduced.

The 78K0R 16-bit CPU executes many of its 71 instructions in a single cycle including popular 16-bit arithmetic, data transfer, logical operations, and compound instructions such as ‘exchange’, ‘compare’, and ‘skip’.
Enhanced program control operations are also available such as 16-bit relative and immediate addressing enabling faster program execution for larger program loops. Because of these features designers can achieve 5 times higher performance than the 78K0 8-bit CPU.

Migrating from 78K0 8-bit based microcontrollers has also been made simple due to the high proportion of shared instructions between 78K0 and 78K0R. 53 out of the 60 instructions available for the 78K0 CPU are also available for the 78K0R.

The remaining 7 instructions have been enhanced for the 78K0R and an additional 11 instructions added. For enhanced and new instructions programmers only need re-compile their 78K0 code for the 78K0R platform and the compiler will re-optimise to use these new instructions. Common development tools are also available that stretch across NEC’s now wide range of microcontrollers.

The world becomes more and more wireless, and every day new applications are created. Typical applications are found in remote control, telemetrics, alarm systems, heating & water consumption measurement units and wireless sensors.
Within this world of wireless communication the license free ISM radio band is very important. In this area has NEC a long history of experience in industrial, as well as automotive, segments. We would like to introduce some key products for this area.

NEC offers Power Amplifier (PA), Switches and Low Noise Amplifier (LNA).
The the picture is a small overview with important parts (picture 433 & 868 & 2400MHz ISM Solution).
NEC applies for switches technologies GaAs and CMOS. GaAs is a well known and stable technology, but CMOS offers potential cost reduction in the future, since it is possible to such CMOS technology to shrink transistors and functions. LNA‘s and PA‘s are also offer in variety different technologies. Here wins the new SiGe technology more and more market shares.

•  NLT Technology - Nature Light Technology with 2% reflection ratio = SUNLIGHT READABLE
•  Wide Temperature Range

  • 0-50°C • 0-60°C

  • -10-60°C • -20-70°C

•  CoG Technology - Chip-on- Glas Technology

  • corrosion-resistant • low cost • CMOS Technology 3.3/5 V • results in very thin display modules

• AR Coating Surface - Anti Reflection Polarizer

  • clear picture via special surface • physically anti-glare

•  WV (wide view) and U-WV (ultra wide view) Technologies

  • Retardation Film (↔ 80°, ↓ 80°, ↑ 60°) • UA-SFT (Ultra Advanced Super Fine TFT) (↔ ↓↑ 85°)

To gain in depth knowledge about new technologies and trends we are working together with selected knowhow partners, for example TMG, as well as with our customers. The diversity of the Gleichmann product portfolio, including NEC Electronics (shown below) offers customers the option to buy solutions ranging from a single component to a complete system.

A good example for this is a system in industrial automation control. In this system, the ERTEC chip is used for Profinet communication plus a 32-bit NEC microcontroller is used for other communication and application items. Gleichmann are also able to supply memories, LEDs, and connectors. In parallel to the industrial automation initiative, Gleichmann will offer similar services to customers in other markets. We are launching three more initiatives, Medical, Motor Control and Building Management.

NEC Electronics offers a wide range of microcontrollers. The unique Series- Concept allows you to select pin- and software compatible microcontrollers with a wide range of functionality.

Power Mosfet

As a leading supplier of Power MOSFET devices, NEC Electronics offers an extensive range of over 500 different devices suitable for wide range of power management applications in industrial, PC, mobile, consumer and automotive markets. In addition, a variety of package options are available from ultra small packages, through to higher current packages and bare die, offering optimal thermal resistance, power dissipation and size to meet the requirements of any application.

Imagine you found the perfect controller for your sensor application – but one tiny function is missing or the controller is not fast enough to run a speci. c algorithm. No problem: our Mini Gate Arrays allow customers to integrate the missing function that makes all the difference.

Industrial TFTs

Our versatile LCD line-up exempli. es our intimate knowledge of the specialized requirements of industrial applications and our philosophy of long-term customer support. In addition to continuous improvement in picture quality and larger screen size, we also seek to reduce customers’ design time by equipping models with a variety of compatible features.

Optic Modules

High-speed internet access and mobile data transmission – two examples where demand for bandwidth is increasing rapidly. NEC offers a wide range of Optic Modules such as for example Transponders, Tx/Rx Modules, Transceivers, PON and AWG.

08:30 - Welcome with light breakfast

09:00 - BMZ/ Sven Bauer
Greetings and introduction
Presentation BMZ- Seminar-Dates on the "Giveaway USBstick"
Global-Market-Analysis - Batterytrends until 2010

09:40 - PANASONIC/ Oliver Sonnemann
News, Updates, Capacities and Development about Litium-Ionen-Technology

Trends from the chinese marketleader

11:00 - Coffee-Break

11:15 - SONY/ Dr. Martin Maulwurf
Analysis about Sony's rechargeable Lithium-Ionen- Mangan-Nickel Batteries (V and VT - Type)

12:00 - Lunch

13:00 - BMZ/ Sven Bauer
UN-tests with safetytest and movie-documentation about Lithium-Systems

Is Ni-MH a alternative for all NiCd - applications?
When comes the prohibition of NiCd?

14:20 - A123 Systems/ Steve Coletto
Lithium-Ionen-Phosphat- Cells - A new technology from USA

15:00 - CADEX/ Andreas Junker
Battery Analyser - Accutests within 30 sec.

15:30 - Coffee-break

Accu-Charger, Presentation from all methods with comparison

16:15 - BMZ/ Sven Bauer
Transportation-Requirements and tests, prohibition of NiCd in Europe

17:00 - Discussion

from 17:30 - After-Show- Party - cold & warm buffet

NEC Electronics (Europe) is offering three new high-speed optocouplers.
The single- and dual-channel devices, with 10 Mbps transfer speed, are supplied in SOP and in SO8 packages (small outline package, pin-to-pin distance = 1.27 mm) for compact designs.
The 5-pin SOP package has one channel, while the 8-pin SO8 has either one or two channels.

The typical supply voltage is as low as 3.3 V_CC (7 V_CC max.).

The couplers can be used for DC/DC converters, measuring equipment, motor control, communication bus systems and many other applications. They are suitable for telecom & industrial environments. The couplers have a minimum common mode transient immunity (CM_H, CM_L) of 15 kV/µs.
They have an open collector output for increased flexibility in circuit design. The guaranteed values for the maximum pulse width distortion |t_PHL to t_PLH| are less than 25 ns. The isolation voltage is 2500_VRMS.

International safety certificates are available. The lead-free product has an "A" after the part number.

NEC EG, Munich Key Account Manager Siemens

1989 - 1996
ALPS Electric, Munich Sales Manager Germany, Austria and Switzerland

1996 - 1998
Hirose, Stuttgart Sales Manager Europe

1998 - 2003
Schulz Electronic, Baden- Baden Sales Manager for Lab Power Suply Units.

Gleichmann, Stutensee Product Marketing Electromechanical; Relay and Batteries

Since 2006
Sales Manager at BMZ in Karlstein

Targets with Gleichmann
Support Partner Gleichmann to strenghten his number 1 position in our Distribution ranking
Increase number of design wins on a European base.
Introduce BMZ China Ltd to Gleichmann

I forgot my age, must be about 50 years.
Not married but also not fancy-free

Hobbies
Our dog
French lifestyle
Travelling

A special highlight at the Embedded World 2006 exhibition was the presentation of the embedded AWARD on the opening evening. This year’s award was again presented for pioneering products and developments. The prize-winner in the Hardware category was NEC Electronics for the world’s smallest microcontroller.