Integrated Powertrain Domain Controller Using Wide Band Gap Devices for EV Applications

2026-26-0055

01/16/2026

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The rapid evolution of electric vehicles (EVs) has amplified the demand for highly integrated, efficient, and intelligent powertrain architectures. In the current automotive landscape, EV powertrain systems are often composed of discrete ECUs such as the OBC, MCU, DC-DC Converter, PDU, and VCU, each operating in isolation. This fragmented approach adds wiring harness complexity, control latency, system inefficiency, and inflates costs making it harder for OEMs to scale operations, lower expenses, and accelerate time-to-market. The technical gap lies in the absence of a centralized intelligence capable of seamlessly managing and synchronizing the five key powertrain aggregates: OBC, MCU, DC-DC, PDU, and VCU under a unified software and hardware platform. This fragmentation leads to redundancy in computation, increased BOM cost, and challenges in system diagnostics, leading to sub-optimal vehicle performance. This paper addresses the core issue of fragmented control architectures in EV powertrains by proposing a domain controller based integrated solution for EV powertrain referred as Integrated Powertrain Domain Controller (IPDC).
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Kumar, Mayank, Pankaj Deosarkar, Sumer Inamdar, and Nikhil Tayade, "Integrated Powertrain Domain Controller Using Wide Band Gap Devices for EV Applications," SAE Technical Paper 2026-26-0055, 2026-, https://doi.org/10.4271/2026-26-0055.
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Jan 16
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2026-26-0055
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Technical Paper
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English