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The smart choice for smart factories

Known as the Fourth Industrial Revolution, or Industry 4.0, the future beholds a growing number of smart factories powered by smart semiconductor solutions. But Industry 4.0, an initiative of the German government, is more than just smart factories: it’s better integration of customers and business partners. And it connects the entire value-added chain, from supplier and producer all the way to the customer. The success of Industry 4.0 hinges on powerful, secure and smart components like those from Infineon.

While Industry 4.0 promises huge gains in resource efficiency, product individualization and greater adaptability, it presents new challenges a well. Especially in terms of security. Thankfully you can rely on our unparalleled expertise in embedded security to optimally protect Industry 4.0 manufacturing environments from a range of threats. As Acatech member and part of the Industrial Internet Consortium, Infineon is also actively shaping industrial advances of tomorrow.

 

 

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Industrial Automation

Modern factories are complex systems that, at first glance, consist primarily of a production line. In fact, the structure of an automated manufacturing system usually contains several functional levels, all of which are interconnected through a communications infrastructure.

Challenges common to industrial automation systems – like the demand for power-efficient and industrial grade components with guaranteed long-term availability – influence which solutions best suit industrial applications. For example, a microcontroller that doesn’t support an extended temperature range simply doesn’t fit the bill. What’s more, your success depends on factors such as the planned time to market, the right price point, and the assistance of application-related road maps.

When developing solutions, Infineon takes your challenges head-on. We offer high-quality industrial grade semiconductors along with a range of proven reference designs. All this makes your automation design as simple, efficient, and reliable as possible.

Count on our proven expertise in the field to support you in developing ideal solutions for industrial automation applications. Benefit from our wide portfolio of smart switches for highly integrated and discrete solutions of I/O modules. In addition, we’re the only manufacturer with a comprehensive portfolio of isolated I/O devices (ISOFACE™). As connectivity continues to boom, security is key to protecting your customers’ operations. As the market-leading supplier, we offer industrial security solutions, such as OPTIGA™ Trust and OPTIGA™ TPM, to protect against attacks, counterfeiting, and manipulation. Infineon products are also engineered to allow a high level of integration while saving valuable space.

 

Smart factory system network and connectivity

Smart factory system network and connectivity

 

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At the lowest level, the field level, motors and their drives, robots, conveyor belts, gearboxes, sensors, actuators, valves, and pumps are installed to ultimately produce a fully manufactured good at the end of the manufacturing line. Infineon’s power supply and sensor components provide the potential to achieve peak efficiency and robustness. This hardware-dominated factory floor is controlled by programmable logic controllers (PLCs) with their associated input and output devices. Both interface with a logical, software-dominated control floor and the physical operating technology (OT). Commands are translated into voltages and currents so that the equipment on the factory floor responds accordingly. Conversely, information and signals from sensor systems that measure pressure, flow, presence, or currents, for example, are prepared for digital processing in the PLC.

 

 

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  • Human Machine Interface (HMI)
  • Robots & Drives
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Given the harsh environment in industrial settings, a human-machine interface (HMI) device must be particularly robust. On the one hand, it must be easy to operate. On the other hand, it should offer different access levels. And the price-performance ratio should be right. Ideally, all components can be sourced from a single source - this means less effort for you and the certainty that the microcontroller, power supply and peripherals work together seamlessly. Across all hierarchical levels of industrial automation, HMI systems enable operators or process control engineers to interact with running systems. HMI can be haptic, visual, or auditory, as well as fixed or portable, depending on system requirements and usability needs. The latest generation of Infineon microcontrollers and memory products meet the demand for an easy-to-develop approach.
 

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Industrial robots have become increasingly prevalent in industrial environments. There are several motivations for the manufacturing industry to consider industrial robots: Production cost is a rising factor while prices for robots keep falling. Production quality and precisely repeatable processes are essential, and dirty and dangerous actions are made for industrial robots to relieve human workers from working in these environments. Infineon’s components and system solutions are well suited for industrial robots as a whole.
 

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Modern industrial automation systems make use of machine vision (MV) system at their factory floor to control processes, quality, throughput or deviations in manufacturing process. Machine vision typically is a collaboration of hardware and software, based on object or pattern recognition. Artificial intelligence along machine learning, leads to a manufacturing process reaching highest productivity level, reduces production costs and helps to achieve repeatable outputs. Unmatched quality and long-term supply agreements, as well as a strong commitment to future investment in new technologies, Infineon will continue to lead the industry for decades to come.
 

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All devices in the factory communicate with each other either wired, e.g. via Ethernet, or wirelessly, via Wi-Fi or a local 5G network. Especially when mobile devices are used on the production line in conjunction with the warehouse system, Infineon's Wi-Fi and Bluetooth® controllers find their way into the network equipment. Any OT or IT is nothing without the power supply on. Whether it's a power-hungry drive or oven system, a control cabinet, a PC/server landscape, or a tiny, loss-optimized sensor system, Infineon's forte is semiconductor devices for high-efficiency power supplies. In addition, Infineon provides reliable semiconductor devices for circuit breakers that ensure factories always run in safe mode and are not damaged by electrical faults in equipment.

 

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  • Wireless communication
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Realtime communication amongst the various hierarchy levels of industrial automation systems is key for efficient operation of a modern factory. With mobile robots, automated guided vehicles and other portable devices becoming more widespread – in particular on the field level –, wireless information and command exchange approaches are increasing its market share, driven as well by internet of things (IoT) as being one of the most exciting market trends. As a leading wireless controller and RF chip maker with strong focus on system understanding, Infineon provides WiFi, Bluetooth and corresponding RF solutions to support customers into taking their devices to the next level of digitalization.
 

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Wired communication still dominates by far the connectivity of different hierarchy levels within industrial automation systems. Whether it is connecting sensor systems, actuators, motor and drives to an industrial control system or whether it is high level communication up to or from a cloud via Ethernet or proprietary fieldbus systems, a safe, robust and reliable information exchange is required, partly based on realtime characteristics. Reaching from transceivers, PHYs, peripherals on microcontrollers to standalone communication controllers, Infineon provides a series of devices supporting different protocols and communication standards.
 

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Industrial-grade and on-demand microcontrollers and intelligent power switches make up a large part of Infineon's product portfolio. If we go one level higher in the industrial automation system and reach pure information technology, PCs, industrial PCs, and distributed control systems dominate the so-called control level. This is where production targets are typically set, current and historical manufacturing data is monitored, and the start-up and shut-down of machines is controlled. Data analysis or the execution algorithms for manufacturing parameters can be done either there, e.g. by receiving computationally intensive image data in real time directly from a machine vision system, or even at the fourth “cloud” level, which may physically be completely decoupled from the manufacturing site. High-level production data management or production planning is performed there.

 

  • Industrial PC
  • Programmable Logic Controller (PLC)
  • Digital input/output (I/O) modules

Edge computing is established as one of the key trends in factory automation: More and more powerful industrial computers enable factory planners to keep computing intensive tasks such as machinery and process control, linking of automation subsystems, data analytics or graphic visualization close to the factory floor. With this, industrial PCs are becoming a second pillar of factory automation. Industrial PC suppliers, on the one hand, may benefit from a rapidly evolving consumer PC technology. On the other hand, they need to provide an industry robust PC architecture that can withstand rugged environmental conditions, is immune to interferences and runs mechanically, as well as electrically, as a stable design without any hang-ups to avoid operational down times.
 

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At the heart of most industrial control and factory automation systems is a programmable logic controller (PLC). Commonly referred to as the “brain” of a factory, a PLC controls a wide range of functions by receiving and processing data. Infineon understands the needs of its industrial customers and offers dedicated semiconductor solutions that overcome the challenges common to PLC projects. In our top-grade portfolio, you’ll find robust, reliable designs as well as a wide range of products for customizing PLC controller applications.
 

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Digital input and output modules (I/O modules) are key elements of every PLC (programmable logic controller) system. They assume control via PLC’s CPU unit and constitute the industrial automation power interface to and from the shopfloor. One of the most crucial components of a digital I/O module is the switch. Generally speaking, two types of configurations are possible: high-side or low-side. Regardless of the configuration, Infineon offers dedicated solutions that boost your project.
 

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Predictive Maintenance techniques detect anomalies in equipment before those turn into system-critical failures, allowing maintenance to be scheduled before the equipment actually breaks down. This increases equipment uptime reduces overall maintenance costs and allows optimization of spare part inventory by enabling preventive maintenance based on the equipment’s actual needs. After having proven its benefits in the context of Industry 4.0., this data-driven maintenance strategy is now being adopted in the Smart Buildings of tomorrow. Especially for infrastructure critical assets such as HVAC, Predictive Maintenance offers many benefits. Discover Infineon’s XENSIV™ sensor and IoT product portfolio.
 

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Smart buildings are reinventing how we interact with the world around us. By equipping offices, airports, shopping malls, and other non-residential buildings with the ability to sense, think, and react in the same way humans do, the gap between human and technological coexistence is being bridged. Infineon offers a broad portfolio of products designed for use in multiple aspects of smart building design. From sensors and power management ICs to microcontrollers and security ICs, Infineon offers a wide range of solutions to transform buildings into connected smart buildings capable of making intelligent decisions for increased convenience and energy efficiency.

In order to become smart and take intelligent decisions, buildings need to be equipped with contextual awareness: Sensors will enable buildings to see, feel and hear their environment. At the same time, a building’s energy consumption should be as efficient as possible to ensure sustainable and smooth operations. IoT security, which is already embedded in the hardware, provides a secured foundation for connected devices in smart buildings to defend them against cyber-attacks. Infineon offers a broad portfolio of products to transform buildings into smart buildings, ranging from sensors and power management ICs to microcontrollers and security ICs.

 

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Improved smart building connectivity offers exciting new ways to secure commercial buildings. However, with every connected device, the threat of cyberattack increases. That’s why it’s crucial to defend smart buildings against online intrusion with hardware embedded IoT security. Infineon’s OPTIGA™ portfolio offers end-to-end protection for cloud-connected smart buildings and IoT devices with hardware solutions that can be integrated for faster and more secure connections than a software approach alone. OPTIGA™ has been designed by Infineon to stringent cloud security standards without sacrificing efficiency and ease of integration. Modern IoT (Internet of Things) smart buildings are secured by Infineon – both against the physical threats of today and the cyber threats of tomorrow.
 

 

 

As the number of solutions used in smart buildings continues to grow, the demand for a dependable and efficient power supply is only set to increase. Infineon’s industry-leading range of power solutions ensures cost-effective reliability no matter the requirements. When the briefest downtime could spell disaster, uninterruptible power supplies provide the required level of protection to critical infrastructure, such as hospitals, data centers, and telecommunication facilities. Stable voltage and frequency are ensured by decoupling the load from the grid, while automatically activated batteries ensure zero downtime between a power cut and a backup generator being brought online.
 

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