Functional Safety Solutions

Overview

In recent years, the increasing use of electrical and electronic equipment in vehicles is resulting in a demand for efforts to meet functional safety standards.
A prominent challenge for automotive systems is the detection of faults in electrical and electronic equipment and the enhancement of mechanisms for ensuring safety (functional safety).

Renesas Electronics' Efforts Toward Functional Safety

Ever since functional safety standards were established, Renesas Electronics has been making proactive efforts toward "functional safety" and comprehensive safety design.
With our wide range of experience and proven track record, Renesas Electronics provides solutions optimized for your system to help you perform efficient and reliable system design.

Renesas Electronics' Strengths

A history of efforts toward functional safety, and technology recognized by certification authority TÜV-SÜD

The IEC61508 and ISO26262 international functional safety standards define effective practices and ways of thinking for developing safe electrical and electronic control products and systems.

Standardization of ways of thinking about functional safety urges ensuring that safety is above a certain level. It also requires assessments and so on for checking conformance to the standards.

Know-how accumulated from a wide range of products and various applications

Functional safety is achieved via the system. There is more than one way to achieve functional safety. Renesas Electronics provides the hardware you require to build a system as a platform, providing system solutions.