Finnish IMSE pioneer TactoTek and ams OSRAM, a global leader in optical solutions, has announced that they are co-operating to help revolutionise the car interior market by delivering thin, seamlessly integrated, three-dimensional illuminated structures. 

The companies have developed a demonstrator with the new RGB side-looker LED OSIRE E5515 from ams OSRAM, which thanks to TactoTek's in-mold structural electronics (IMSE) technology can be integrated into automotive interior in a space saving design. Molded into a thin plastic trim part with TactoTek's IMSE technology, the ams OSRAM RGB side-looker LED OSIRE E5515 allows lightweight and thin applications designed for car interiors.

This combination enables designers to build rich, seamless designs by merging surface decoration, illumination, and functionality into one smart surface, thus eliminating the boundaries that have held designers back when designing with conventional and current technologies.

“The package design of ams OSRAM’s OSIRE E5515 enables ultra-compact designs and is optimised for the low height required for in-mold applications”, says Gerald Broneske, VP Global Product Marketing Automotive at ams OSRAM. He added, "This offers customers flexible design options for automotive ambient lighting applications while benefiting from the outstanding brightness performance of the automotive RGB sidelooker.”

The RGB LED from ams OSRAM offers the maximum flexibility in terms of driver selection and interconnection. The package provides six pins, so each colour’s chip can be contacted to both its individual anode and cathode. This allows customers to be flexible with the electronics architecture for the driver and choose between high-side and low-side drivers for the board design.