PITTSBURGH, Jan. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
/ Key Highlights
- Ansys' product portfolio offers a comprehensive set of
solutions for the development of a complex micro electrical
mechanical LiDAR system
- Ansys tools helped Innoviz Technologies reduce product
development by two full design cycles over one and a half years,
significantly reducing costs
Innoviz Technologies is using Ansys (NASDAQ: ANSS)
simulation solutions to successfully drive the technology behind
their unique automotive-grade LiDAR sensor and achieve autonomy for
their customers—while reducing development time and costs. Ansys
enables Innoviz Technologies to meet their customers' objectives
for durability, reliability, and affordability in a LiDAR design
that is seamlessly integrable into Level 3-5 autonomous
vehicles.
A study from the U.S. Department of Transportation's National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration found the majority of serious
crashes are caused by human error, a statistic that is
incentivizing autonomous vehicle development to improve safety on
the road. Autonomous vehicles depend on the sensing capability of
various components, including LiDARs, radars and cameras. LiDAR
delivers the high-resolution, long-range 3D image perception needed
to safely guide vehicle movement. The challenge for automotive
manufacturers is that available LiDARs are not close to meeting
industry standards for performance, size, reliability, and cost
perception. Packaging these very complex optical sensor
technologies tied to numerous systems presents challenges in both
their production and operation.
The success of the team depended on simulation and testing of
various aspects of LiDAR design and optics. Drawing on the power of
Ansys multiphysics capabilities, Innoviz relied on Ansys®
Mechanical™, Ansys® Fluent®, Zemax and Ansys® Maxwell®
simulation software, working seamlessly together to successfully
address LiDAR system complexity. Through extensive simulation and
testing, an extreme integration of components into a single chip
was accomplished requiring minimal design iterations and enabling a
more compact LiDAR system. This high-performance, reliable LiDAR
solution meets the necessary automotive performance characteristics
and size requirements manufacturers are looking for at a much lower
price point.
"We use many types of simulations in the Ansys ecosystem across
the entire design chain of our product," said Oren Buskila, chief R&D officer and
co-founder at Innoviz. "We rely on Ansys capabilities to run
structural analysis to understand the stresses and temperature
variations of our chips. We also use Ansys for dynamic simulation
to understand vibration characteristics, and thermal simulation to
see if we can dissipate the amount of power from the main
components inside, like the laser. Ansys provides excellent
simulation software and we value their experience in the automotive
space to help us solve our biggest design challenges."
"Our vast simulation and growing multiphysics capabilities
support exploration and discovery in advanced autonomous
technologies," said Shane Emswiler,
senior vice president of products at Ansys. "More complex optical
applications like LiDARs require a higher degree of predictive
accuracy in their execution. Our tools interface well, both inside
and outside our product portfolio, to help our customers quickly
move through design cycles with confidence. Simulation software is
a game changer in the development of a new generation of more
complex LiDAR systems that will accelerate autonomous vehicle
adoption."
/ About Ansys
If you've ever seen a rocket launch, flown on an airplane,
driven a car, used a computer, touched a mobile device, crossed a
bridge or put on wearable technology, chances are you've used a
product where Ansys
software played a critical role in its creation. Ansys is the
global leader in engineering simulation. Through our strategy of
Pervasive Engineering Simulation, we help the world's most
innovative companies deliver radically better products to their
customers. By offering the best and broadest portfolio of
engineering simulation software, we help them solve the most
complex design challenges and create products limited only by
imagination. Founded in 1970, Ansys is headquartered south of
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
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