TactoTek and ams OSRAM cooperate to optimize RGB LED for in-mold structural electronics to drive innovations in car illumination

Finnish IMSE pioneer TactoTek
and ams OSRAM (SIX: AMS), a global leader in optical solutions, today announced that they are
co-operating to help revolutionize 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 spacesaving design.
Decoration, illumination, and functionality within one structure
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. Driven with modern controllers, illuminating the
surface from within, the LED from ams OSRAM sets the mood, informs, guides, and adapts to the
designer or user’s needs. The broadest color gamut on the market means design freedom without
compromising color quality and performance.
Features of OSIRE E5515
The OSIRE E5515 is a three-color, RGB side emitter enabling light coupling into thin materials, such as
lightguides. “The package design of ams OSRAM’s OSIRE E5515 enables ultra-compact designs and is
optimized for the low height required for in-mold applications”, says Gerald Broneske, VP Global Product
Marketing Automotive at ams OSRAM. “This offers customers flexible design options for automotive
ambient lighting applications while benefiting from the outstanding brightness performance of the
automotive RGB sidelooker.” The LED impresses with a brightness performance of 1100 mcd for red,
2600 mcd for green and 500 mcd for the blue color at 20 mA. Also, deep blue colors are available. The
RGB LED from ams OSRAM offers the maximum flexibility in terms of driver selection and
interconnection. The package provides 6 pins, so each color’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.
Perttu Korhonen, VP Product Marketing at TactoTek, comments: “Light is a key factor in creating
compelling, brand-differentiating user experiences, especially in automotive interiors and exteriors. We
trust that user interface functions and light will become an integral part of natural and plastic automotive
surfaces without sacrificing sustainability. Incorporating OSIRE E5515 from ams OSRAM into our IMSE
technology enables designing very low height applications with reduced weight, specifically of interest to
the automotive industry. Our strong collaboration with ams OSRAM enables us to drive innovation into
making light a critical element in the automotive living space.”
Validated for use in automotive
The new product KRTB AELPS2.32 of the OSIRE E5515 family from ams OSRAM is specifically
designed for in-mold processes. The LED has been validated by TactoTek for its IMSE technology and
qualified for use in automotive applications (AEC-Q102) by ams OSRAM opening new illumination
opportunities.

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.
Perttu Korhonen, VP Product Marketing at TactoTek, comments: “Light is a key factor in creating
compelling, brand-differentiating user experiences, especially in automotive interiors and exteriors. We
trust that user interface functions and light will become an integral part of natural and plastic automotive
surfaces without sacrificing sustainability. Incorporating OSIRE E5515 from ams OSRAM into our IMSE
technology enables designing very low height applications with reduced weight, specifically of interest to
the automotive industry. Our strong collaboration with ams OSRAM enables us to drive innovation into
making light a critical element in the automotive living space.”
Validated for use in automotive
The new product KRTB AELPS2.32 of the OSIRE E5515 family from ams OSRAM is specifically
designed for in-mold processes. The LED has been validated by TactoTek for its IMSE technology and
qualified for use in automotive applications (AEC-Q102) by ams OSRAM opening new illumination
opportunities.

The new OSIRE E5515 LED from ams OSRAM, specifically designed for in-mold processes, is validated
for use in IMSE (in-mold structural electronics) technology from TactoTek, enabling enhanced brand
differentiation and sustainable manufacturing for automotive OEMs.
Image: ams OSRAM