What LG received
LG Electronics has been awarded ISO 26262 ASIL D product certification for its automotive central gateway system, the company said. The system was developed as the central communication unit (CCU) 2.0 for the Genesis GV90. According to the company's announcement, it is LG's first ASIL D product certification and the first TÜV Rheinland has issued in the automotive central gateway system category.
The level that matters
ISO 26262 ranks automotive safety integrity levels from A to D by the severity of possible harm, exposure to hazardous situations and controllability of the resulting risks. ASIL D is the highest level and demands the strictest measures against safety-related failures. TÜV Rheinland assessed LG's development processes, design documentation and verification results as part of the certification, confirming compliance with the applicable ASIL D requirements.
Earlier certifications
LG received ISO 26262 process certification for its automotive development framework in 2017 and ASIL B product certification for its advanced driver assistance system front camera module in 2021. The company said the new product-level certification shows it can apply the highest functional safety requirements across the design, implementation and verification of an automotive product.
What the gateway does
The central gateway connects electronic control units and manages data exchange across in-vehicle and external networks. LG said it is designed to transmit safety-related messages accurately over controller area network and Ethernet interfaces, detect routing malfunctions and relay fault information to other control units. It also carries functional safety measures for over-the-air software updates, intended to prevent unintended updates and keep vehicle start-up under safe control during updates and rollbacks, plus cybersecurity functions including intrusion monitoring and certificate-based authentication.
Lee Sang-yong, head of the VS R&D Laboratory at the LG Vehicle Solution Company, said the certification reflects progress from certified functional safety processes to implementing and verifying the highest-level safety requirements in a product. The company said the expertise gained applies to next-generation communication control systems, gateways and domain controllers.
