How to make safe, efficient, and robust products By Paulius Juskevicius, Littelfuse, Inc. Consumers enjoy the benefits of ...

From traditional fuses to eFuses, understanding the advantages, limitations, and use cases of each technology helps engineers ...

Toshiba releases a CMOS dual comparator with a high-speed response and a full I/O range for use in overcurrent detection in ...

While 80% of surges originate internally from normal operations like motor starts and VFD inverter operation, external causes like lightning and utility switching also demand industrial-grade surge ...

The new AOZ17517QI series developed by Alpha and Omega Semiconductor combines a hot-swap controller and power MOSFET in a single package. The new AOZ17517QI series developed by Alpha and Omega ...

Safety and protection in power systems are essential to ensure the protection of both electronic components and users. Safety is extremely important in power electronics. Systems must be designed to ...

In this EC&M Tech Talk Randy Barnett discusses in five different sections the concepts and rules of overcurrent protection. Overcurrent protective devices include the fuses and circuit breakers ...

Article 210 provides the general requirements for branch circuits not over 1,000VAC or 1,500VDC. These include requirements for conductor sizing, overcurrent protection, identification, GFCI and AFCI ...

Abstract: In comparison with full-bridge inverter, half-bridge inverter, and single-switch inverter, class-D inverter presents a simpler structure with fewer switches and lower voltage stresses of ...