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Circuit Protection Diode from ProTek Devices Targets Industrial Equipment CAN Bus Lines

ProTek Devices' PESD2CAN is also ideal for circuit protection in other industrial applications such as those using DeviceNet bus lines. ESD protection is > 25 kilovolts. The new component is ...
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Circuit protection: When one plus one is more than four

Adding components to provide circuit protection against internal and external mishaps is one of those thankless design jobs, similar to buying insurance. When it’s not needed, it seems like an added ...
Electronic Design

Power Management Chapter 14: Circuit Protection Devices

Several types of devices are employed in electronic systems to protect against voltage transients, power surges, and excessive voltage or current. Varistors is one of those devices that protect ...
Electronic Design

Protecting Flybacks Against Short Circuits

For the PDF version of this article, including diagrams and/or equations, click here. In any off-line flyback converter design, it is possible that the output ...