Circuit protection devices are safety components used in a variety of applications, ranging from smartphones and laptops to medical and wireless communications equipment. These components include ...

Circuit protection devices may seem mundane to mostengineers, but Greg Evans, P.E., CEO of Welcomm marketing for TE CircuitProtection, gave an eye-opening overview of two new ESD and thermal ...

Waytek has introduced PolySwitch circuit protection devices as a resettable over-current protection solution in vehicle, heavy truck and equipment wire harnesses. Waytek's new PolySwitch circuit ...

From our perspective as a high-tech components manufacturer, we see the electronics industry being impacted in 2012 by two events that occurred in 2011. First, the natural disaster in Thailand caused ...

The TISP4xxxLM series of telecom overvoltage protectors features modified TO-92 packaging. The devices are suited for cost-sensitive, through-hole applications. The high-performance chip is available ...

Reverse polarity is one of the most common causes of circuit failure, from hobby projects to industrial systems. The good news is that a well-designed reverse polarity protection using MOSFET ...

Circuit breakers now sport advanced features that include remote control and operational status reporting. Engineers have long considered circuit protection a stable if somewhat unglamorous area.

The circuit protection market is filled with such a wide variety of fuses today that the previously accepted method of specifying fuses is just not enough. Instead, the proper application of fuses in ...

The Sentron ECPD (electronic circuit protection device) electronically switches off circuit faults if errors occur and, if necessary, trips the mechanical isolating contact downstream. Sentron ECPD ...