Primary concerns with battery-operated devices include battery protection from inrush and short circuit currents caused by connected load, and load protection from voltage spikes when battery load ...

Figure-1 shows the schematic diagram of the device. P1 is used to connect the 220V-AC input and the ON/OFF switch to the circuit. C1 is used to reduce the AC voltage. The value of the C1 also ...

One of the most dangerous locations in a power distribution system with regard to incident energy is that first panelboard on the secondary of a transformer. With some thought in your design — even if ...

LEIDEN, Netherlands and MILPITAS, Calif., March 28, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- IXYS Corporation (NASDAQ:IXYS), a global manufacturer of power semiconductors and ICs for energy efficiency, power ...

Power is an important aspect of any design, but distributing it safely and efficiently throughout your circuit boards and subassemblies can be challenging. To distribute voltage to the power-supply ...

CARSON CITY, Nev., March 05, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ametherm today announced a new series of inrush current limiting NTC thermistors designed to withstand high input energy of 1200 J and ...

Designed to continuously monitor and control inrush current, while providing voltage regulation, the CAT3200-5 and CAT3200 output charge pumps utilize a constant switching frequency of 2 MHz that ...