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Protect Embedded Interfaces with These Clamps and Crowbars
On August 13, 2018 in All, Circuit Protection, IoT by Bourns
Bourns
Protecting interface connections from overvoltage conditions and transient events is more important than ever with the proliferation of embedded electronics. Bourns clamp and crowbar protection is effective at protecting circuit interfaces in silicon and ceramic electronic components.
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Tagged With: Bourns, Breakdown voltages, Ceramic, Circuit protection, Clamps, Crowbars, Electronic component, Electrostatic discharge, ESD, Gas Discharge Tubes, GDT, Internet of Things, IoT devices, Metal Oxide Varistor, MOV, Overvoltage protection, Power ratings, Semiconductor, Silicon, Thyristor, TISP, Transient Voltage Suppressor, TVS
Bi-curious? Which Direction to Take when Dealing with a TVS
On September 28, 2015 in Circuit Protection by Lynnette Reese
Lynnette Reese
Should my TVS be “unidirectional” or “bidirectional”? I had forgotten. Had someone asked me to guess, I would’ve thought it meant that you should apply bidirectional TVS whenever you know the voltage will go above and below ground. This is sort of right, and definitely applies to protecting circuits that experience AC voltage. But “sort of right” isn’t something I am willing to live with, so I checked it out.
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Tagged With: Bidirectional, TVS, Unidirectional

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