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On April 28, 2023 in All, Automotive, Circuit Protection, General, Industrial, Medical, Power by Jon Gabay

To ensure maximum reliability and safety, engineers should consider repairability alongside screening levels when selecting high-reliability electronic components. Factors such as criticality of the system, environmental factors, and cost should be taken into account.

Tagged With: cost of ownership, mtbf, quality, reliability, repair

New Tech Tuesdays: Electrical and Thermal Surge Protection of Power Systems

On February 14, 2023 in All, Circuit Protection, General, New Tech Tuesdays by Rudy Ramos

This week's New Tech Tuesdays explores the critical role eFuse Protection ICs from Littelfuse play in providing robust over-voltage, over-current, and over-temperature protection to downstream circuits.

Conformal Coatings in Electronic Devices

On August 31, 2022 in All, Circuit Protection by Liam Critchley

Electronic components need to be protected. Many components have small or complex parts that cannot be coated and protected by conventional means. Here, we discuss different polymer-based materials that can conform to a surface and protect electronic components from multiple stimuli.

Tagged With: coatings, conformal coatings, epoxy resins, parylene, polymer, polyurethane, silicone, urethane

New Tech Tuesdays: Protecting Automotive Circuits from the Elements Starts With These Solutions

On May 17, 2022 in All, Automotive, Circuit Protection, Connectors, New Tech Tuesdays by Tommy Cummings

In this week's New Tech Tuesday, we'll examine circuit protection devices from Littelfuse, Toshiba, and Vishay Semiconductors.

New Tech Tuesdays: Supercapacitors Store Energy and Have Several Other Advantages

On October 11, 2021 in All, Automotive, Circuit Protection, General, IoT, New Tech Tuesdays, Power by Tommy Cummings

In this week’s New Tech Tuesday, we’ll look at a diverse range of supercapacitors from PowerStor/Eaton, AVX, and Capacitech.

Tagged With: avx, batteries, capacitech, internet of things, iot, powerstor/eaton, supercapacitor

New Tech Tuesdays: 3 Small RF Passive Components That Keep Circuits Intact

On May 17, 2021 in All, Circuit Protection, Computing, General, Maker, New Tech Tuesdays, RF by Tommy Cummings

RF passives might not be flashy, but they play an essential role in RF and microwave circuits. New Tech Tuesdays examines AVX inductors, Murata capacitors, and Vishay resistors, three new-to-market RF passives for design engineers to consider.

Circuitry Has Felt Nanotechnology’s Impact

On October 9, 2020 in All, Circuit Protection, RF, Sensors by Liam Critchley

Circuits and PCBs have been advancing rapidly for many decades, with each advancement being the product of the best available materials and processing environments of the time. In recent years, nanotechnology has been behind some of the significant advances in circuit board design.

EMC/EMI Shielding Explained

On March 2, 2020 in All, Circuit Protection, RF, Wireless by Neil Moore

EMC/EMI shielding is essential to every electronics product in this interconnected wireless world. We take you back to the basics of EMC/EMI shielding. Learn how it works as a concept, and what methods for shielding in your system are available. See some practical examples of current applications.

USB Power Delivery Makes Circuit Protection Mandatory

On October 18, 2019 in All, Circuit Protection, Computing, Connectors by Steven Keeping

The additional voltage and current introduced to the popular USB standard by USB-PD multiplies hazards and makes circuit protection essential. But designing protection against all threats can be complex and expensive. Integrated solutions from chip makers simplify the task.

Reinventing Overvoltage Protection

On July 2, 2019 in All, Circuit Protection by Bourns

High reliability is paramount in our always on, hyper-connected world. Application downtime or failure runs the gamut from frustrating to incredibly expensive. That is why overvoltage protection remains a consistent requirement.

Tagged With: Bourns, GMOV, Metal Oxide Varistors, MOV, Overvoltage protection

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