EDN

Improving inrush current protection

Many applications today, including industrial machinery, power tools and other high current equipment, use limiting inrush current as a major design consideration to combat the problematic effects of ...
Nasdaq

Vishay Intertechnology Inrush Current Limiting PTC Thermistors Increase Performance in Active Charge and Discharge Circuits

For Automotive and Industrial Applications, Self-Protecting Devices Combine R25 Values to 1 kΩ With High Voltages to 1200 VDC and Energy Handling to 240 J MALVERN, Pa., March 06, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) ...
Electronic Design

InRush Current Limiting NTC Thermistors

API Technologies Corp. announced its latest development in NTC thermistors, Surge-Gard inrush current limiting devices. API Technologies Corp. announced its latest development in NTC thermistors, ...
Electronic Design

Digitally Controlled Current Limiter Safely Charges Large Capacitor Banks

At a power-on cycle, inrush current, if not limited, can peak to tens of even hundreds of amps when capacitive load is present, thereby increasing the probability of failure and decreasing usable ...
Machine Design

Limit Current to Boost Stepper-Motor Torque

• The inductance in a stepper-motor phase winding limits how fast current rises when power is applied. • Series-resistor current limiting needs higher voltages for faster step rates, but higher ...