Electrical Construction & Maintenance

Motor Calculations — Part 1

Motors and their associated equipment must be protected against both overload and overcurrent (short circuit or ground fault). This function is usually split, with ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Short-Circuit Ruggedness In SiC MOSFETs

Trench-based silicon carbide power MOSFETs (Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistors) represent a dramatic improvement in the Figure of Merit (FOM) values of power conversion switching ...
Electronic Design

Protecting Flybacks Against Short Circuits

For the PDF version of this article, including diagrams and/or equations, click here. In any off-line flyback converter design, it is possible that the output ...
EDN

Solid-state relays thwart short circuits, overload

The Series ZD, Series ZD20CF, Series ZD24CC, and Series LPD70 solid-state relays provide short-circuit and overload protection. The 1-A, 80-Vdc ZD uses a power FET switch and optical isolation to ...