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Lightning protection sets worldwide standard

A range of quarter-wave lightning protectors sets a new worldwide standard.

News from Huber+Suhner, Aug 29, 2003

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Mains inlets take a break

The latest addition to Bulgin's Polysnap range of mains inlet modules incorporates a miniature circuit breaker.

News from Bulgin Components, Aug 20, 2003

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Fuses qualify for military uses

Cooper Electronic Technologies has a broad range of military qualified fuses for instrumentation, power, telecomms and a host of other special applications for operation in hostile environments.

News from Cooper Electronic Technologies, Aug 19, 2003

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Filters react quickly to block spikes

Patented filter technology from PolyPhaser can make a difference of 700V less arriving at equipment input during a lightning strike.

News from Smiths Interconnect - Polyphaser, Aug 18, 2003

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CVTs protect from damaging surges

When Scrimsign Micro Electronics found that its award-winning signs were experiencing unforeseen failures, the company's research department concluded it was caused by transients in the power supply.

News from Advance Electronics, Aug 14, 2003

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Overcurrent specialist turns to overvoltage

The ROV series of metal-oxide varistors (MOVs) can provide overvoltage fault protection on a wide variety of power systems.

News from Raychem Circuit Protection, Aug 5, 2003

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Lightening protectors spread to WiFi market

Transtector has expanded its ALPU series of advanced lightning protection units.

News from Smiths Interconnect - Transtector Systems, Jul 15, 2003

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Lower cost for automotive fuses

Three new series of lower-cost automotive blade fuses extend the well-established series manufactured by Pudenz.

News from Littelfuse UK, Jul 15, 2003

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PTC thermistors improve telecomms protection

In response to the distinct trend in line-card design toward miniaturisation and simplification, Epcos has launched two completely new PTC thermistor designs for telecomms line protection.

News from Epcos, Jul 11, 2003

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Electronic fuse protects 24V circuits

The all-new Waveguard provides industrial control and switching systems with fully reliable fault protection for switched-mode 24V DC power supplies.

News from Weidmuller (UK), Jul 4, 2003

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Protection for tower-mounted amplifiers

The GX series of broadband surge protectors enable the operating voltage of a 3G basestation tower mounted amplifiers to pass, while blocking lightning surges of up to 20kA.

News from Smiths Interconnect - Polyphaser, Jul 3, 2003

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Surge protector safeguards power and signal lines

Pulsar Electronics has a new industry-leading surge protection device for one power line and four signal lines that carry signals up to 1GHz.

News from Pulsar Electronics, Jun 24, 2003

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TVS devices protect four lines at once

Five new protection devices integrate multiple transient voltage suppression components into a single 1.6 x 1.6 x 0.6mm SOT553 or SOT563 package.

News from ON Semiconductor, Jun 23, 2003

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Power suppressors protect DIN rails

The DRDC Series is a new family of ultra-compact DIN-rail DC power suppressors, available in 7, 12, 24 and 48V configurations.

News from Smiths Interconnect - Transtector Systems, Jun 23, 2003

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Power entry module simplifies PSU design

The DC12 power entry module is an IEC/EN60320-1 appliance inlet that incorporates a single- or two-pole line switch and a line filter, and can play a valuable role in power supply design.

News from Schurter, Jun 17, 2003

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Fuses withstand reflow soldering

Wickmann's subminiature TR5, TE5 fuses and 5 x 20mm fuse clips have recently been qualified for use with the pin-in-paste soldering technique.

News from Littelfuse UK, Jun 10, 2003

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Optocouplers optimised for IGBT driving

The HCPL-3020 and HCPL-0302 are 0.2A gate drive optocouplers for low-power industrial inverters and inverter-controlled consumer appliances.

News from Agilent Technologies, May 29, 2003

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Surge resistor demand jumps 80%

TT Electronics - BI Technologies reports a dramatic increase in worldwide demand for its BSR series of surface-mount surge resistors.

News from TT Electronics - BI Technologies, May 28, 2003

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Coupler range adds three- and four-channel devices

Analog Devices has added a range of multichannel devices to its patented iCoupler family of digital isolators for high-voltage industrial applications.

News from Analog Devices, May 23, 2003

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Digital isolation speeds industrial applications

Siemens has adopted digital isolation technology from Analog Devices for use in its Profibus industrial network systems.

News from Analog Devices, May 14, 2003

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Resettable overcurrent devices in the mains

The LVR series extends proven PolySwitch technology of resettable overcurrent protection into higher voltage applications.

News from TTI Europe, Apr 30, 2003

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Resettable devices switch to primary protection

The LVR series of PolySwitch resettable devices are designed for use in line voltage applications.

News from Raychem Circuit Protection, Apr 23, 2003

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Increased stock meets fuse demand

To meet the greatly increased demand for its miniature fuses, Wickmann Components has doubled the stock levels of all its ranges.

News from Littelfuse UK, Apr 23, 2003

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Breaker looks after switch-mode outputs

A novel electronic circuit breaker can selectively protect individual component circuits powered from single switch-mode power supplies.

News from E-T-A Circuit Breakers, Apr 15, 2003

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Devices ensure data-line speed and integrity

ON Semiconductor has five new MicroIntegration circuits designed to protect sensitive components in portable and computing applications from damaging and disruptive electrical transients.

News from ON Semiconductor, Apr 8, 2003

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Circuit protection devices:

Circuit protection devices safeguard electrical circuits from over-voltage and over-currents. Examples of these devices include voltage regulators, varistors, electrostatic discharge protection devices, switch/circuit breakers and thyristor surge protection devices.

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