A fuse (“fusus” is Latin for melted) can be constructed of various conductive materials in many different enclosure formats. In any given fuse, the conductive material is selected in type and sizing ...

Like most other simple circuits, this circuit also has a disadvantage: It is incompatible with some load-power and ac-mains-voltage values. When a fuse burns out, the load stays connected to the ac ...

The new e-fuse from Alpha and Omega Semiconductor supports up to 60 A of circuit protection for power rails in data centers ...

Designed to serve as overcurrent protection, fuses are instrumental circuit protection devices. However, there is a variety of fuse coordination and sizing approaches that can be taken based on ...

Selective coordination generally describes the design of an electrical system in which the upstream protective device (fuse or circuit breaker) nearest to the system fault clears the fault without ...

Picking a fuse for your circuit isn’t as easy as it sounds. The right one can protect your users and your circuits. It’s easy to trivialize the need for a fuse and how to select one. We have ...

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Technavio has announced the top five leading vendors in their recent global circuit breaker, fuse, and relay market report from 2017 to 2021. This research report also ...

When fuse F 1 is in good order, diode D 1 is forward-biased, but its forward voltage is insufficient to bias forward-flashing diode D 2 and the Q 1 ’s base-emitter junction. The self-driven HCM1206X ...

Your car has dozens of fuses in it, so what happens when one blows? Here's what those fuses do, how to tell of one goes, and if you can still drive your car.