EDN

Analog of a thyristor with a controlled switching threshold

Thyristors are a semiconductor device with an S-shaped current-voltage characteristic. They are a kind of managed keys with a state memory that are turned on when a control signal is applied to the ...
EDN

Thyristors protect telecom circuits

Featuring 44 parts, the NPxxx line of thyristors provides surge protection of telecommunication circuits in modems, residential gateways, and central-office access equipment. Rated to 50, 80, and 100 ...
Electronic Design

Low Capacitance Circuit Protection Thyristor

Littelfuse, Inc., has introduced an ultra-low capacitance protection thyristor. An ultra-low capacitance protection thyristor from Littelfuse, Inc., the SDP Series SIDACtor® Protection Thyristor, ...
Electronic Design

Select Optimal Protection For Your VDSL-Based Telecom Circuits

A variety of over-current and overvoltage products are on the market for protecting VDSL telecommunications circuits. These include transformer line-side capacitors, transformer driver-side diodes, ...
Electronics Weekly

Small thyristor protects circuits

Littelfuse has introduced what it claims is the world’s smallest protection thyristor, the RoHS-compliant Teccor Q2L series. Part of its SIDACtor range, the devices come in 3x3x1mm QFN packaging and ...
Electronics Weekly

Surface mount circuit protection device runs at high temperatures

Littelfuse says it can supply a silicon-controlled rectifier (SCR) thyristor circuit protection device with a junction temperature of 150°C in a surface-mount package. The SJ series thyristors have a ...