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Fault protection saves multiplexers, switches, and downstream circuitry

When the voltage at an input of a switch, multiplexer, or signal-line circuit protector exceeds the voltage that powers those devices, you define the excessive input voltage as a fault. This ...
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USB Type-C protection switch improves safety

Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Ltd. (AOS) has released the AOZ1377DI protection switch to enhance USB Type-C efficiency and safety. The USB Type-C sourcing protection switch supports up to 7 A with up ...
Electronic Design

Peregrine Semiconductor debuts receiver-protection RF switch

Honolulu, HI. Peregrine Semiconductor Corp. at IMS 2017 this week introduced the UltraCMOS PE42823, a high-power receiver-protection RF switch. Suitable for wireless infrastructure applications, this ...
Electronic Design

Protection- And Interface-Packing Load Switches Keep Close Tabs On Portables’s

Built around low-resistance, P-channel MOSFETs, the SmartSwitch line of load switches boasts of on-chip intelligent protection and interface functions, with the power managers expected to find wide ...