Category Archives: Industrial/Appliance

January 31, 2012

Join us at the APEC 2012 Conference and Exhibition in Orlando, Florida

Posted by Around the Circuit Blog Team

Come visit TE Circuit Protection at booths 810 and 812 at the APEC 2012 conference and expo to learn how our circuit protection products can help make your devices safer and more reliable. The show will be held in Orlando, Florida at the Disney Coronado Springs Resort. The expo will be from February 6th-8th and the conference will continue to the 9th. We will be unveiling several new circuit protection technologies at the show so it is definitely an event you don’t want to miss. Continue reading →

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January 5, 2012

A Year (and a Name) to Remember

Posted by Around the Circuit Blog Team

2011 was certainly a momentous year for TE Circuit Protection. Here are just some of the highlights:

  • New name-In March, our parent company became TE Connectivity.
  • New website- TE Circuit Protection launched an updated website in May, www.circuitprotection.com, that is dedicated to circuit protection solutions.
  • New products take off- Introduced in late 2010, by 2011 our RTP (reflowable thermal protector) device and the MHP (metal hybrid PPTC) rapidly gained popularity as people learned about their unique benefits. Product of the year win– In December we were notified that the MHP device won a prestigious 2011 “Product of the Year” award from Electronic Products magazine.

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November 15, 2011

Paul O’Shea Discusses Circuit Protection With Our Own Robert Cid at Smart Grid Forum 2011

Posted by Around the Circuit Blog Team

Last month Robert Cid our Product and Application Engineering Manager presented at the Smart Grid Electronics Forum in San Jose, CA. He discussed Concepts and Solutions for Protecting the Smart Grid from Transients and Electrical Faults. While attending the show he was invited to join Paul O’Shea from Electronic Products for an interview. You can find the video on their website in the videos section under the circuit protection tab. Continue reading →

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November 10, 2011

Check Out My Article in EE Times

Posted by Faraz Hasan

I recently wrote an article for EE Times’ SmartEnergy column titled: “PPTC Devices Help Protect High Brightness LEDs“.

It’s an interesting read for anyone who is looking to design in circuit protection for a HB LED lighting system. For more information on circuit protection you can also visit the TE Circuit Protection Knowledge Center. We have a number of application notes and videos to aid you in designing in circuit protection for your applications. Continue reading →

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October 26, 2011

New Course Available on Circuit Protection University

Posted by Around the Circuit Blog Team

TE Circuit Protection is proud to announce a new online training course available on Circuit Protection University about the Metal Hybrid PPTC(MHP) device. The training module will teach you everything you need to know about the latest circuit protection technology for high-power battery markets. After completing the course you will better understand the features and benefits of the MHP devices and you will also be able to select what applications the various devices are suitable for. To take the course anytime click here. Continue reading →

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October 18, 2011

Charging Standards Will Help Pave the Way for EVs

Posted by Huw Muncer

In the electronics industry products are constantly evolving and presenting new challenges for design engineers, my customers. For instance, little did I expect when I began my career as a salesman more than 20 years ago that we’d be designing circuit protection devices for electric vehicles (EVs). Continue reading →

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October 6, 2011

The Black Swans of Circuit Protection

Posted by Genaro Maldonado

Reading Nicholas Taleb’s “The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable” (Random House 2007), the definition of a Black Swan caught my attention.

“…an event with the following three attributes. First it is an outlier, as it lies outside the realm of regular expectations, because nothing in the past can convincingly point to its possibility. Second, it carries an extreme impact. Third, in spite of its outliers status, human nature makes us concoct explanations for its occurrence after the fact, making it explainable and predictable.”
Could this description be relevant to circuit protection designs? I suggest that it can, based on these observations. Continue reading →

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September 16, 2011

Circuit Protection FAQ: Can I use a PolySwitch device for overtemperature control?

Posted by Around the Circuit Blog Team

Although primarily intended as an overcurrent protection device, the PolySwitch device can also be caused to trip by thermally linking it to a component or equipment that needs to be protected against overtemperature conditions – such as a motor. If the equipment temperature reaches the PolySwitch device’s switching temperature it will transition to its high impedance state, regardless of the current flowing through it. Continue reading →

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August 11, 2011

More on Smart Grid

Posted by Matt Williams

For those of you who are interested in learning more about the features and benefits of Smart Grids here is an interesting video from Engineering TV discussing some of the benefits of a Smart Grid monitoring system. The video features … Continue reading →

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August 2, 2011

Low-Voltage Direct Current (LVDC) Microgrids – Becoming a Reality

Posted by Matt Williams

To understand the distribution and delivery of DC (direct current) in microgrid applications, a useful analogy is to first think of how DC works at the printed circuit board (PCB) level. Direct current, although pico in nature, is distributed on the PCB in various voltages for different functions to power the components within the application. Now, imagine DC power distribution on a “higher” plane and you have the concept of DC distribution at the microgrid; either at the building or at room level, where it powers applications inside the premises. Continue reading →

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