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Join us at the APEC 2012 Conference and Exhibition in Orlando, Florida
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
Posted in Automotive, Blog News, Communications, Industrial/Appliance Also tagged APEC, circuit protection, power electronics, power protection
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ESD Design Considerations for Mobile Device Applications
In the 1970’s, rubbing your feet across the green shag carpet to generate a static charge in order to torture your siblings was fun and would do no damage to the low-tech, large, and robust electronic components of the time. Today, portable devices designed for the increasingly busy, yet very well connected, mobile user has led to the integration of more and more inputs and outputs on our favorite gadgets. Higher current densities, smaller silicon, and limited space available for chip protection all tend to increase the sensitivity of electronic components to transient electrical overstress events such as ESD (electrostatic discharge). Reducing the impact of these transients helps prevent data corruption when devices are talking to each other and improves overall reliability. Continue reading
Posted in Blog News, Communications, Multimedia, Portable Electronics Also tagged circuit protection, electro static discharge, ESD, ESD protection, esd pulse, IEC61000-4-2
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Paul O’Shea Discusses Circuit Protection With Our Own Robert Cid at Smart Grid Forum 2011
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
Posted in Blog News, Communications, Industrial/Appliance, Multimedia Also tagged circuit protection, electronic products, Smart Grid
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Check Out My Article in EE Times
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
Posted in Blog News, Industrial/Appliance Also tagged circuit protection, high brightness LED, LED, led protection, LEDs
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New Course Available on Circuit Protection University
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
Charging Standards Will Help Pave the Way for EVs
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
Posted in Automotive, Blog News, Industrial/Appliance Also tagged circuit protection, electric vehicle charging standard, EV, EV charger, overcurrent, overvoltage, thermal protection
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Are Home Theater PCs Finally Ready for Prime Time?
Technology aficionados like me have always been drawn to the latest and greatest gadgets and gizmos because it gives us something to tinker with – and using a home theater PC, or HTPC, to watch TV from the computer is no exception. HTPCs may satisfy a hobbyist’s desire to experiment, but it mostly remains a niche interest for a few technology buffs. There are some key reasons why HTPCs been slow to enter the mainstream; namely, complexity of setup and maintenance, high power consumption, high cost, and lack of access to the same TV channels available by using a set-top box. Continue reading
Posted in Blog News, Multimedia Also tagged circuit protection, ESD, ESD protection, HDTV, home theatre pc, HTCP
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The Black Swans of Circuit Protection
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
TE Circuit Protection at CEATEC 2011
CEATEC is one of the largest IT and electronics trade shows in Japan where hundreds of leading innovative companies gather to showcase their latest product and technology offerings. This year TE Connectivity will be showcasing the TE Copter which is a human powered helicopter capable of hovering about 10 feet in the air The TE Copter was built using nearly 100 different TE Connectivity products including some of our own circuit protection devices. By empowering the human body to lift above the melee the TE Copter symbolizes the strength of the Japanese people persevering though the Tsunami disaster. CEATEC 2011 will be held from October 4th – 8th at Makuhari Messe in Tokyo, Japan. You can find us at booth No. 8G86 in hall 8. Continue reading
Posted in Blog News Also tagged CEATEC, circuit protection, overcurrent, overvoltage, TE Connectivity, Tyco Electronics
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TE Circuit Protection at Darnell’s Power Forum
It’s time for Darnell’s Power Forum. Every year the Darnell Group hosts this industry event where engineers and technologist alike gather to discuss the advancement of power technologies. This year’s theme is “Digital Power Technology, Innovations for the Smart Grid … Continue reading
Posted in Blog News Also tagged circuit protection, Darnelll Power Forum, DPF, dpf 2011, MHP, overcurrent
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