When powering a battery operated circuit, the experimenter must make a decision: either take his chances (Murphy loves this one), or opt to add protection in the form of a simple series diode.
Milpitas, Calif. – Intersil Corporation's Endura ISL6614 is a two-channel synchronous-buck MOSFET driver IC designed with advanced protection features for high-current DC/DC converters in datacom, ...
Nexperia has put an ideal diode, including its p-channel mosfet, and reverse polarity protection, in a 2.1 x 1.25 x 0.95mm TSSOP6 package. Called NID5100, it is aimed at industrial and consumer ...
PLANO, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Diodes Incorporated (Nasdaq: DIOD) has introduced the DGD0579U high-side and low-side gate driver. This high-frequency device, which has a built-in bootstrap diode, is ...
PLANO, Texas, July 23, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Diodes Incorporated (Nasdaq: DIOD) today introduces the AP74502Q and AP74502HQ automotive-compliant* 80V ideal diode controllers, providing robust and ...
As they took him away, Clyde realized that leaving out that protection FET to save $0.35 had been a poor design decision. (Courtesy of Autoevolution) Electronics and automobiles have a long history ...
Alpha and Omega Semiconductor has announced USB Type-C Power Delivery sink protection switches using ideal diodes for reverse current protection. There are two: AOZ13984DI-02 and AOZ13987DI-02, both ...
Among passive electronic components, the fuse and diode are well known, well understood, widely used, and essential to many circuits and systems. Still, each has inherent shortcomings that make them ...