Over on YouTube [Lockdown Electronics] reviews an old bit of kit known as the Silicon Controlled Rectifier (SCR). Invented in the 1950s the SCR is a type of thyristor and they were popular back in ...

State-of-the-art welding machines aren’t cheap, and for good reason: pushing around that much current in a controlled way and doing it over an entire workday takes some heavy-duty parts. There are ...

Crowbar circuits have long been the go-to safeguard against overvoltage conditions, prized for their simplicity and ...

As electronic sub-systems play a significant role in the reliable and safe operation of the overall product, adding an overvoltage protection (OVP) circuit around the DC/DC step-down regulator may be ...

Electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection remains a critical facet in the design and fabrication of CMOS integrated circuits. With the continuing downscaling of device dimensions and the increasing ...