EDN

Protecting Against Reverse Polarity

This application note is a continuation on Fairchild’s 2-part series note on protecting devices against reverse polarity. This part introduces the remaining five (5) methods or ways on reverse ...
EDN

Protecting against reverse polarity: Methods examined, Part 1

Editor’s note: Please see this Planet Analog blog, Protecting Against Reverse Polarity: “Which Method is Right for You?” for determining the best method for your particular design. This article ...
Electronics Weekly

1.5A ideal diode and reverse polarity protection in 2.1 x 1.25mm

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 ...
Electronic Design

Reverse-Polarity Protection in Automotive Design

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 ...
CIOL

Fairchild intros application specific reverse polarity switches

BANGALORE, INDIA: Inorder to protect both electronic devices and their users, Fairchild Semiconductor now offers a new line of low-power, application-specific, reverse polarity protection switches ...
Electronic Design

Device Protects Laser Diodes Against ESD And Reverse Bias

Described by its maker as the world's first of its kind, the LASORB component is described as an electrostatic-discharge (ESD) absorber that protects laser diodes, photodiodes and LEDs from single, ...