Circuit breaker provides overcurrent and precise overvoltage protection

Focus:

Economical circuit-breaker circuit precisely protects against overvoltage and overcurrent conditions, but draws minimal current when in the untripped state.

What you’ll learn:

• How to build a circuit breaker that guards against overcurrent and overvoltage conditions
• How to build a circuit breaker that consumes minimal current in the untripped state
• How to protect against faulty loads and alternator load-dump transients in automotive applications

Notes:

An EDN Design Idea

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Author & Publication:

Anthony H Smith, Scitech, Bedfordshire, England; Edited by Brad Thompson and Fran Granville, EDN, Jun 07 2007

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