Most overvoltage protection of AC power lines is cost driven and typically employs the bare minimum of protection strategies. But there are plenty of power designs that require solid protection to avoid costly warranty returns …
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Why You Should Upgrade Your AC Power Line Protection
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Power and Signal Line Magnetics: What’s the Right Part for My Design?
We’ve been there before, uncertain as to what makes one part work better than another, and whether the technology solution we are considering has the features needed for the task at hand. Sure, when you …
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The Power of Mentoring
The Big Brothers Big Sisters organization believes all youth have potential and that mentors provide the power to ignite and unlock that potential. That is why Bourns has supported the Big Brothers Big Sisters of …
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Trade-Offs in Flyback Transformers
How can you balance the trade-offs of size, efficiency and power loss when choosing a transformer in designs that demand the best of each? Flyback transformers, for instance, offer multiple outputs for efficiency and flexibility, …
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Make Way for Two New Power Inductors in DC Power Line Applications
At Bourns, we are committed to providing the advanced technologies and product solutions for the markets we serve. For example, next-generation DC power line applications are moving from 12 V to 24 V and 48 …
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Bourns Volunteers on Habitat for Humanity Project to Help the Homeless
Demonstrating our culture of giving back to the community, thirteen Bourns employees and their family members volunteered their time over two weekends in October on a very worthwhile Habitat for Humanity project in Riverside. The …
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A Difference Maker In Differential Applications
We live in a data-driven world, and finding the right circuit protection solution for equipment that gathers and transmits data and sensor information remains a challenge. A protection design must also take into consideration the …
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Upgrade Your Overvoltage Protection Performance with New Bourns® IsoMOV™ Protector
What would you think if we told you there is a new way to provide a substantial upgrade in terms of overvoltage protection performance and reliability without redesigning your PCB? It may seem like a …
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Overcoming a 5 V Input Limitation to Create a 2:1 12 V Power Rail
Push-pull DC-DC converters use a two-switch topology with very high efficiency and require a transformer to transfer power from primary to secondary in each switching cycle. Bourns® HCTSM8 Series transformers are qualified to be used …
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Speed and Reliability in Next-Generation GDT Technology
Gas Discharge Tubes (GDTs) have been around for more than a century due to their surge protection performance and dependability. What if you could combine the historical robustness, reliability, and long life of GDTs with …