Polarity Protection for Sensitive Automotive Electronics - Three common solutions and its benefits and drawbacks

Automotive electronic circuits must be protected against reverse polarity. Such events may occur e. g. during service time or jump-starts of the vehicle. For this purpose, hardware designers must take appropriate measures to keep automotive electronics unharmed after a reverse polarity event. Diotec offers a wide range of AEC-Q101 qualified parts to avoid negative current flow. Application Note describes three of the most common solutions for reverse polarity protection, including benefits and drawbacks as well as recommended components.

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The Best thick-film chip Thermistor for Power module & Automotive application

Tateyama released a wide range of thick-film chip Thermistor with operation temperature up to 200°C. Compare to other current market solution of multilayer structure chip thermistor, Tateyama has over 20 years of experience with technology & know-how in supporting ultra-high reliability projects worldwide and their design is offering a higher mechanical strength and outstanding reliability due to thermistor film and glass-coated structure on alumina substrate. This product is highly suitable for temperature sensing application requiring high operation temperature, superior thermal responsiveness together with high resistance to thermal shock, also its high mechanical strength ensuring a long working life cycle under vibration test. Tateyama’s thermistor target application are: Temp. sensing inside High Power IGBT module ; Temp. sensing application for Automotive (AEC-Q200 compliant & IATF16949 certified) ; Any other temp. sensing application required a high thermal & mechanical reliability.

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Littelfuse SB5000 series :The best ground-fault circuit interrupter (GFCI) for food and beverage processing / commercial kitchen

The Littelfuse SB5000 series of ground-fault circuit interrupter (GFCI) products are compact personnel protection devices that prevent electrical shock. It is a Class A device that meets the new NEC 210.8(B) now for three-phase loads up to 60 A. It is also designed to meet the requirements for special-purpose Class C and Class D GFCIs defined by UL 943C for industrial facilities. The GFCI Class A, C, D and EGFPD options come in one series to simplify planning and operator familiarity for multiple applications and/or requirements.

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NEW Application Note: How to Prolong Battery Lifetime

One way to make the battery system efficient is minimizing the energy usage while the system is runing or is in standby-mode. This can be realized by limiting the current drawn by the system from the battery. Thanks to Diotec's new LDO Voltage regulators LDI8119EN and LDI8233EN with Enable-function it is possible to switch-off the system, thus the input current will be limited usually up to 1.0 µA. This simple solution will boost the efficiency of the battery system and prolong battery life. Due to the shutdown current of 0.4 µA - 1.0 µA the LDI8119EN and LDI8233EN are suitable in all battery management applications.

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Application examples of Neosid RFID tags on tool's checking & management

With NeoTAG®, NEOSID redefines reliable RFID technology. Here, an extremely compact design meets maximum range: the surprisingly small NeoTAG® transponders withstand the most adverse conditions and have a remarkable reading range – even from within metallic environments.Here you can see our RFID TAG´s in their applications of tools management with the following links:

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Neosid 3D antennas for electromagnetic 6DoF tracking systems

Neosid released New isotropic 3D antennas for electromagnetic tracking systems. This new antenna range offers especially developed components, among others for the use in magnetic tracking systems. They are used in devices for different industries like gaming, logistics, maintenance and medicine. These antennas result from a combination of our expertise in the development and manufacturing of customized ferrites by injection molding as well as of electronic components.

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