Designed specifically for Power over Ethernet (PoE) applications, NXP’s latest NextPower Live MOSFET family provides twice the level of inrush current capability of existing MOSFETs. Designed ...

Although electromechanical relays have historically been the primary load switch in most applications, MOSFETs have been encroaching on the relay's territory in recent years as technology advances ...

Mission critical servers and communications equipment must continue to operate, even as circuit boards and cards are plugged-in or pulled-out for maintenance and capacity adjustment. Hot swap ...

In the development of different technologies, many engineers encounter and have to deal with inrush currents to their devices. The reality of inrush current and the meaning of an I2t measurement will ...

Using power switches can be complex or even confusing for most electronic designers, especially for those who are not power management experts. In a broad range of applications such as portable ...

The MOSFETs in these packages are intended for e-mobility and industrial applications that require high current capabilities and efficient thermal performance Alpha and Omega Semiconductor (AOS) has ...

Inrush currents associated with motor starting and transformer energizing can cause interaction problems with other loads in a facility or on the power system. These inrush currents can cause sags ...

While consuming less electricity than their older, less efficient counterparts, high-efficiency motors are much more likely to trip their respective circuit protectors when they start. Initial ...

Rohm has designed a mosfet for high-current 48V hotswap controllers in data centres. RY7P250BM is a 100V device nominally rated at 300A and comes in an 8 x 8mm DFN8080 package. “In hot-swap circuits ...

"Instantaneous peak Inrush current is a momentary current transient that occurs immediately (within half an AC cycle) after contact closure. Locked rotor current is the root-mean-square (RMS) current ...