by Riedon | Apr 2, 2019 | Caddock, Resistors, vishay
What is a TO Package? The increase of power capabilities for transistor technology lead to the development of device packages capable of dissipating much greater amounts of heat. These specialized packages are referred to as transistor outline, or TO package. The...
by Riedon | Feb 1, 2017 | Caddock, Digikey, Resistors, vishay, Wirewound resistors
Bleed Resistors – Maintaining a Charge Bleed resistors are placed in parallel with a power supply’s load and are used to discharge the smoothing capacitors in linear AC-DC converters and also the reservoir capacitors utilized by DC-DC converters. These...
by Frida Hovsepian | Jul 13, 2016 | Caddock, Current Shunt, DC Ammeter Shunts, Digikey, Ohmite, Resistors, Ultronix, vishay, Wirewound resistors
Resistor Tables Standard Resistor Tables (Based on EIA Preferred Values)
by Riedon | May 10, 2016 | Caddock, Resistors, vishay
Bleeder Resistor Bleeder Resistors are used as a safety feature to discharge capacitors to safe voltage levels after power is removed. A bleed resistor may be either connected permanently for cost effectiveness and high reliability or switched across a capacitor for...
by Riedon | Apr 13, 2016 | Caddock, Current Shunt, DC Ammeter Shunts, Digikey, Ohmite, Resistors, vishay, Wirewound resistors
Power supplies are a major application for current sensing resistors. Space-saving surface-mount designs are especially popular in small supplies, miniature DC-to-DC converters, small battery charging circuits, switching power supplies, and uninteruptible power...
by Riedon | Jan 25, 2016 | Resistors, vishay
CHR and HVS chip resistors from Riedon deliver high resistance values and high temperature performance. The CHR series of non-magnetic chip resistor provides resistance values from 1 Ohm to 10MΩ with power ratings from 0.05W to 1.5W, depending on package size (from...
