• DocumentCode
    1533318
  • Title

    Protection against junction burnout by current limiting

  • Author

    Burger, J.R.

  • Author_Institution
    TRW Systems Group, Redondo Beach, CA, USA
  • Volume
    21
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    1974
  • Firstpage
    28
  • Lastpage
    30
  • Abstract
    Provides design curves which determine optimum resistor or inductor values for surge protection, provided that an upper bound on surge duration and circuit supply voltages are known. The resistor or inductor values are optimized in the sense that maximum theoretical energy transfers to semiconductor junctions are equated to predetermined burnout thresholds.
  • Keywords
    bipolar transistors; limiters; overcurrent protection; semiconductor diodes; burnout thresholds; circuit supply voltages; current limiting; junction burnout protection; surge duration; surge protection;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9499
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TNS.1974.6499272
  • Filename
    6499272
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1533318