This application note focuses on overcurrent protection based on operational amplifiers or current sensing, which can measure and amplify a current flowing into a shunt resistance, and …

Precise overcurrent relay usage asks for the knowledge of the short circuit current that can flow in each section of the power network. Since large-scale measurements and tests are typically …

Two common protective trip conditions in low-voltage AC drives (and similarly in DC drive systems) are overcurrent faults and motor overloads. This article explains what these terms …

} Overcurrent protection of conductors is a critical safety component to ensure an electric circuit will fail properly. Bypassing overcurrent protection is extremely dangerous to persons and …

Maximum fault current levels are used to ensure that interrupting devices have adequate capabilities and ratings to handle the full amount of fault current to which they may be exposed.

Abstract: Recently, an engineer asked for a solution to provide high-side monitoring of a 20A load with an accurate overcurrent detection threshold better than 5%.

Using a fuse is the most common overcurrent implementation, “after the fact”. Difficult to predict the precise over-current level at which the fuse will open; requires more margin to be built into …