Analyzing surge-protective devices within a common framework
Abstract
The protective voltage level provided by suppressor devices of various technologies can be approximated as a function of current by a two-term equation. The parameters of this equation are related to figure-of-merit measures often used to compare nonlinear devices. The parameter values estimated for some examples give an indication of relative device effectiveness, but other application considerations also affect choice of an optimum component.
- Publication:
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FAA-Florida Inst. of Technol. Workshop on Grounding and Lightning Technol.
- Pub Date:
- March 1979
- Bibcode:
- 1979fit..rept...63W
- Keywords:
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- Circuit Protection;
- Electric Potential;
- Suppressors;
- Surges;
- Electronic Equipment;
- Equations;
- Figure Of Merit;
- Independent Variables;
- Electronics and Electrical Engineering