In electrical engineering, overvoltage is the raising of voltage beyond the design limit of a circuit or circuit element. The conditions may be hazardous...

characteristic of a TVS requires that it respond to overvoltages faster than other common overvoltage protection components such as varistors or gas discharge...

The subcycle overvoltage condition describes the electrical generation fault mode that is associated with the inverter-based resources (IBR, like solar...

in an electrical circuit. Fast, short duration electrical transients (overvoltages) in the electric potential of a circuit are typically caused by Lightning...

for protection from power surges and electrostatic discharge. Various overvoltage protection devices may be employed to make lines more resistant to high...

Relay 59 - Overvoltage Relay 59B - Bank Phase Overvoltage 59N - Neutral Overvoltage 59NU - Neutral Voltage Unbalance 59P - Phase Overvoltage 59X - Auxiliary...

provide detection of abnormal operating conditions such as over-current, overvoltage, reverse power flow, over-frequency, and under-frequency. Microprocessor-based...

To make defective units obvious, glass units are designed so that an overvoltage causes a puncture arc through the glass instead of a flashover. The glass...

voltage electric power transmission systems from damage during flashover. Overvoltages on transmission lines, due to atmospheric electricity, lightning strikes...

circuit must be protected from overvoltage and there are failure modes in the power supply that can produce such overvoltages, the circuit may be protected...

correcting common utility power problems: Voltage spike or sustained overvoltage Momentary or sustained reduction in input voltage Voltage sag Noise,...

A crowbar circuit is an electrical circuit used for preventing an overvoltage or surge condition of an AC power supply unit from damaging the circuits...

electronic component designed to protect electronic circuits against overvoltage. Unlike a transient voltage suppression diodes, such as Transil, a Trisil...

in the 787 are made by Yuasa. On January 20, the NTSB declared that overvoltage was not the cause of the Boston incident, as voltage did not exceed the...

contact life, rapid recovery of voltage withstand rating, and control of overvoltage due to current chopping. An external operating mechanism drives the moving...

stabilized power supplies. They are also used to protect circuits from overvoltage, especially electrostatic discharge. The device is named after American...

diodes are like silicon controlled rectifiers (SCRs) which trigger from overvoltage then clamp like Darlington transistors for lower voltage drop over a...

protect a unit (e. g., a series capacitor in a transmission line) against overvoltage, an arc-inducing device, so called spark gap, is connected in parallel...

densities in the electrolyte despite its inherent electrical resistance. The overvoltage and consequent resistive heating also provides additional heat, helping...

clamping device, suppressing all overvoltages above its breakdown voltage. It automatically resets when the overvoltage goes away, but absorbs much more...

predefined limits. Voltage protection circuits protect circuitry from either overvoltage or undervoltage; either of these situations can have detrimental effects...

Acquisition of ASP Specialists in overvoltage protection 2014 Majority stake in Cirprotec Specialists in lightning and overvoltage protection (SPD) 2011 Acquisition...

family of I–V curves for a MOSFET as a function of drain voltage with overvoltage (VGS − Vth) as a parameter. The simplest I–V curve is that of a resistor...

and most private branch exchanges. Excluded from the CPE category are overvoltage protection equipment and pay telephones. Other types of materials that...

protect against electrical overload, overcharging, and may protect against overvoltage. This prevents conditions that reduce battery performance or lifespan...

are designed to tolerate large surge currents for the suppression of overvoltage transients. In many applications this function is now served by metal...

modifying frequency responses, causing overload power in transmitters and overvoltages on power lines. However, the reflection phenomenon can be useful in such...

UPS units to restore power to the ATMC, they triggered an inadvertent overvoltage, which damaged equipment in the center. Service was partially restored...

voltage than what the source will actually deliver. This may result in an overvoltage on the VBUS pin. Also due to the fine pitch of the USB-C receptacle,...

optimisation due to the reduced losses in the motor. [citation needed] Overvoltage refers to voltage higher than the voltage at which equipment is designed...