Called DZDH0401DW, it is designed to work with a p-channel mosfet in the high-side rail in systems up to 40V. It might better be described as a ‘nearly ideal diode controller’ as it draws some current ...

A diode is a device that allows electric current to flow in only one direction, from its anode towards its cathode but not the other way around. There is plenty of online material explaining diode ...

Among passive electronic components, the fuse and diode are well known, well understood, widely used, and essential to many circuits and systems. Still, each has inherent shortcomings that make them ...

Diodes are an essential component in many systems, but using them for reverse-connection protection in automotive and other power applications has one weakness: Their forward voltage drop (which can ...

As the design engineer of Touchstone Semiconductor’s TS1001 – a 0.8V/0.6µA operational amplifier – I thought it a good idea to show some applications examples that may be less obvious and are really ...

Using a MOSFET as an ideal diode can provide robust and reliable safety protection for the emerging generation of autonomous appliances, as Shane Timmons explains. The growing popularity of cordless ...