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History
Composition, properties, and operation of the metal-oxide varistor
Overview
Comparison to other transient suppressors
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Overview
- Surge protecting Surge protector
- Electronic component
- Electrical resistance
- Nonlinear Nonlinear system
- Ohmic Ohm's law
- Current–voltage characteristic
- Diode
- Rectifiers Rectifier
- Antiparallel Antiparallel (electronics)
- Ceramic
- Circuits Electrical network
- Voltages Voltage
- Shunt Shunt (electrical)
- Portmanteau
- Variable resistors Resistor
- Potentiometer
- Rheostat
History
- Cuprous oxide
- Carrier current systems Carrier system
- Western Electric
- Diac
- Western Electric type 500 telephone set Model 500 telephone
- Silicon carbide
- Zinc oxide
- Zener diodes Zener diode
Composition, properties, and operation of the metal-oxide varistor
- Thermionic emission
- Electron tunneling
- Lightning
- Thermal runaway
- Transients Transient (oscillation)
- Joules Joule
- Current Electric current
- Parameters Parameter
Applications
Hazards
- National Fire Protection Association
- Transient voltage surge suppressors Transient voltage surge suppressor
Limitations
- Surge suppressor
- Inrush current
- Overcurrent
- Voltage sags Voltage sag
- Brownouts Brownout (electricity)
Comparison to other transient suppressors
- Transient-voltage-suppression diode
- Spark gap
- Inert gas
- Radioactive
- Ni-63
- Breakdown Avalanche breakdown
Multi-layer varistor
- Electrostatic discharge
- Electronic circuits Electronic circuit
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Important terminology
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Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples
Extracted RDF-like relationships with confidence and source. The table includes structured facts and lower-confidence contextual relations.| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Varistor | is a | portmanteau of varying resistor | 0.90 | text |
| Varistor | is a | metal-oxide varistor | 0.90 | text |
| 8/20 microseconds or 10/1000 microseconds | instance of | Energy rating is often defined using standardized transients | 0.80 | text |
| where 8 microseconds is the transient's front time | instance of | Energy rating is often defined using standardized transients | 0.80 | text |
| 20 microseconds is the time to half value.CapacitanceTypical capacitance for consumer-sized | instance of | Energy rating is often defined using standardized transients | 0.80 | text |
| the inductance of component leads | instance of | but will be slowed down by other factors | 0.80 | text |
| the mounting method | instance of | but will be slowed down by other factors | 0.80 | text |
| 20 microseconds is the time to half value | instance of | Energy rating is often defined using standardized transients | 0.80 | text |
| a UPS | instance of | either inside the equipment itself or externally by means | 0.80 | text |
| a voltage regulator or a surge protector with built-in overvoltage protection | instance of | either inside the equipment itself or externally by means | 0.80 | text |
| Ni-63 | instance of | a small amount of radioactive material | 0.80 | text |
| to provide a more consistent breakdown voltage | instance of | a small amount of radioactive material | 0.80 | text |
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