Components: Power Components Come In Discrete TO-220AB Packages

Dec. 16, 2004

The CRN series power rectifiers offer greater flexibility due to their availability in both isolated and non-isolated TO-220AB packages. The rectifiers are rated for currents of 15, 20, and 25 A at voltage ratings up to 1200 V peak. They provide full-cycle nonrepetitive surge peak on-state current ratings (I_fsm) ranging from 225 to 350 A. They join new product families from the company, such as the CHT series of triac-alternators, the CT series of triacs and triac-alternators, and the CYN series of silicon-controlled rectifiers (SCRs), all in the same package form. Starting price for the CRM rectifiers is $0.50 each in quantities of 10,000 units.

Crydom Corp.www.crydom; (877) 502-5500

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Roger Allan

Roger Allan is an electronics journalism veteran, and served as Electronic Design's Executive Editor for 15 of those years. He has covered just about every technology beat from semiconductors, components, packaging and power devices, to communications, test and measurement, automotive electronics, robotics, medical electronics, military electronics, robotics, and industrial electronics. His specialties include MEMS and nanoelectronics technologies. He is a contributor to the McGraw Hill Annual Encyclopedia of Science and Technology. He is also a Life Senior Member of the IEEE and holds a BSEE from New York University's School of Engineering and Science. Roger has worked for major electronics magazines besides Electronic Design, including the IEEE Spectrum, Electronics, EDN, Electronic Products, and the British New Scientist. He also has working experience in the electronics industry as a design engineer in filters, power supplies and control systems.

After his retirement from Electronic Design Magazine, He has been extensively contributing articles for Penton’s Electronic Design, Power Electronics Technology, Energy Efficiency and Technology (EE&T) and Microwaves RF Magazine, covering all of the aforementioned electronics segments as well as energy efficiency, harvesting and related technologies. He has also contributed articles to other electronics technology magazines worldwide.

He is a “jack of all trades and a master in leading-edge technologies” like MEMS, nanolectronics, autonomous vehicles, artificial intelligence, military electronics, biometrics, implantable medical devices, and energy harvesting and related technologies.