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Jim Colby	Write for Electronic Design
Jim Colby has a BSEE from Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Ill., and an MBA from the Keller Graduate School of Management. He has been with Littlefuse Inc. for almost 10 years and in the industry for 18 years. Email address: jcolby@littlefuse.com
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January 31, 2008 [EEPN In Electronic Design]
Weigh All The Costs Before Choosing Your Circuit Protection
Design engineers often give circuit protection only cursory attention. Fuses, diodes, and varistors are so well known that designers select them with little thought as to the nature of the overvoltage and overcurrent threats and the true value of circuit protection to their application. But designers should consider the costs of suboptimal device selection, many of which go far beyond protecting just the design. Circuit-protection devices fulfill two primary...