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About glent

Glen Taylor is the owner of eWerks Inc. (www.ewerksinc.com) for over 25 years he has been involved in the design and manufacture of industrial electronics. Glen holds a Master of Science degree (with distinction) in Electronic Product Development from the University of Bolton in the UK, a CID certification in circuit board design from IPC Designers Council, and is an authorized Microchip Design Partner. He is also a senior member of IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers and ISA - International Society for Automation. In his spare time he is a licensed PADI open water SCUBA instructor.

Intro to Pulse Circuits – Biased Shunt Clippers

Posted on January 3, 2012 by glent

Welcome back to my workbench, The Big Idea – Using Shunt Clippers to Protect Circuits Biased Shunt clippers are a simple way to protect inputs from excessive positive or reverse voltage. Drill Down: From our previous discussion, we know that … Continue reading →

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Intro to Pulse Circuits – Protecting Discrete Transistors with a Shunt Clipper.

Posted on December 13, 2011 by glent

Welcome back to my workbench, The Big Idea – Using Shunt Clippers to Protect Transistor Input Circuits Shunt clippers are a simple way to protect transistor inputs from excessive reverse voltage. Drill Down: Most general purpose transistors will not survive … Continue reading →

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