Title :
Active Foldback Resistive Circuits
Author :
Rosenthal, Louis A.
Abstract :
A two-terminal circuit provides a low resistance until the current exceeds a designed level. At this point, it switches to a high resistance limiting the current. The circuit can be restored to its low resistance state only by returning the current to near zero.
Keywords :
Breakdown voltage; Brushless DC motors; Circuits; Diodes; Optical amplifiers; Optical control; Optical feedback; Optical pulse generation; Oscilloscopes; Pulse amplifiers;
Journal_Title :
Instrumentation and Measurement, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TIM.1978.4314691