Lightning and NEMP Transient Protection with Metal Oxide Varistors
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After a brief review of varistor fundamentals, including a discussion of the infamous " speed of response " issue, the report describes several unconventional packaging implementations of varistor material (usually a flat disc between metallized electrodes), such as molded axial package, bulkhead connectors, coaxial mounting, reconstituted material, and varistor substrates with surface conduction between electrodes or bulk conduction to a ground plane.
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