Milpitas, Calif. — Linear Technology Corp. has introduced the LTC4218 Hot Swap controller for protecting boards with load supply voltages ranging from 2.9 V to 26.5 V. The LTC4218 enables safe board ...
It has long been known that the simple combination of a depletion-mode MOSFET (and before these were available, a JFET) and a resistor made a simple, serviceable current source such as that seen on ...