Description

The RF800 is an electronic component model belonging to the IC Chips product category. It is part of the PolySwitch™ Resettable Device Short Form Catalog, featuring resettable devices that offer reduced warranty and service costs, increased reliability, superior shock and vibration withstand, and a wide variety of applications.

Specifications and features

The RF800 is remotely resettable, testable, and solid-state. It comes with a variety of form factors, and low resistance devices are also available. It is designed to provide trace protection for medium motors and actuators, powered outputs, electronic control modules, telematics, lithium cells and battery packs, rechargeable battery packs, computer and peripheral devices, loudspeakers, satellite video receivers, telecommunications, networking and industrial applications including MOSFET device protection, motors, fans, and blowers, POS equipment, process and industrial controls, security and fire alarm systems, test and measurement equipment, transformers, and power supplies.

Application Scenarios

The RF800 is used in a variety of applications including automotive, battery protection, computers and peripherals, consumer, telecommunications and networking, and industrial devices. In automotive applications, it is used for actuators, medium motors, electronic control modules, trace protection, and telematics. In battery protection, it protects lithium cells and battery packs, rechargeable battery packs, and chargers. For computer and peripheral devices, it is used for DDC.2 computer video ports, hard disk drives/storage devices, IEEE 1394 ports, mouse and keyboard ports, USB (Universal Serial Bus) ports, PC (PCMCIA) cards and sockets, and SCSI. In consumer applications, it is utilized for loudspeakers and satellite video receivers. In telecommunications and networking, it provides protection for central office equipment, customer premise equipment, primary protection, network interface devices (NIDs), xDSL modems and ISDN equipment, WAN, LAN, T1/E1 equipment, cable power passing taps, UL 60950, Telcordia GR-1089, GR-974 compliant equipment, equipment compliant with ITU-T K.20, K.21, .45 resistibility recommendations, and distributed power supplies. It is also used in industrial applications such as MOSFET device protection, motors, fans, and blowers, POS equipment, process and industrial controls, security and fire alarm systems, test and measurement equipment, transformers, and power supplies.

Comparison

• Offers reduced warranty and service costs
• Increases reliability
• Provides superior shock and vibration withstand
• Comes in a variety of form factors with low resistance devices also available
• Can be used in a wide variety of applications including automotive, battery protection, computers and peripherals, consumer, telecommunications and networking, and industrial devices

• No significant disadvantages found