Bourns Award-Winning IsoMOV™ Protector

     The Bourns IsoMOV™ protector line is one of the most revolutionary technological breakthroughs in overvoltage protection in decades. Applications include electric vehicle charging systems, industrial power supplies, power line communications, high-speed information and communication technology (ICT) equipment, and a variety of harsh environment, remote and outdoor exposure applications where maintenance is difficult and costly.

     Featuring a fully integrated GDT and MOV hybrid design, Bourns IsoMOV™ protectors provide a market-leading protection solution that addresses MOV failures while dramatically improving surge performance, lifetime and equipment reliability. With IsoMOV™ protectors, product designers can customize or upgrade surge protection to their needs without compromising performance, size, cost, or redesigning. IsoMOV™ protectors free designers from the larger, less-performing and often more expensive surge protection designs of the past. Bourns is an innovative developer in device and package design, continually working to find solutions to complex technical problems for customers

     Simon Meadmore, VP Product and Supplier Management, Farnell and element14 said: “We are delighted to be able to offer Bourns IsoMOV™ protectors to our customers. On behalf of element14, I would also like to congratulate the IsoMOV™ protector development team on winning an electronic assembly Passive Component of the Year Award. With Bourns IsoMOV™ protectors, design engineers can now select the appropriate level of surge protection for their application designs without compromising performance, size, cost, or Redesign."

     Craig Shipley, Vice President/General Manager, Circuit Protection at Bourns said, "Thank you to all the teams that made the IsoMOV™ protector, which successfully solved the complex circuit protection problem for designers. This efficient The design provides designers with a more space-efficient, higher-performance, and lower-cost option to get the protection they need without making any compromises.”

     Craig Shipley added: "We are delighted to have won the Product of the Year award, which will give us even more ambition to deliver outstanding value to our customers and further drive their current and future application development."

     Bourns, Inc. is a leading manufacturer and supplier of position and speed sensors, circuit protection solutions, magnetic components, microelectronic modules, panel controls and resistive products. Headquartered in California, USA, Bourns' products are widely used in automotive, industrial, consumer, communications, non-critical life support medical (low/medium risk), audio and video markets.