Testing for failure with a multimeter is only partially effective, whereas a dedicated optocoupler testing circuit provides clear results in just seconds. For related tutorials and step-by-step build ...

This white paper discusses the use of Avago’s Optocouplers in building industrial systems. It also discusses a brief background about optocouplers, its construction and operation. Furthermore, this ...

Hybrid-electric vehicles must operate reliably under harsh conditions that demand special qualities on the part of power-conditioning electronics. Consider the electrical system for a hybrid-electric ...

Dusseldorf, Germany: When a fault (short circuit) occurs in an IGBT connected to a optocoupler, the collector-emitter voltage of the IGBT rises and may damage the device. To that end, Renesas ...

Circuit designers are very familiar with optocouplers, also called optoisolators (and sometimes called optorelays, if configured for on/off mode). They contain a photon-emitting LED with a ...