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title: Wireless Network Base Station AC and DC Power Line Circuit Protection Application Note
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# Download!  Wireless Network Base Station AC and DC Power Line Circuit Protection Application Note

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This application note provides an overview of the need to protect wireless network base stations from lightening strikes and power faults.  Base Station power line protection devices help prevent servicedisruptions to customers, improve system reliability and lower maintenance costs.

Readers of this application note will learn how a combination of fuses and high power TVS Diodes installed in the AC power distribution box provide protection for power input lines and how these protective devices can reduce costly repair times, customer disturbances and service downtime should a power surge occur.

 

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