With all the new, innovative types of components we see, it's interesting to note which “new” devices we routinely use are really updated versions of classics from the early days of electrical design.

Raychem Circuit Protection has added Gas Discharge Tubes (GDTs) to its circuit protection family. The GDTs are targeted for telecom equipment and surge protection modules, as well as industrial, ...

Why a gas-discharge tube is an important component for overvoltage protection. The history of spark gaps—predecessors to GDTs—includes a role in famous movies. How a new, compact, surface-mount GDT ...

Gas discharge tubes (GDTs) have evolved to a level of providing very reliable and effective surge protection in telecommunications systems and equipment, safeguarding against lightning and power-fault ...