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Electronic component for limiting the inrush current

US11289244B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

EPCOS AG · DE

Inventors

Volker Wischnat · Hall in Tirol, AT
Alfred Hofrichter · Paris, FR
Franz Rinner · Wolfsberg, AT

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 18, 2017
Grant date	Mar 29, 2022
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 12, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH01C17/281
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An electronic component is disclosed. In an embodiment, an electronic component includes at least one NTC element and at least two electrically conductive contact elements, wherein the NTC element is electrically conductively connected to a respective contact element via a connection material, and wherein a coefficient of thermal expansion of the contact elements is adapted to a coefficient thermal expansion of the NTC element.

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