Hot-Swap and Power Switching

Hot-swap devices prevent failures by managing the inrush current during live insertion and removal of line cards in rack-mounted equipment. Maxim's hot-swap solutions are compact and provide high reliability and ease of design. Application Note 3507: IEEE 802.3af-Compliant Single-Port, Power-Sourcing-Equipment Application Industry's First, Quad PSE Controller Enables High-Power (PoE+) and IEEE 802.3af Applications See All PoE Products
Parametric Tree/Search	MAX5945: Quad Network Power Controller with AC and DC Disconnect +60V Simple Swapper Hot-Swap Switch
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Application Notes
Application Note 3507: IEEE 802.3af-Compliant Single-Port, Power-Sourcing-Equipment Application Application Note 3430: A Triple-Output ±5% Regulated High Efficiency POE (Power over Ethernet) Supply Application Note 3363: New Ethernet Systems Distribute DC Power with Data Application Note 2378: Handy Circuit Gives Systems Flexible Fault Protection
New Product Announcements
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