James Choosing a TVS from a catalog means navigating power classes, voltage families and packages before the datasheet is even opened. Good-Ark’s TVS portfolio spans axial and surface-mount series from the small-signal protection end to the high-energy DO-201 and SMC classes, and the search starts with the rail voltage and the surge energy, not with a … Read more
A part search for “GS” returns silicon MOSFETs and SiC Schottky diodes with the same prefix, and the engineer who does not read the full part number can design a three-terminal transistor where a two-terminal diode belongs. Good-Ark’s silicon-carbide portfolio is two families with one naming trap: GS-series SiC Schottky diodes for rectification and freewheeling, … Read more
An automotive program does not buy a diode; it buys a part with qualification evidence, a mission-profile fit and a traceable supply chain. Good-Ark’s automotive discrete portfolio spans rectifiers, Schottky diodes, TVS and protection parts, MOSFETs and wide-bandgap devices organized by function, so a design team can start from the electrical role and find the … Read more
Cross-referencing a legacy diode or MOSFET to a Good-Ark part is a parameter-window exercise, not a prefix match: the equivalent must fit the voltage, current, thermal, surge and package requirements of the application, and the datasheet is the only evidence that matters. This guide explains how to run a Good-Ark cross reference, which parameters to … Read more
The datasheet that decides a design must be the right revision from the right source, because an old or aggregated copy can carry parameters the current part no longer guarantees. For Good-Ark parts, the official datasheet comes from the product page and the company’s document resources, and verifying it means checking the revision, the part … Read more
The 24 V rail in an industrial cabinet and the 24 V rail in a truck look alike on a label and behave very differently under transients. The industrial rail carries switching spikes from contactors and motor drives; the truck rail adds load dump, cranking dips and the harsh pulses of commercial vehicles defined by … Read more
An engineer searching for “Schottky rectifier” faces a catalog problem, not a physics problem: the same technology appears in SOD-123 packages for signal clamping and in TO-220 dual-die parts for 20 A outputs, and the datasheet that fits one application is useless for the other. Good-Ark organizes its Schottky products by current class and function … Read more
A buyer replacing a failed bridge in a motor drive and an engineer selecting the input bridge for a 65 W adapter are looking at the same product family page and need different answers: the drive needs a three-phase module rated for industrial surges, and the adapter needs a compact single-phase bridge that survives capacitor … Read more
The difference between a smooth prototype and a two-week delay is often not the part — it is the buying path. A sample request without the application details, a quote without the volume tier, or a distributor claim without verification can each stall a design that the component itself would have supported. This guide explains … Read more
Your SMT line costs the same whether it places one component or four, but the board underneath does not: a bridge module concentrates heat in one footprint, while four discrete diodes spread it across the layout, and the qualification trail follows the same split. Engineers who choose by electrical equivalence alone discover the difference at … Read more