The curent bpath within a typical fuse is through the
end caps or ferrules to a metallic fusible element the resistance of the
fusible element develop heat that cause a portion of the matalto malt
or disintegrate upon reaching the melting temperature of the metal. This
property is exploited to achieve accurate thermal activation of a fuse
in response to a particular level of over load current. In normal
operation, the temperature of the device remain relatively law and the
resistance of the device also remain low when on overload current flow
through the device the internal temperature of the fuse rises
sufficiently to cause the fuse to electrically open an alloy type
thermal fuse is widely used as a thermo protector for an electrical
appliance or a circuit element for example a semi conductor device a
capacitor or a resistor such an alloy type thermal fuse has a
configuration in which an alloy of a predetermined melting point is used
as a fuse element and the flux applied element is seated by an
insulator.
A time delay fuse is a type of fuse that designed to allow
temporary and harmless currents to pass there through without
triggering the fuse time delay fuses are typically used in circuit
subject to temporary transient such as motor starting currents.
Time
delay fuses often employ a fusible element and a spring loaded heat mass
a deposit of solder retains the heat mass from movement by the spring.
The dimension of fusible element is selected such that it melts quickly
under short circuit condition.
Solid state fuses are also known which
transistor and thyristors are placed in series with the load and
turnoff in response to a load fault condition.
fuse are commonly used
in automotive element system to protect circuits against damage caused
by overload condition fuse for various often grouped together at
clustered location where circuit junction exist in a fuse box power
distribution block or junction block many automotive vehicle are
equipped with a fuse junction box which service to hold a plurality of
fuses associated with the various electrically powered device of the
vehicle.
Fuse are commonly used in integrated circuits to provide
reblundancy programming capabilities such fuses can provide for
redundancy for the purpose of preventing education of yield of the semi
conductor device which may be caused by random defects generated in the
manufacturing process.
Fuse are typically used in the design of
monolithic integrated circuits (ic) and in particular in memory device
as element for altering the configuration of the circuitry conta1ined
there in to increase yield integrated circuit such as memory chips it is
common to include redundant memory cell on the chip if a memory circuit
is found to be defective or is not needed, the fuse May be blown
thereby activating or deactivating the redundant memory cells