A

TECHNICAL SEMINAR
ON
“POLYFUSES”
Submitted in particular of the requirements for the award of the Degree of

BACHELOR OF TECHNOLOGY
IN
ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING
By

B.SHIREESHA 17D35A0405

Under the supervision of

Dr.G. MALLESHM
Associate Professor

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION

ENGINEERING

INDUR INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY

(Affiliated to JNTUH, Approved by AICTE)

PONNALA (V), SIDDIPET (M), SIDDIPET (DIST), Pin-502103

2019-2020
 INDUR INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY

(Affiliated to JNTUH, Approved by AICTE)

CERTIFICATE

Certificate that dissertation entitle

“POLYFUSES”

SUBMITTED BY

B. SHIREESHA 17D35A0405

This is to certify that Seminar Topic entitled “POLYFUSES” is being submitted,

INDUR INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY

For partial fulfilment of the requirement for the award of BACHELOR OF

TECHNOLOGY in ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING to the
Jawaharlal Nehru Techonological Unversity Hyderabad is record of bonafide work carried out
by her them during the academic year 2019.

SUPERVISOR HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT

Dr.G. MALLESHAM Mrs.P. RENUKA
(Associate Professor) (Sr.Assistant Professor)
 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

The satisfaction that accompanies the successful completion of any task would
be incomplete without the mentioning of the people who made it possible and whose
encouragement and guidance has been a source of inspiration throughout the course of the
project.

It is my privilege and pleasure to express my profound of gratitude and indebtedness

to my project guide Dr. G. MALLESHAM Associate professor of Electronics and
communication Engineering Department, Indur Institute of Engineering and Technology, for
His Guidance, Cogent Discussion, Constructive criticisms and encouragement throughout this
dissertation work.

I take the opportunity to offer my humble thanks to Mrs. K. KIRANMAI, Assistant

professor of Electronics and communication engineering department, indur institute of
engineering and technology for his encouragement and constant help

I take the opportunity to offer my humble thanks to Mrs. P. RENUKA, Sr. Assistant
professor and HOD of Electronics and communication Engineering Department, Indur
institute of engineering and technology, for her encouragement and constant help.

I also thank proffesor Dr. V P RAJU, Principal, Indur Institute of Engineering and
technology, for his support in this Endeavour.

In addition, I would like to thank all the Faculty members and Lab Staff Department of
Electronics and Communication Engineering, Management, who provided us with good lab
facilities and helping us in carrying out the project successfully.

STUDENT NAME ROLL NO

B. SHIREESHA 17D35A0405

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 ABSTRACT
A fuse is a one time over current protection device employing fusible link that melts
after the current exceeds a certain level for a certain length of time. Typically, a wire or
chemical compound breaks the circuit when the current exceeds the rated value. Like
traditional fuses, polyfuse limit the flow of dangerously high current during fault condition.
Unlike traditional fuses, it reset after the fault is cleared and the power to the circuit is
removed. It is the main advantage of polyfuse over other circuit protection devices.

Polyfuse is a new standard for circuit protection. They provide both over current
protection and automatic restoration. It is resettable. Technically, Polyfuses are not fuses but
polymeric positive temperature coefficient thermistors (PPTC). Re-settable fuses provide over
current protection and automatic restoration.

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 INDEX
CONTENTS PAGE NO
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT i

ABSTRACT ii

INDEX iii

LIST OF FIGURES v

CHAPTER 1 1

INTRODUCTION 1

CHAPTER 2
PRINCIPLE & CONSTRUCTION 3

2.1 Princilple of operation 3

2.2 construction 4

CHAPTER 3
OPERATING PARAMETER 6

CHAPTER 4
DESIGN CONSIDERATION FOR PPTC DEVICE 7

4.1 Hold and trip current 7

4.2 Effect on ambient performance of device performance 8

4.3 Time to trip 9

4.4 Design criteria 9

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CHAPTER 5
DIFFERENT TYPES OF POLYFUSES 11

5.1 Surface mount resettable fuse 11

5.2 Radial leaded resettable fuses 11

5.3 Battery strape resettable fuses 11

CHAPTER 6
ADVANTAGES & APPLICATIONS 12

6.1 Advantages over traditional fuses 12

6.2 Applications 13

6.2.1 application for resettable circuit protection 15

CHAPTER 7
CONCLUSION 19

REFERENCES 20

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 LIST OF FIGURES

Figure no Name of the figure Page No

1.fig 1.1 Over current protection circuit using polyfuse . 2
2.fig 2.1 Operating curve as resistance varies with temperature. 3
3.fig 2.2 Polymer film in semi crystalline phase. 4
4.fig 2.3 Polymer film in amorphous phase & brocken 5
Corbon chains.
5.fig 4.1 Hold & Trip current. 7
6.fig 6.1 Speaker protection by polyfuse . 13
7.fig 6.2 Transformer protection by polyfuse . 14
8.fig 6.3 Battery protection by polyfuse . 14
9.fig 6.4 Protection of keyboard/mouse through polyfuse device.
10.fig 6.5 PPTC Devices can be used in distributed electronic 16
Circuit.
11.fig 6.6 To interrupt excessive current, PPTC devices are wired in 18
series with the actuator window.