Jim Sherwin

Jim Sherwin worked as an electrical engineer in the Silicon Valley for over 50 years and retired from Maxim Integrated Products in June, 2008. Jim was also an avid and accomplished photographer, former president of the Millbrae photography club and frequent judge at Bay Area photography exhibitions. He loved to travel and explore the world with his camera.

Jim Sherwin died in December 2008.

Areas of interest of the author: Supply

Co-authors: Thong Huynh

Publications on RadioLocman by the author Jim Sherwin:

Minimize the short-circuit current pulse in a hot-swap controller
Jim Sherwin Thong Huynh
Because of internal circuit-breaker delay and limited MOS-gate pulldown current, many hot-swap controllers do not limit current during the first 10 to 50 µsec following a shorted output. The result can be a brief flow of several hundred amperes. A simple external...
27-06-2021