EDN and Electronic Products honor SMD fuse innovation advancing high-voltage protection and automated assembly.
ROSEMONT, Ill, February 25, 2026 -- Littelfuse, Inc. (NASDAQ: LFUS), an industrial technology manufacturing company shaping solutions for the safe and efficient transfer of electrical energy, today announced that its NANO2® SMD 415 Series Fuse has been named a winner of the 2025 Product of the Year Award in the Passives category by EDN and Electronic Products. The annual awards program recognizes the electronics industry’s most innovative new products based on engineering significance, market impact, and design advancement.
The NANO2 SMD 415 Series Fuse represents a breakthrough in high-voltage circuit protection, delivering a 1500 A interrupting rating at 277 V in a compact surface-mount package. Designed to help electronics manufacturers transition from through-hole fuses to fully automated surface-mount assembly, the device enables higher manufacturing efficiency while providing robust protection against fault currents in demanding applications. (View the video in English, Chinese & Japanese)
“Receiving the EDN/Electronic Products Product of the Year Award validates our commitment to advancing circuit protection technologies that improve safety, reliability, and manufacturability,” said Daniel Wang, Senior Director of Product Management, Overcurrent–Passives, Littelfuse. “The NANO2 SMD 415 Series Fuse helps engineers address the challenges of higher system voltages while supporting modern automated assembly processes.”
Award-Winning Innovation for Modern Electronics
The NANO2 SMD 415 Series Fuse offers several differentiating advantages:
- High interrupting rating: 1500 A at 277 V for enhanced protection in higher-voltage systems
- Voltage buffering capability: Optimized for 250 V applications with unpredictable voltage fluctuations
- Improved surge withstand: Higher I2t performance compared to many competitive solutions
- Compact SMD form factor: Enables automated assembly in next-generation designs
These features make the fuse well suited for applications such as consumer electronics power supplies, industrial equipment, EV charging infrastructure, appliances, and home automation systems.
About the Product of the Year Awards
The annual EDN and Electronic Products Product of the Year Awards recognize outstanding electronic components and systems that demonstrate significant advances in technology, innovative design, improved performance or price efficiency, and the potential to enable new applications. Now in its fifth decade, the program evaluates more than 100 new products annually across multiple electronics categories, with winners selected by the publications’ editorial teams based on technical merit and industry impact.
About Littelfuse
Littelfuse, Inc. (NASDAQ: LFUS) is a diversified, industrial technology manufacturing company empowering a sustainable, connected, and safer world. Across more than 20 countries, and with approximately 16,000 global associates, we partner with customers to design and deliver innovative, reliable solutions. Serving over 100,000 end customers, our products are found in a variety of industrial, transportation, and electronics end markets–everywhere, every day. Learn more at Littelfuse.com.