public twse 2428 industry electronics founded 1979 headquarters kaohsiung taiwan products ntc and ptc thermistors varistors esd suppressor polymer resettable fuses temperature sensors website www.thinking.com.tw thinking electronic industrial co. ltd. thinking ; chinese ; pinyin x ngq n di nz g ngy g f n y uxi n g ngs twse 2428 is one of the major circuit protection component manufacturer in taiwan . it was established in 1979 and the headquarters are in kaohsiung taiwan . contents 1 locations 2 products and services 3 market position 4 see also 5 references 6 external links locations edit thinking manufactures products in kaohsiung . more production facilities in china include guangdong jiangsu and hubei . products and services edit started from ceramic material than extended to polymer and metal thinking developed series of products to protect electronic circuit from damaged by over current overvoltage or overheat . portfolio includes ntc negative temperature coefficient and ptc positive temperature coefficient thermistors temperature sensor probes varistors esd electrostatic discharge suppressors and polymer resettable fuses also known as pptc . market position edit it is well known as ntc thermistor and varistor manufacturer in taiwan as well as the first publicly listed cooperation in taiwan s protective component industry . with the pc industry rising from the 1980s in taiwan its ntc thermistor is adapted as the inrush current limiter in switched mode power supply to suppress the inrush current when power supply turns on and the varistor protects the circuit from damaged by surge current occasionally occurred in the electricity network . this earns thinking a role in the supply chain of the switched mode power supply industry and listed into top 1 000 manufacturers in taiwan by the press . see also edit list of companies of taiwan switched mode power supply inrush current inrush current limiter varistor thermistor varistor temperature sensor references edit external links edit company web top one thousand enterprises of taiwan in 2007 surveyed by commonwealth magazine retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title thinking electronic & oldid 647096054 categories electronics companieselectronics companies of taiwancompanies listed on the taiwan stock exchangecompanies established in 1979hidden categories articles containing chinese language text navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages edit links this page was last modified on 14 february 2015 at 13 07 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view