ʻO nā mea pale MTL he mau pale pale palekana shunt diode. ʻO ia nā mea hana pūnaewele passive e hoʻohana ana i nā diodes Zener, nā mea pale, a me nā fuses e hoʻohuli palekana i ka ikehu uila i ka lepo a pēlā e pale ai i ka hoʻoulu ʻana a i ʻole ka wela o nā mea hana ma nā wahi pōʻino. ʻO nā pōmaikaʻi koʻikoʻi o nā mea pale MTL he haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa a me ka hiki ke hana me ka ʻikepili i ka analog DC a i ʻole nā ʻano kikohoʻe kiʻekiʻe.