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Resource: Transient Voltage Supressor Tutorial

From American Microsemiconductor, Inc.

Transient Voltage Suppressors (TVS) are semiconductor devices designed to provide protection against voltage and current transients.The silicon TVS is designed to operate in the avalanche mode and uses a large junction area to absorb large transient currents.

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American Microsemiconductor, Inc. - Transient Voltage Suppressor (TVS)
Transient Voltage Suppressors (TVS) are semiconductor devices designed to provide protection against voltage and current transients. The silicon Transient Voltage Suppressor (TVS) is designed to... (read more)
Littelfuse, Inc. - New AK3 Series High-Power TVS Diodes
Littelfuse, Inc., today announced the addition of the AK3 Series to its expanding line of high power transient voltage suppressor (TVS) diode (AK Family) surge protection devices. The AK3 Series TVS... (read more)
American Microsemiconductor, Inc. - Transient Suppressors & High-Reliability Diodes
In addition to High-Reliability Diodes & Transient Suppressors AMS products include: Mil-spec TVS and Zener Diodes, Hermetically sealed Axial Metal Diodes, offering excellent protection in most... (read more)
Littelfuse, Inc. - New SMF 200W Transient Voltage Suppression Diode
Littelfuse, the global leader in circuit protection, today announced it had introduced the SMF Series 200W Low Profile Package Transient Voltage Suppression (TVS) Diode, designed specifically to... (read more)
Digi-Key Corporation - Bourns TCS™ DL Series High-Speed Protectors
The Bourns® TCS™ DL series high-speed protector products contain dual, well-matched, low resistance, bi-directional, very high-speed transient current suppressors. (read more)
Frontier Electronics Corp. - SMD TVS
SMD TVS (Transient Voltage Suppressors) 3.0SMCJ series. (read more)
Dean Technology - SELENIUM SURGE SUPPRESSORS
Used as semiconductor in rectifiers and suppressors for many years, selenium occurs naturally on the earth. Its popularity as a rectifier is fading in favor of its silicon equivalent. However, demand... (read more)
 
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