The three different over-voltage protection technologies listed below are the most commonly used.
TVS (Transient Voltage Suppression) Diodes
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ESD Protection
Bourns recommends using Transient Voltage Suppressor Diode Arrays
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Surge Protection
Bourns recommends using Transient Voltage Suppressor Diodes
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Lightning and Surge Protection up to 20kA
Bourns recommends using Power Transient Voltage Suppressor Diodes
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MOVs (Metal Oxide Varistors)
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ESD Protection
Bourns recommends using MLVs(Multilayer Varistors)
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Surge Protection
Bourns recommends using Movs available in both SMD and Leaded types
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Lightning and Surge Protection up to 40kA and beyond
Bourns recommends using High Energy Varistors
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GDTs (Gas Discharge Tubes)
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Traditional GDTs
Bourns recommends using traditional DGTs; available in both 2 Electrode and 3 Electrode versions.
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Telecom and 5G applications
Bourns recommends using Stacked GDTs
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Hybrid technology devices (designed to provide high reliability and board space-saving2 solutions.)
Bourns recommends using GMOV or IsoMOV
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