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   Suppressors, Transient Voltage

A transient voltage suppression diode, also called a transorb, is a device used to protect sensitive electronics from voltage spikes induced on connected wires. The device can be represented by two mutually opposing zener diodes in series with one another connected in parallel with the circuit to be protected. While this representation is schematically accurate physically the devices are now manufactured as a single component. The device operates by shunting excess current when the induced voltage exceeds the zener breakdown potential.

Another method for transient suppression is the varistor.



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Standard for Transient Voltage Surge Suppressors, Ul 1449

Transient voltage suppressor for low-voltage electronics: Research project
Ya-Chin King

Current Sources and Voltage References: A Design Reference for Electronics Engineers
Linden T. Harrison

Excerpt - page 40: "... junc- tion remains constant at the value of the breakdown voltage, over a wide range of ... zener, avalanche diodes, and silicon transient voltage suppressors function. (This topic is looked at more fully in Part ..."
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Automotive Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC)
Terence Rybak and Mark Steffka

Excerpt - Back Matter: "... http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/radiofrequencyradiatioii/electroinagnetic fieldmemo/electromagil cdc.html J Shen, "MOSTVS: A New Class of Transient Voltage Suppressors to Reduce Voltage Rating and Cost of Automotive Power Electronics" ..."
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Electrical Power Systems Quality
Surya Santoso, H. Wayne Beaty, Roger C. Dugan, and Mark F. McGranaghan

Excerpt - Table of Contents: "... 4.3 Devices for Overvoltage Protection 133 4.3.1 Surge Arresters and Transient Voltage Surge Suppressors 133 4.3.2 Isolation Transformers 134 4.3.3 Low-Pass Filters 135 4.3.4 ..."
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Architectural Graphic Standards, Tenth Edition (Book only)
Charles George Ramsey, Charles George Ramsey, and John Ray Jr. Hoke

Excerpt - page 142: "... specifies fixed capacitors and auto- matic power factor correction units 16288-VOLTAGE REGULATORS--This Section specifies voltage regulators ... rooms and other environ- ments 16289-TRANSIENT VOLTAGE SUPPRESSION-This Sec- tion specifies transient voltage surge suppressors for appli- cation on low-voltage electrical power systems 16312-SECONDARY UNIT ..."
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Audel Electrician's Pocket Manual
Paul Rosenberg

Excerpt - page 157: "... of the computer equipment. Power modification is commonly provided by transient suppressors, voltage regulators, isolating transformers, or some combination of these devices. Power ..."
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Easy X10 Projects For Creating A Smart Home
Technica Pacifica

Excerpt - page 162: "... expensive types only use metal oxide varistors (MOVs) or silicon transient voltage suppressors (TVSs) to protect the equipment that is plugged into them, ..."
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Troubleshooting Analog Circuits (EDN Series for Design Engineers)
Robert Pease

Excerpt - page 71: "... most rectifiers are rated to be operated strictly within their voltage ratings, and if you insist ... designed surge-rated zener devices-also called transient-voltage suppressors-from General Semiconductor Industries Inc. (Tempe, AZ). You'll find that their ..."
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Building Systems for Interior Designers
Corky Binggeli

Excerpt - page 240: "... a surge suppressor. The multitap plug-in strips with builtin surge suppressors are inadequate unless they meet specifications for surge current, clamping voltage, and surge-energy suitable for the ... surge suppressors, surge protectors, or transient voltage surge suppressors (TVSS), with higher quality surge suppressors costing ..."
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Embedded Systems Design using the Rabbit 3000 Microprocessor: Interfacing, Networking, and Application Development (Embedded Technology)
Kamal Hyder and Bob Perrin

Excerpt - page 122: "... device often confused with a MOV is a proper TVS (transient voltage suppressor). The TVS is a semiconductor device that can be modeled ..."
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Motor Control Electronics Handbook
Richard Valentine

Excerpt - page 56: "... the mechanical stress levels in the power semiconductor materials; (3) transient-voltage suppressors placed in critical points in the motor's electronic circuits ensure ..."
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Boatowner's Illustrated Handbook of Wiring
Charlie Wing

Excerpt - page 84: "... problem is that today's solid-state electronics are very intolerant of voltage surges. It doesn't matter if ... loading coil Long coax run Transient voltage suppressor (TVS) 2'- 3' distance Q Solid whip ..."
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Introduction to Instrumentation and Measurements
Robert B. Northrop

Excerpt - page 117: "... interference attenuation, is limited by this ground current limit. 3.9.2.2 Transient Voltage Suppressors Transient voltage suppressors are used to prevent high voltage, spike-like ..."
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EMI Troubleshooting Techniques
Michel Mardiguian

Excerpt - page 193: "... SKV. Leakage Current: less than 28 uA (d1 . Operating Voltage: less than t2SVDC mar. ESD Waveform per IEC 1000-4-2 Figure 10.2 Transient voltage suppressors can be incorporated into standard connector receptacles. They, like EMI ..."
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Switch-Mode Power Supply SPICE Cookbook
Christophe P. Basso and Christopher Basso

Excerpt - page 149: "... in series with both switches, you will understand why good Transient Voltage Suppressors (TVS) are mandatory with these configurations. PUSH-PULL Current Mode We ..."
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Failure Mechanisms in Semiconductor Devices
E. Ajith Amerasekera and Farid N. Najm

Excerpt - page 151: "... [Yu95] B. Yu, Y.-C. King, J. Pohlman, C. Hu, `Punchthrough Transient Voltage Suppressor for EOS/ESD Protection of Low-Voltage ICs', Proc. J7'h EOS/ESD Symposium, ..."
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Intruder Alarms, Second Edition
Gerard Honey

Excerpt - page 58: "... placement of integrated circuits and radiofrequency filters to suppress radiofrequencies. Transient voltage suppressors provide suppression of electromagnetic spikes from near-strike light- ning, compressors, ..."
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Failure Modes And Mechanisms In Electronic Packages
P. Singh and Puligandla Viswanadham

Excerpt - Back Matter: "... Substrate; Test Reliability testing Specimen TSM Top Surface Metallurgy TVS Transient Voltage Suppressor ESD TSS Thermal Stress Screen Reliability testing UBM Under Ball ..."
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Electronic Instrument Design: Architecting for the Life Cycle
Kim R. Fowler

Excerpt - page 229: "... January 23, pp. 83-98. Demcko, R. 1991. Miniature multilayer ZnO transient voltage suppressors. EMC Test & Design, November-December, pp. 35-37. Denny, H. W. ..."
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The Arrl Antenna Book (19th Ed./Bk&CD-ROM)
R. Dean Straw

Excerpt - page 14: "... for this application. This MOV provides the lowest measured clamping voltage (170 V) and is low ... radios can survive an EMP transient without protection for the antenna ... still required. A coaxial-line transient suppressor should be installed on the vehicle chassis between the antenna ..."
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Electronic Technology Handbook
Neil Sclater

Excerpt - page 31: "... the vertical dropoff of the curve. Zener diodes are stable voltage references because the voltage across ... of the zener diode called transient voltage suppressors (TVSs) serve as circuit-protective devices because of their ability to ..."
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Electrical Cost Data 2001 (Means Electrical Cost Data, 2001)
RS Means Company and R. S. Means

Excerpt - page 202: "... 6% accuracy 1.41 17.021 4,425 585 5,010 5,750 820 0010 TRANSIENT SUPPRESSOR/VOLTAGE REGULATOR (without isolation) 820 0110 Single-phase, 115 V, 1.0 kVA ..."
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Building Design and Construction Handbook, 6th Edition
Frederick S. Merritt and Jonathan T. Ricketts

Excerpt - page 372: "... only necessary to provide a good-quality plug-in strip with a transient-voltage surge suppressor (TVSS). A medical imaging system, such as a CAT-scan machine, ..."
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Means Productivity Standards for Construction

Excerpt - page 760: "... , 5 KVA 1.14 7.018 Ea. 315 oni,r? , TRANSIENT VOLTAGE SUPPRESSOR TRANSFORMER 315 1 Elec 1 Electrician 4 2 Ea. 760 ..."
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Practical Grounding, Bonding, Shielding and Surge Protection (Practical Professional Books)
G Vijayaraghavan, Mark Brown, and Malcolm Barnes

Excerpt - page 82: "... is defined as: A device that is intended to limit transient over-voltages and divert surge currents. It contains at least one non-linear component. A surge suppressor is defined as: A device operated in conformance with the ..."
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High Temperature Electronics
Patrick McCluskey, Thomas Podlesak, and Richard Grzybowski

Excerpt - page 280: "... Hence, for digital electronics designed to operate at high temperatures, low-voltage transient suppression often becomes even more ... voltage protection required, transient voltage suppressors take a variety of forms. Transient suppression methods include simple ..."
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Multifunction Peripherals for PCs: Technology, Troubleshooting and Repair
Marvin Hobbs

Excerpt - page 180: "... expectancy may be compatible with other components of the equipment. Transient-voltage-suppressor (TVS) thyristors are solid-state devices constructed with four alternating layers ..."
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Mission-Critical Network Planning
Matthew Liotine

Excerpt - page 305: "... Surge protection devices (SPDs) are equipment designed to clamp excess voltage. SPDs provide surge protection, suppression, and filtration to guard against transients [32]. Suppression is achieved using transient voltage surge suppressors (TVSS), which limit the amount of energy resulting from a ..."
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The Metropolitan New York Jobbank, 2001 (Metro New York Jobbank, 2001)
Steven Graber, Michelle Roy Kelly, Heather L. Vinhateiro, and Jennifer M. Wood

Excerpt - page 269: "... World Wide Web address: http://www.gensemi.com. Description: General Semiconductor manufactures transistors, transient voltage suppressors, diodes, and rectifiers. HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY 140 Green Pond Road, Rockaway ..."
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Sweet's The Directory 2002
Sweet's Group

Excerpt - Index: "... Sylvania, Inc. ACCU-VAR (power factor correction systems) Aerovox, Inc. ACCUVAR (transient voltage surge suppressors) Control Concepts Corp. ACCU ZONE' (control systems) Ice-Cap, Inc. ACE+ ..."
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How to Do Everything with Your PC
Robert Cowart

Excerpt - page 475: "... data sent to interconnected computers, printers, scanners, and modems. Surge Suppressor Standards Most suppressors today have ... of the Standard UL 1449, Transient Voltage Surge Suppressors, surge suppressors must now pass a more stringent ..."
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Power Quality Primer (Electrical Engineering Primer S.)
Barry W. Kennedy

Excerpt - page 20: "... Power Quality and Sensitive Electrical Equipment Standard for Safety of Transient Voltage Surge Suppressors Standards ANSI/IEEE 141 ANSI/IEEE 142 ANSI/IEEE 241 ANSI/IEEE 242 ANSI/IEEE ..."
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Megamedia Shakeout: The Inside Story of the Leaders and the Losers in the Exploding Communications Industry
Kevin Maney

Excerpt - page 314: "... about as warm and fuzzy as one of his company's transient voltage suppressors. "I literally view business as not unlike war," he says. ..."
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Fluid Power Troubleshooting (Fluid Power and Control, No 11)
Anton Hehn

Excerpt - page 119: "... electric motors, the switching of these motors may cause high voltage transients which may break down the ... Other types of transient voltage suppressors are also available. Low ambient temperature. Cold ambient temperatures cause ..."
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42 V-PowerNets
Hennig Wallentowitz and Christian Amsel

Excerpt - page 103: "... - 500 ms duration. TVS- devices, which limit the peak voltages, are designed to absorb this ... pulse safely by diverting the transient energy away from the more ... attributes of a Transient Voltage Suppressor (TVS) component are ssipate high energy pulses reliably PPM ..."
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