Industry’s lowest capacitance transient voltage suppressors?

Created for high speed data and video lines, the ESD7008, MG2040 and ESD7104 devices are designed to provide electrostatic discharge protection while offering low capacitance, high signal integrity and low clamping voltages. The ESD7008 is designed to protect up to four high speed differential pairs (eight lines) and, according to ON, delivers 'industry leading' esd protection. Potential applications include USB 3.0, where it protects three high speed pairs plus Vcc and Iden. The MG2040 transient voltage suppressor is designed to provide full functionality integrated esd protection for up to 14 lines serving all active pins of HDMI and DisplayPort interfaces. ON says the single device can provide replacement in applications where multiple parts would typically be used. The ESD7104 is housed in a UDFN10 package and allows easy layout and matched trace lengths between high speed differential lines in applications such as USB 3.0, HDMI, eSATA 3.0 and DisplayPort. "As consumer and computing products adopt new higher bandwidth interfaces, low capacitance and low clamping voltages are critical for reliable operation," said Gary Straker, vice president and general manager of ON Semiconductor's Protection Products Division, pictured. "These new devices provide engineers with a choice of esd protection solutions that give industry leading performance while saving space, cost, and engineering frustration by simplifying design." All three transient voltage suppressors have an operating junction temperature range of -55 to 125ºC and exceed the protection requirements of IEC 6100-4-2 (level 4) by protecting over 15kv contact and air discharge.