1.5KE6.8A General Description
1.5KE6.8A Maximum Ratings
• Peak Pulse Power dissipation at 25ºC: 1500 watts at 10/1000 s (also see Fig 1,2, and 3)
• Impulse repetition rate (duty factor): 0.01%
• tclamping (0 volts to V(BR) min.): < 100 ps theoretical for unidirectional and < 5 ns for bidirectional
• Operating and Storage temperature: -65ºC to +150ºC
• Thermal Resistance: 22ºC/W junction to lead at 3/8 inch (10 mm) from body, or 82ºC/W junction to ambient when mounted on FR4 PC board with 4 mm2 copper pads (1oz) and track width 1 mm, length 25 mm
• Steady-State Power dissipation: 5 watts at TL = 40oC, or 1.52 watts at TA = 25ºC when mounted on FR4 PC board described for thermal resistance
• Forward Surge: 200 Amps peak impulse of 8.3 ms half-sine wave at 25ºC (unidirectional only)
• Solder temperatures: 260 ºC for 10 s (maximum)
1.5KE6.8A Features
• Economical TVS series for thru-hole mounting
• Available in both Unidirectional and Bidirectional (add C or CA suffix for bi-directional)
• Voltages from 6.8 to 400 V Breakdown (VBR)
• Suppresses transients up to 1500 watts @ 10/1000 s (see Figure 1)
• Fast response
• Options for screening in accordance with MIL-PRF- 19500 for JAN, JANTX, JANTXV, and JANS are available by adding MQ, MX, MV, or MSP prefixes respectively to part numbers.
• Surface mount equivalent packages are available as SMCJ5.0 - SMCJ170CA or SMCG5.0 - SMCG170CA (consult factory for other surface mount options)
• Moisture classification is Level 1 with no dry pack required per IPC/JEDEC J-STD-020B
1.5KE6.8A Typical Application
• Protection from switching transients and induced RF
• Protection from ESD and EFT per IEC 61000-4-2 and IEC 61000-4-4
• Secondary lightning protection per IEC61000-4-5 with 42 Ohms source impedance:
Class 1: 1.5KE6.8A to 1.5KE200A or CA *
Class 2: 1.5KE5.0A to 1.5KE180A or CA *
Class 3: 1.5KE5.0A to 1.5KE91A or CA *
Class 4: 1.5KE5.0A to 1.5KE43A or CA *
• Secondary lightning protection per IEC61000-4-5 with 12 Ohms source impedance:
Class 1 : 1.5KE5.0A to 1.5KE110A or CA *
Class 2: 1.5KE5.0A to 1.5KE56A or CA *
Class 3: 1.5KE5.0A to 1.5KE27A or CA *
Class 4: 1.5KE5.0A to 1.5KE13A or CA *
• Secondary lightning protection per IEC61000-4-5 with 2 Ohms source impedance:
Class 2: 1.5KE5.0A to 1.5KE24A or CA *
Class 3: 1.5KE5.0 to 1.5KE12A or CA *
* Also applies to 1N5908 and 1Nxxxx of same voltage
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