Compared with Zener diodes, what are the application advantages of ESD (TVS) protection chips?
The P/N junction area of ESD (TVS) devices is larger than that of Zener diodes, resulting in ESD (TVS) devices not only having stronger high-voltage tolerance, but also greatly reducing the voltage cut-off rate . ESD (TVS) devices have a better effect on the safety protection of low operating voltage circuits of handheld devices. Comparison of TVS and ceramic capacitors: surface mount ceramic capacitors can also be used for ESD protection, which is cheap and simple; but the high voltage withstand capacity of ceramic capacitors is weak, 5kV high voltage can make 10% of ceramic capacitors invalid; 10kV high voltage can make 60% Ceramic capacitors fail. According to the IEC61000-4-2 standard, for the use of general handheld devices, each connector must withstand a contact impulse voltage greater than 8kV. Since ESD (TVS) can withstand a voltage of 15kV, ESD (TVS) is more suitable for handheld devices, effectively ensuring the pass rate and reliability of the final product. Comparison of T...