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MIL-STD-704A Transient Absorbers

MIL-STD-704A Transient Absorbers

MIL-STD-704A Transient Absorbers

(OP)
Does anyone know of a transient absorbing diode tailored, as it were, to MIL-STD-704A service a'la the 1N5555, but with a higher power capability than the 1N5555? (A lot!! more power capability actually.)

Thank you.

John Dunn - President
Ambertec, Inc.
ambertec@iee.org

RE: MIL-STD-704A Transient Absorbers

Suggestion: Visit
http://www.thomasregister.com
and type Diodes: Transient Suppressor
which will return 17 Companies to inquire about or obtain your diode.

RE: MIL-STD-704A Transient Absorbers

That would be a Transzorb. Two types bi-directional and uni-directional... as per the 1N5555 its a 30Vdc working and 33Vdc minBkDn and 47.5Vdc max Vclamp device. So you will want most likely a uni-directional unit.... Diodes, Inc., General Instrument, and several others (like Panasonic) now make Transzorbs. The 15KP30A is rated for 15KW peak (10 x more power, is that enough???), 30Vdc working, 33.3V minBkDn and 50.7 max Vclamp.

IF you are working on Airborne equip specs then the 704-15K36 and the 704-15K36T are designed to protect the 28Vdc bus to mil spec's Mil-Std-704... use the non-T unit for short spikes and the T unit for "long surges or spikes" in excess of 1 milli-sec. Specs are 31.5Vdc working, 36V minBkDwn, and 51V max Vclamp...

Hope this helps... later

RE: MIL-STD-704A Transient Absorbers

And if you need even more Peak Power then the devices can be placed in parallel, but 2 devices are only rated at 1.4 of the total of 2 devices. At this level you need real short and massive bus bars or real short chassis path connections to keep the peak voltage down. Hope you have a good analog engineer or two on staff...

I'm one... but busy at the moment... .

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