Varistor Products

Varistor Products
Low to Medum Voltage, Radial Lead
ZA Varistor Series
Power Dissipation Ratings
Should transients occur in rapid succession, the average power dissipation
required is simply the energy (watt-seconds) per pulse times the number
of pulses per second. The power so developed must be within the
specifications shown on the Device Ratings and Specifications table for
the specific device. Furthermore, the operating values need to be derated
at high temperatures as shown in Figure 1. Because varistors can only
dissipate a relatively small amount of average power they are, therefore,
not suitable for repetitive applications that involve substantial amounts of
average power dissipation.
PERCENT OF PEAK VALUE
100
O 1
90
50
10
T
T1 Transient V-I Characteristics Curves
MAXIMUM PEAK VOLTS (V)
600
500
400
300
200
100
90
80
70
60
50
40
10
10 -3
MAX CLAMPING VOLTAGE
MODEL SIZE 5mm
8 TO 68V N(DC) RATING
T A = -55 o C TO 85 o C
V68ZA05
V56ZA05
V47ZA05
V39ZA05
V33ZA05
V27ZA05
V22ZA05
V18ZA05
30
20 V12ZA05
V8ZA05
10 -2
FIGURE 3. CLAMPING VOLTAGE FOR V8ZA05 - V68ZA05
T 2
10
PEAK AMPERES (A)
-1
10 0
10 1
TIME
FIGURE 2. PEAK PULSE CURRENT TEST WAVEFORM
10 2
10 3
PERCENT OF RATED VALUE
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100
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
-55 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 130 140 150
AMBIENT TEMPERATURE ( o C)
FIGURE 1. CURRENT, ENERGY AND POWER DERATING
CURVE
O 1 = Virtual Origin of Wave
T = Time From 10% to 90% of Peak
T 1 = Virtual Front time = 1.25 • t
T 2 = Virtual Time to Half Value (Impulse Duration)
Example: For an 8/20µs Current Waveform:
8µs = T 1 = Virtual Front Time
20µs = T 2 = Virtual Time to Half Value
MAXIMUM PEAK VOLTS (V)
2000
1000
500
200
100
0.0001
0.001
V330ZA05
V270ZA05
V240ZA05
V220ZA05
V205ZA05
V180ZA05
V150ZA05
V120ZA05
0.01 0.1 1 10 100 1000
PEAK AMPERES (A)
MAX CLAMPING VOLTAGE
MODEL SIZE 5mm
82 TO 330V N(DC) RATING
T A = -55 o C TO 85 o C
V100ZA05
V82ZA05
FIGURE 4. CLAMPING VOLTAGE FOR V82ZA05 - V330ZA05
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