Zener Diodes for Surge Protection of Power Lines Help to Improve Equipment Reliability

Product News 2024-12

The package photograph of zener diodes for surge protection of power lines help to improve equipment reliability.

Toshiba has launched 15 products of “CMZxxA series” Zener diodes, which protect power lines of semiconductor devices and equipment from switching surges and over-voltage pulses close to DC.

The new CMZxxA series products are the successors to the CMZxx series products, which are EOL announced products. Compared to the CMZxx series, the new products improve the specification range of Zener voltage (typ.) from ±10% to ±5% and the reverse current (max) from 10μA to 0.5μA. These help to simplify equipment design and lower power consumption. Also, using the same package as the CMZxx series makes replacing it with the CMZxxA series easy.
The 15 products in the lineup cover a range of Zener voltage (typ.) from 12V to 51V, supporting major power lines. The expanded lineup supports various voltage lines.

The new products help to improve equipment reliability by using for surge protection of power supply lines.

Applications

  • Consumer equipment (home appliances, power supplies, etc.)
  • Industrial equipment (OA equipment, power supplies, etc.)

Features

  • Capable of surge protection from switching surges and over-voltage pulses close to DC
  • Zener voltage for major power lines: VZ (typ.)=12V to 51V
  • High-precision Zener voltage standard width: ±5%
  • Low reverse current: IR (max)=0.5μA

Main Specifications

Part number

Package

Zener voltage VZ (V)

Dynamic resistance

rd (Ω)

Reverse current

IR (μA)

Name

Size

Typ.

(mm)

Min

Typ.

Max

Test

current

IZ (mA)

Max

Test

current

IZ (mA)

Max

Test

voltage

VR (V)

CMZ12A

M-FLAT

2.4×4.7×0.98

11.40

12.00

12.60

10

20

10

0.5

8.0

CMZ13A

12.35

13.00

13.65

10

20

10

0.5

9.0

CMZ15A

14.25

15.00

15.75

10

20

10

0.5

10.0

CMZ16A

15.20

16.00

16.80

10

20

10

0.5

11.0

CMZ18A

17.10

18.00

18.90

10

20

10

0.5

13.0

CMZ20A

19.00

20.00

21.00

10

20

10

0.5

14.0

CMZ24A

22.80

24.00

25.20

10

20

10

0.5

17.0

CMZ27A

25.65

27.00

28.35

10

20

10

0.5

19.0

CMZ30A

28.50

30.00

31.50

10

20

10

0.5

21.0

CMZ33A

31.35

33.00

34.65

10

20

10

0.5

26.4

CMZ36A

34.20

36.00

37.80

9

20

9

0.5

28.8

CMZ39A

37.05

39.00

40.95

8

30

8

0.5

31.2

CMZ43A

40.85

43.00

45.15

7

30

7

0.5

34.4

CMZ47A

44.65

47.00

49.35

6

50

6

0.5

37.6

CMZ51A

48.45

51.00

53.55

6

50

6

0.5

40.8

Application Circuit Examples

The illustration of application circuit examples of zener diodes for surge protection of power lines help to improve equipment reliability. 

Note:
The application circuits shown in this document are provided for reference purposes only.
Thorough evaluation is required, especially at the mass-production design stage.
Providing these application circuit examples does not grant any license for industrial property rights.

Characteristic Figure

The illustration of characteristic figure of zener diodes for surge protection of power lines help to improve equipment reliability.

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