IEEE C62.42.3

Description / Abstract: The IEEE C62.42™ guide series covers surge protective components (SPCs) used in power and telecom surge protective devices (SPDs) and equipment ports. This part, Part 3 of the series, describes Silicon PN-Junction Clamping Diode SPCs and covers:

— Technology variants

— Forward biased semiconductor diodes

— Zener breakdown semiconductor diodes

— Avalanche breakdown semiconductor diodes

— Punch-through semiconductor bipolar junction transistor diodes

— Fold-back semiconductor bidirectional transistor diodes

— Component construction

— Characteristics

— Ratings

— Application examples