The documentation and process conversion
measures necessary to comply with this revision
shall be completed by 26 November 2011.
INCH-POUND
MIL-PRF-19500/551E
26 August 2011
SUPERSEDING
MIL-PRF-19500/551D
18 October 2010
PERFORMANCE SPECIFICATION SHEET
SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, DIODE, SILICON, TRANSIENT VOLTAGE SUPPRESSOR
TYPES 1N6461 THROUGH 1N6468, 1N6461US THROUGH 1N6468US, AND
1N6461URS THROUGH 1N6468URS, JAN, JANTX, AND JANTXV
This specification is approved for use by all Departments
and Agencies of the Department of Defense.
The requirements for acquiring the product described herein shall consist of
this specification sheet and MIL-PRF-19500.
1. SCOPE
1.1 Scope. This specification covers the performance requirements for 500-watt peak pulse, power, silicon,
transient voltage suppressor diodes. Three levels of product assurance are provided for each device type as
specified in MIL-PRF-19500.
1.2 Physical dimensions. See figures 1, 2, and 3.
1.3 Maximum ratings. Maximum ratings are as shown in columns 4, 6, and 7 of the electrical characteristics table
herein and as follows:
a.
P
= 2.5 W (T = room ambient as defined in the general requirements of 4.5 of MIL-STD-750).
R A
Derate at 16.7 mW/°C for leaded devices and 50 mW/°C for surface mount devices (see figure 4).
b.
c.
P
= 500 W (see figure 5) at t = 1 ms.
PR p
I
= 80 A(pk) at t = 8.33 ms (T = +25°C).
FSM
p
A
d. -55°C ≤ T ≤ +175°C; -55°C ≤ T
op
≤ +175°C (ambient).
STG
1.4 Primary electrical characteristics. Primary electrical characteristic columns 2 and 4 of the electrical
characteristics herein.
2. APPLICABLE DOCUMENTS
2.1 General. The documents listed in this section are specified in sections 3, 4, or 5 of this specification. This
section does not include documents cited in other sections of this specification or recommended for additional
information or as examples. While every effort has been made to ensure the completeness of this list, document
users are cautioned that they must meet all specified requirements of documents cited in sections 3, 4, or 5 of this
specification, whether or not they are listed.
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ATTN: VAC, P.O. Box 3990, Columbus, OH 43218-3990, or emailed to Semiconductor@dla.mil. Since contact
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Online database at https://assist.daps.dla.mil/.
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