Features
Applications
■ Street lighting
■ Medical devices
■ Air conditioning
■ Power supplies
■ Projectors
■ Formerly a
product
■ High insulation resistance
■ Quick response, long service life
■ Available DC breakdown range:
2.4 kV to 7.2 kV
■ Wide operating temperature range
■ RoHS compliant*
■ Welders
SA2 Series High Voltage Gas Discharge Tube
Description
Agency Listing
®
Bourns SA2 Series two-electrode High Voltage Gas Discharge Tube devices are designed
for high isolation applications. The series offers high insulation resistance over a wide
temperature range and is offered with DC breakdowns from 2.4 kV to 7.2 kV. Other
customized voltages between 2 kV and 7.2 kV are available upon request.
Agency
File No.
E183342
Agency
UL
Category
UL1414
Note: UL Listing valid for SA2 Series GDTs
rated at 3 kV and above.
Electrical Characteristics
Device Specifications
Insulation
Life Ratings
Arc
Nominal
Impulse
DC Breakdown Voltage
@ 500 V/s
Impulse
Voltage
@ 5A
min.
Capacitance
@ 1 MHz
Nom.
DC
Ramp
Resistance
@ 250 Vdc
Part No.
Breakdown
Discharge
Breakdown
After Life
10
Min.
Typ.
Max.
Tol.
Max.
Typ.
Min.
Typ.
Max.
Operations
SA2-2400-Dxx-STD 2040 2400 2880
SA2-2400-Cxx-STD 1920 2400 2880 -20 % to +20 %
-15 % to +20 %
>2.0 kV
>1.9 kV
>2.4 kV
>2.3 kV
>3.0 kV
>2.8 kV
>4.4 kV
>4.2 kV
>5.2 kV
>4.9 kV
>5.3 kV
>5.0 kV
>6.3 kV
>6.0 kV
@1
3800 V
kV/µs
SA2-3000-Dxx-STD 2550 3000 3600
SA2-3000-Cxx-STD 2400 3000 3600
SA2-3600-Dxx-STD 3060 3600 4320
SA2-3600-Cxx-STD 2880 3600 4320
SA2-5500-Dxx-STD 4675 5500 6600
SA2-5500-Cxx-STD 4400 5500 6600
SA2-6200-Dxx-STD 5270 6200 7440
SA2-6200-Cxx-STD 4960 6200 7440
SA2-6300-Dxx-STD 5355 6300 7560
SA2-6300-Cxx-STD 5040 6300 7560
SA2-7200-Dxx-STD 6120 7200 8640
SA2-7200-Cxx-STD 5760 7200 8640
-15 % to +20 %
-20 % to +20 %
-15 % to +20 %
-20 % to +20 %
-15 % to +20 %
-20 % to +20 %
-15 % to +20 %
-20 % to +20 %
-15 % to +20 %
-20 % to +20 %
-15 % to +20 %
-20 % to +20 %
@7.5
kV/µs
4500 V
5400 V
8000 V
8000 V
9200 V
10000 V
@7.5
kV/µs
5 kA,
8/20 µs,
@7.5
kV/µs
5
10 G Ohm
20 V
1 pF
operations
in each
polarity
@7.5
kV/µs
@7.5
kV/µs
@1
kV/µs
Note: Model SA2-7200 specification is based on the customer providing sufficient encapsulation/working environment for the component
to avoid outside surface breakdown (e.g., non-contaminated equivalent surface in RH 40 % reaches breakdown at 10-12 kV).
Product Characteristics
Operating Temperature Range.................................................................................................................................................... -40 °C to +125 °C
Storage Temperature Range ....................................................................................................................................................... -65 °C to +125 °C
Device Plating............................................................................................................................................................................................ Matte-Sn
*RoHS Directive 2002/95/EC Jan. 27, 2003 including annex and RoHS Recast 2011/65/EU June 8, 2011.
Specifications are subject to change without notice.
The device characteristics and parameters in this data sheet can and do vary in different applications and actual device performance may vary over time.
Users should verify actual device performance in their specific applications.