Varistor Products
High Energy Radial Lead
RoHS Pb
C-III Varistor Series
Power Dissipation Ratings
Should transients occur
in rapid succession, the
average power
100
100
90
90
O
= Virtual Origin of Wave
1
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
T = Time From 10% to 90% of Peak
dissipation is the energy
(watt-seconds) per pulse
times the number of puls-
es per second. The
power so developed
must be within the speci-
fications shown on the
Device Ratings and
T
T
= Virtual Front time = 1.25 • t
= Virtual Time to Half Value (Impulse Duration)
1
2
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Example: For an 8/20 s Current Waveform:
8 s = T = Virtual Front Time
1
20 s = T = Virtual Time to Half Value
2
-55
50
60
70
80
90 100 110 120 130 140 150
o
AMBIENTTEMPERATURE ( C)
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FIGURE 1. CURRENT, ENERGY AND POWER DERATING
CURVE
O
T
TIME
1
2
T
Specifications table for the specific device.The operating values
of a MOV need to be deratedat high temperatures as shown in
Figure 1. Because varistors only dissipate a relatively small
amount of average power they are not suitable 0for repetitive
applications that involve substantial amounts of average power
dissipation.
1
T
2
FIGURE 2. PEAK PULSE CURRENT TEST WAVEFORM
Transient V-I Characteristics Curves
10,000
10,000
MODEL SIZE = 10mm
MODEL SIZE = 14mm
V420LA20C(P)
V385LA20C(P)
V320LA10C(P)
V300LA10C(P)
V230LA20C(P)
V320LA20C(P)
V300LA20C(P)
V275LA10C(P)
V250LA10C(P)
1,000
1,000
V275LA20C(P)
V250LA20C(P)
V230LA10C(P)
V175LA10C(P)
V150LA10C(P)
V175LA5C(P)
V150LA5C(P)
V140LA10C(P)
100
V140LA5C(P)
V130LA5C(P)
V130LA10C(P)
100
100
0.001
0.01
0.1
1
10000
1.0
1000
0.001
0.01
0.1
1
1.0
100
1000
10000
Peak Amperes (A)
Peak Amperes (A)
Figure 4. Maximum Clamping Voltage for 14mm Parts
Figure 3. Maximum Clamping Voltage for 10mm Parts
(V130LA10C(P) -V420LA20C(P))
(V130LA5C(P) -V320LA10C(P))
10,000
10,000
V660LA100C(P)
V625LA80C(P)
V575LA80C(P)
V510LA80C(P)
MODEL SIZE = 20mm
V300LA40CX810(P)
V300LA40CX745(P)
V420LA40C(P)
V480LA80C(P)
V275LA40CX680(P)
V250LA40CX620(P)
V385LA40C(P)
1,000
1,000
V230LA40CX570(P)
V320LA40C(P)
V300LA40C(P)
V275LA40C(P)
V230LA40C(P)
V250LA40C(P)
V175LA20C(P)
V175LA20CX425(P)
V150LA20C(P)
V150LA20CX360(P)
V140LA20CX340(P)
V130LA20CX325(P)
V140LA20C(P)
V130LA20C(P)
100
100
0.001
0.01
0.1
1
100
1
1000
10000
10000
0.001
1.0
1.0
1000
0.01
0.1
100
Peak Amperes (A)
Peak Amperes (A)
Figure 6. Maximum Clamping Voltage for Low Clamping
Figure 5. Maximum Clamping Voltage for 20mm Parts
Voltage Parts (V130LA20CX325(P) -V300LA40CX245(P))
(V130LA20C(P) -V660LA100C(P))
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