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TrEOS Automotive ESD protection

ESD protection for Automotive Infotainment USB 3.2, HDMI & LVDS

Nexperia‘s TrEOS Protection offers the ideal combination of low capacitance, low clamping voltage and high ESD robustness for your design. Helping safeguard 10 Gbps data lines systems in automotive applications against ESD and surge events while being AEC-Q101 qualified. The AEC-Q101-qualified automotive TrEOS ESD protection devices parts combine extremely low capacitance ensuring high signal integrity, extremely low clamping, and high robustness for modern automotive interfaces. Specific automotive applications include infotainment, multimedia and ADAS systems featuring USB2.0, HDMI, LVDS, SerDes and SD-card interfaces. With TrEOS technology, capacitance is kept down to 0.2 pF, clamping voltage is just 1.5 V and devices can withstand surge and ESD pulses up to 7 A 8/20 μs.

Key features

• Available in specifications between 3.3 V and 5 V VRWM
• Extremely fast switching time under 1 ns
• Snap-back technology allows for lowest clamping voltage
• Suitable for up to ~10Gbps per line pair
• Reliable protection for sensitive transceiver SoCs
• Ultra-low dynamic resistance/ capacitance combination
• Exceeding IEC61000-4-2 level 4, offering IEC61000-4-5 grade robustness
• Available in automotive grade leaded and leadless packages SOT23 and DFN2510A-10 (SOT1176). More are in development, e.g. DFN1006BD-2 with side-wettable flank

Applications

• Infotainment applications: USB 2.0, SuperSpeed USB 3.2 at 10 Gps, HDMI, HDBaseT
• Automotive A/V monitors, display and cameras
• SerDes: GMSL, FPD-Link, LVDS, APIX

Links & documents

• Automotive infotainment/SerDes
• TrEOS ESD protection for Automotive Infotainment & SerDes
• New automotive TrEOS ESD protection from Nexperia
• Nexperia announces new ESD protection devices for high-speed interfaces in automotive applications
• ESD protection for car infotainment systems
• TrEOS ESD Protection for USB Type-C®
• ESD Application Handbook

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TrEOS High-Speed ESD Protection for USB4

Uncompromising ESD protection for high- speed data line as USB4TM

Available are 3 different extremely low capacitance bidirectional ElectroStatic Discharge (ESD) protection diodes, as part of the TrEOS protection family. Those devices are housed in a DSN0603-2 (SOD962-2) leadless, ultra-small Surface-Mounted Device (SMD) package designed to protect one signal line from the damage caused by ESD and other transients.

Key features

• Bidirectional ESD protection of one line
• Extremely low diode capacitance, Cd = 0.08 - 0.1 pF at 10 GHz
• Extremely low insertion loss: -0.19 - 0.28 dB at 10 GHz
• Extremely low return loss: -19 - -23.5 dB at 10 GHz
• Extremely low clamping voltage to protect sensitive transceivers
• Extremely low insertion loss αIL = -0.19 dB at 10 GHz
• Extremely low leakage current < 1 nA at 5 V
• Extremely low inductance protection path to ground
• Very high surge robustness: 4.8 A for 8/20 µs pulse
• 20 Gbps capable
• Ultra-small SMD package

Applications

• Cellular handsets and accessories
• Portable electronics
• Communication systems
• Computers and peripherals
• USB4, USB3.2, Thunderbolt4 and HDMI2.1 data lines

Links & documents

• Nexperia delivers extremely low clamping bidirectional ESD protection devices for USB4 standard interfaces
• Selecting ESD protection for USB4 data lines
• ESD Protection for Automotive High-Speed Video Links
• ESD Application Handbook
• ESD protection without compromise TrEOS Protection from Nexperia
• TrEOS ESD Protection for USB Type-C®

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USB4 ESD devices from Nexperia provide optimum balance of protection and performance

TrEOS based protection offers industry-leading insertion and return loss to help meet tight system budgets

Nexperia announced two Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) protection devices optimized for use with retimers and redrivers on high-speed data lines. PESD2V8Y1BSF is designed to protect USB4 (Thunderbolt) interfaces while PESD4V0Y1BCSF is intended for use with both USB4 as well as HDMI 2.1. These products use Nexperia’s proven TrEOS technology, which combines low clamping with low capacitance and high robustness.

Key features

• Bidirectional ESD protection of one line
• ESD protection up to ±14 kV contact discharge according to IEC 61000-4-2
• Backwards compatible to USB 3.2
• Extremely low diode capacitance: Cd = 0.16 pF at 1 MHz
• Extremely low clamping and trigger voltage (Vt1 = 6.9 V TLP) to protect sensitive transceivers
• Extremely low insertion loss: -0.29 dB at 10 GHz
• Extremely low return loss: -20.6 dB at 10 GHz
• RF performance does not degrade over the operation voltage range
• Extremely low leakage curren
• Extremely low inductance protection path to ground
• Very high surge robustness: 5.5 A for a 8/20 µs pulse
• IEC 61000-4-4 robust up to level 3 on I/O ports (corresponds to 40 A into a 50 Ohm termination)
• Ultra-small SMD package

Applications

• Cellular handsets and accessories
• Portable electronics
• Communication systems
• Computers and peripherals
• HDMI 2.1 and 2.0, USB4, USB 3.2 and Thunderbolt 3 and 4 data lines

Links & documents

• ESD for USB-C
• TrEOS protection for high speed data lines
• USB4 ESD devices from Nexperia provide optimum balance of protection and performance
• TrEOS ESD protection for USB Type-C®
• Choosing ESD protection devices for USB4TM
• Re-driving USB4 to superspeeds
• Getting ESD protection right for USB4™

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Compact 2-in-1 TrEOS High-Speed ESD Protection in DFN0603-3

High-speed data line protection for HDMI2.1, USBx and Thunderbolt

Nexperia`s new TrEOS protection devices provide the most compact method to suppress ESD in USB3.2, HDMI2.1 and other high-speed data lines. They combine two TrEOS protection diodes in one miniature DFN0603-3 package – effectively delivering two diodes in the footprint of one. Providing best-in-class ESD protection and system robustness by combining high RF performance with very low clamping and very high surge capability.

Key features

• Bidirectional ESD protection of two lines
• Very low diode capacitance down to Cd = 0.21 pF
• Extremely low clamping to protect sensitive I/Os
• Extremely low-inductance protection path to ground
• ESD protection up to ±25 kV acc. to IEC 61000-4-2;
• Surge robustness up to 11.0 A 8/20
• Ultra small SMD package
• Placed on one differential line pair, almost no extra PCB space demand for protectiont

Applications

• Thunderbolt, USB and HDMI 2.1 data lines
• Cellular handsets and accessories
• Portable electronics
• Communication systems
• Computers and peripherals

Links & documents

• Compact 2-in-1 TrEOS protection for high-speed data lines
• Application Guide ESD protection - USB 3.2
• Intelligent miniaturization of ESD protection
• Recommendations for Printed Board assembly of DFN0603-3 (SOT8013)
• ESD Application Handbook
• Nexperia Selection Guide 2020
• ESD protection without compromise TrEOS Protection from Nexperia

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ESD protection for automotive CAN-FD (CAN Flexible Data Rate)

CAN-FD ESD protection solutions for Automotive applications

As data payload in vehicles increases, high-speed data transmission becomes essential and new protocols find their way into in-vehicle networks. The CAN protocol is famous but limited to 1Mbit/s whereas CAN-FD (Flexible Data) covers speeds up to 5 Mbit/s. 2 Mbit/s is the typical implementation limit suitable for many applications that do not require higher data rates.

Key features

• PESD2CANFDx series
  • Reverse stand-off voltage: VRWM = 24 V or 27 V
  • Low clamping voltage: VCL down to 30 V at IPP = 1 A
  • Three capacitance classes: CD = 3.5 pF, 6 pF and 10 pF
  • Improved ESD protection up to 30 kV (IEC61000-4-2, ISO10605)
  • High temperature capability: TJ= 150 °C (DFN) and TJ = 175 °C (SMD)
  • AEC-Q101 qualification grade/PPAP capability
  • CAN-FD solutions are available in automotive grade
• Extreme-robustness leaded SMD and leadless DFN
• Plastic packages

Applications

ESD protection for two in-vehicle bus lines:

• CAN-FD
• CAN
• FlexRay
• SENT

Advantage of leadless CAN-FD in DFN packages over classical SOT packages:

• Up to 90% smaller package
• Very low height (50% of SOT23)
• Side Wettable Flanks (SWF) for AOI compatibility
• Improved signal integrity

Links & documents

• LIN/CAN(FD)/FlexRay
• ESD protection for Automotive CAN-FD (CAN Flexible Data Rate)
• Nexperia launches AEC-Q101-qualified, leadless CAN-FD protection diodes with industry-leading ESD performance
• Getting ESD protection right for CAN-FD
• Automotive ESD protection

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