MOTOROLA SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNICAL DATA SA5.0A through SA170A Zener Transient Voltage Suppressors Unidirectional and Bidirectional The SA5.0A series is designed to protect voltage sensitive components from high voltage, high energy transients. They have excellent clamping capability, high surge capability, low zener impedance and fast response time. The SA5.0A series is supplied in Motorola's exclusive, cost-effective, highly reliable Surmetic axial leaded package and is ideally-suited for use in communication systems, numerical controls, process controls, medical equipment, business machines, power supplies and many other industrial/consumer applications. Specification Features: * Stand-off Zener Voltage Range -- 5 to 170 V * Peak Power -- 500 Watts @ 1 ms * Maximum Clamp Voltage @ Peak Pulse Current * Low Leakage < 1 A Above 8.5 Volts * Maximum Temperature Coefficient Specified * Response Time is Typically Less than 1 ns MOSORB ZENER OVERVOLTAGE TRANSIENT SUPPRESSORS 5-170 VOLT 500 WATT PEAK POWER 3 WATT STEADY STATE Mechanical Characteristics: CASE: Void-free, transfer-molded, thermosetting plastic FINISH: All external surfaces are corrosion resistant and leads are readily solderable POLARITY: Cathode indicated by polarity band. When operated in zener mode, will be positive with respect to anode MOUNTING POSITION: Any WAFER FAB LOCATION: Phoenix, Arizona ASSEMBLY/TEST LOCATION: Guadalajara, Mexico CASE 59-04 PLASTIC MAXIMUM RATINGS Rating Peak Power Dissipation (1) @ TL 25C Steady State Power Dissipation @ TL 75C, Lead Length = 3/8 Derated above TL = 75C Forward Surge Current (2) @ TA = 25C Operating and Storage Temperature Range Symbol Value Unit PPK 500 Watts PD 3 Watts 30 mW/C IFSM 70 Amps TJ, Tstg - 55 to +175 C Lead Temperature not less than 1/16 from the case for 10 seconds: 230C NOTES: 1. Nonrepetitive current pulse per Figure 4 and derated above TA = 25C per Figure 2. NOTES: 2. 1/2 sine wave (or equivalent square wave), PW = 8.3 ms, duty cycle = 4 pulses per minute maximum. Devices listed in bold, italic are Motorola preferred devices. Motorola TVS/Zener Device Data 500 Watt Peak Power Data Sheet 4-1 SA5.0A through SA170A ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS (TA = 25C unless otherwise noted) VF = 3.5 V Max, IF* = 35 A (except bidirectional devices). Breakdown Voltage Maximum Reverse Leakage @ VRWM IR (A) Maximum Reverse Surge Current IRSM{ (Amps) Maximum Reverse Voltage @ IRSM (Clamping Voltage) VRSM (Volts) Maximum Voltage Temperature Variation of VBR mV/C Device Min Max @ IT (mA) Working Peak Reverse Voltage VRWM** (Volts) SA5.0A SA6.0A SA6.5A SA7.0A 6.4 6.67 7.22 7.78 7 7.37 7.98 8.6 10 10 10 10 5 6 6.5 7 600 600 400 150 54.3 48.5 44.7 41.7 9.2 10.3 11.2 12 5 5 5 6 SA7.5A SA8.0A SA8.5A SA9.0A 8.33 8.89 9.44 10 9.21 9.83 10.4 11.1 1 1 1 1 7.5 8 8.5 9 50 25 5 1 38.8 36.7 34.7 32.5 12.9 13.6 14.4 15.4 7 7 8 9 SA10A SA11A SA12A SA13A 11.1 12.2 13.3 14.4 12.3 13.5 14.7 15.9 1 1 1 1 10 11 12 13 1 1 1 1 29.4 27.4 25.1 23.2 17 18.2 19.9 21.5 10 11 12 13 SA14A SA15A SA16A SA17A 15.6 16.7 17.8 18.9 17.2 18.5 19.7 20.9 1 1 1 1 14 15 16 17 1 1 1 1 21.5 20.6 19.2 18.1 23.2 24.4 26 27.6 14 16 17 19 SA18A SA20A SA22A SA24A 20 22.2 24.4 26.7 22.1 24.5 26.9 29.5 1 1 1 1 18 20 22 24 1 1 1 1 17.2 15.4 14.1 12.8 29.2 32.4 35.5 38.9 20 23 25 28 SA26A SA28A SA30A SA33A 28.9 31.1 33.3 36.7 31.9 34.4 36.8 40.6 1 1 1 1 26 28 30 33 1 1 1 1 11.9 11 10.3 9.4 42.1 45.4 48.4 53.3 30 31 36 39 SA36A SA40A SA43A SA45A 40 44.4 47.8 50 44.2 49.1 52.8 55.3 1 1 1 1 36 40 43 45 1 1 1 1 8.6 7.8 7.2 6.9 58.1 64.5 69.4 72.7 41 46 50 52 SA48A SA51A SA54A SA58A 53.3 56.7 60 64.4 58.9 62.7 66.3 71.2 1 1 1 1 48 51 54 58 1 1 1 1 6.5 6.1 5.7 5.3 77.4 82.4 87.1 93.6 56 61 65 70 SA60A SA64A SA70A SA75A 66.7 71.1 77.8 83.3 73.7 78.6 86 92.1 1 1 1 1 60 64 70 75 1 1 1 1 5.2 4.9 4.4 4.1 96.8 103 113 121 71 76 85 91 SA78A SA85A SA90A SA100A 86.7 94.4 100 111 95.8 104 111 123 1 1 1 1 78 85 90 100 1 1 1 1 4 3.6 3.4 3.1 126 137 146 162 95 103 110 123 SA110A SA120A SA130A SA150A 122 133 144 167 135 147 159 185 1 1 1 1 110 120 130 150 1 1 1 1 2.8 2.5 2.4 2.1 177 193 209 243 133 146 158 184 SA160A SA170A 178 189 197 209 1 1 160 170 1 1 1.9 1.8 259 275 196 208 {{VBR{{ (Volts) ** 1/2 sine wave (or equivalent square wave), PW = 8.3 ms, duty cycle = 4 pulses per minute maximum. (continued) ** MOSORB transient suppressors are normally selected according to the maximum reverse stand-off voltage (VRWM), which should be equal to or greater than the dc or continuous peak ***operating voltage level. {{ Surge current waveform per Figure 4 and derate per Figure 2. {{ VBR measured at pulse test current IT at an ambient temperature of 25C. FOR BIDIRECTIONAL APPLICATIONS USE CA SUFFIX for SA6.0CA through SA170CA Electrical characteristics apply in both directions. 500 Watt Peak Power Data Sheet 4-2 Preferred Bidirectional Devices -- SA6.5CA SA13CA SA12CA SA15CA SA18CA SA24CA Motorola TVS/Zener Device Data SA5.0A through SA170A PEAK PULSE DERATING IN % OF PEAK POWER OR CURRENT @ TA= 25C PP, PEAK POWER (kW) 100 NONREPETITIVE PULSE WAVEFORM SHOWN IN FIGURE 4 10 1 0.1 0.1 s 1 s 10 s 100 80 60 40 20 0 100 s tp, PULSE WIDTH 75 100 125 150 175 TA, AMBIENT TEMPERATURE (C) Figure 1. Pulse Rating Curve Figure 2. Pulse Derating Curve 1 ms 0 10 ms 25 50 200 PULSE WIDTH (tp) IS DEFINED AS THAT POINT WHERE THE PEAK CURRENT DECAYS TO 50% OF IRSM. PEAK VALUE -- IRSM tr 10 s tr 100 MEASURED @ ZERO BIAS 1000 100 HALF VALUE - 0.1 1 IRSM 2 50 MEASURED @ STAND-OFF VOLTAGE (VR) tP 10 100 1000 0 0 1 2 3 VBR, BREAKDOWN VOLTAGE (VOLTS) t, TIME (ms) Figure 3. Capacitance versus Breakdown Voltage Figure 4. Pulse Waveform PD , STEADY STATE POWER DISSIPATION (WATTS) 10 VALUE (%) C, CAPACITANCE (pF) 10,000 4 5 4 3/8 3/8 3 2 1 0 0 25 50 75 100 125 150 175 200 TL, LEAD TEMPERATURE (C) Figure 5. Steady State Power Derating Devices listed in bold, italic are Motorola preferred devices. Motorola TVS/Zener Device Data 500 Watt Peak Power Data Sheet 4-3