TDK Corporation, a leading electronics company that caters to demanding markets in the areas of information and communication technology as well as consumer, automotive and industrial electronics has introduced a new EPCOS gas-filled surge arrester. The component is comprised of a stack of five individual arresters and was specifically developed to protect the power supplies of telecommunications equipment.
The new arrester has a surge current capability of 20 kA at an impulse wave of 8/20 µs and 4 kA at an impulse wave of 10/350 µs. It’s rated DC operating voltage is 48 V DC plus 20 percent and is designed for operating temperatures from -40 to 90 °C.
