STMicroelectronics has unveiled what it is calling the world’s first and only surge protection devices certified to the automotive industry’s preferred specifications. Characterized and certified to the auto industry’s preferred ISO pulse specifications, the Miniature Transil surge protection devices provide the expected levels of consumer protection while promising to significantly reduce approval times and design costs for an array of critical vehicle electronics.
According to STMicroelectronics, designers of automotive electronics systems have routinely been specifying protection devices meet industrial standards despite the fact that the kind of environment this prepares devices for does not match the environment found inside of an automobile. STMicroelectronics’ automotive surge protection devices instead deter potentially damaging voltage pulses resulting from ESD caused by moving passengers, subsystems, or load dumps.
