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Product category: Circuit Protection Devices
News Release from: AVX | Subject: AntennaGuard transient voltage suppressors
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 18 January 2008

Transient voltage suppression protects
antennas

AntennaGuard varistors are suitable for protecting the FETs used in miniature RF amplifiers against ESD damage.

AntennaGuard multilayer ceramic transient voltage suppressors from AVX target RF-antenna and RF-amplifier protection These devices are zinc-oxide (ZnO) based, multilayer ceramic chips in 0402 and 0603 sizes and feature nonlinear, bi-directional voltage-current characteristics similar to back-to-back Zener diodes and an EMC (electromagnetic compatibility) capacitor in parallel