Michael: I worked at General Semiconductor for about 25 years. I do not know of any specific component safety standard for TVS diode components. The one that we, when at General Semiconductor, had to meet was the UL 497B for telecommunications. Generally, there is no safety standard for individual components. It depends on how they are connected in the circuit and their location, that is for creepage and clearance distances. These components are used on AC power, DC power and data lines. Their selection depends upon specific applications and the peak pulse current and waveform. These two conditions are the only threat conditions that are important. But it is location of the device in the circuit or system that might cause of concern for safety. Dave
-----Original Message----- From: owner-emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org [mailto:owner-emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org]On Behalf Of Peters, Michael Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2002 6:33 AM To: 'emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org' Subject: Transient Voltage Suppressor - Europe approvals? Greetings, Is anyone aware of Transient Voltage Suppressors (General Semiconductor calls them TransZorbs) with any European safety approvals (Semko, Demko, VDE, etc.,)? They would need to be rated for mains voltage. Thanks, Michael Peters ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: majord...@ieee.org with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Ron Pickard: emc-p...@hypercom.com Dave Heald: davehe...@attbi.com For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: ri...@ieee.org Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://ieeepstc.mindcruiser.com/ Click on "browse" and then "emc-pstc mailing list" ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: majord...@ieee.org with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Ron Pickard: emc-p...@hypercom.com Dave Heald: davehe...@attbi.com For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: ri...@ieee.org Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://ieeepstc.mindcruiser.com/ Click on "browse" and then "emc-pstc mailing list"
