Hi,
Normally when looking for answers, with enough effort put in I've found them eventually and forums have just been lurked..
However I'd appreciate some advice as per the topic title on this.. I'm stumped
Briefly, for a few applications on the go I need to develop in some ESD tolerance for externally exposed signal inerfaces, (RF mainly and some high-speed digital data) into ESD-sensitive silicon.
Interfaces are passing mostly RF low-level receive (antenna) with some cases transmitting at 100-200mw@50-75 ohm.. losses need to be kept low, and DC tolerance of 6v max would be good.
So I think I'd be looking at a bidirectional single-port (two pin) very low capacitance TVS.. and ideally more around 1206 footprint than some of the forms you see these days
Also being low volume, something somewhat commonly used would avoid the issues you get with the more obscure components (reels of thousands, lead times, so on..)
I guess it's down to
*ratings
*low-cap to suit the bandwidth
*leakage/loss
*availability
*footprint
*cost (low-volume)
:but I'm not getting anywhere with trying to work out something suitable and if someone could help out I'd appreciate it
Cheers Ben