ZL70002/08/09/10
Data Sheet
SEMICMF.019
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1.0
Functional Description
The ZL70002/08/09/10 is a family of transient surge suppressing devices designed specifically for implanted medical
devices. The device terminals have an extremely low leakage during normal voltages and can therefore be
connected in parallel with the pins of the device it protects. When the voltage rises to dangerous level it then rapidly
turns on and limits the voltage by shunting the current through its thyristors. This makes the ZL70002/08/09/10
family an effective means of compliance with international regulations EN-45502, “Active implantable” and the EN-
50061 “Safety of Implantable Cardiac Pacemakers”.
1.1
ZL70010
ZL70010 is a six-branch device.The suppression is achieved by a self-triggering thyristor-diode device in parallel
with a diode between each branch-input and a common node which also is the substrate of the device. The six
branches of the device are reached through terminals T1, T2, T3, T4, T5 and T6. The electrical characteristic
observed between any two of the terminals (T1, T2, T3, T4, T5 and T6) very much resembles that of a DIAC, see
Figure 12.
When a transient current is forced between two branch-input terminals, the positive terminal will be clamped to the
common node by the diode of one branch and the negative terminal to the forward voltage of the thyristor-diode of
the other branch. Due to the low on-state voltage of the thyristor that voltage will stay at a safe value during the
transient.
1.2
ZL70002
ZL70002 is a seven-branch device with exactly the same electrical characteristics as ZL70010.
1.3
ZL70008 and ZL70009
ZL70008 and ZL70009 are five-branch transient surge suppressing with the same functionality as ZL70010. The
only functional difference is that the substrate of the device is accessible through the two terminals SUB1 and SUB2.