A semiconductor component for transient voltage limiting

摘要

A semiconductor component for limiting transient voltages on the signal or other supply lines of a system, includes, in a common semiconductor body, a plurality of multi-junction diodes connected in the same sense between a common terminal and respective input means which are for connection to the respective supply lines of the system, and a respective further diode connected in shunt with each multi-junction diode with the opposite sense to the multi-junction diode.