Abstract: The technology relates to techniques for transient voltage protection for low voltage circuits. A transient voltage protection circuit can include an input, wherein a transient voltage event causes a transient voltage at the input; a transient voltage suppression (TVS) diode implemented downstream from the input, wherein the TVS diode is configured to absorb energy of the transient voltage event; and a metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET) implemented downstream from the TVS diode; wherein: a gate voltage applied to the MOSFET is based on a desired on-state resistance of the MOSFET in the absence of the transient voltage; energy of the transient voltage event that is not absorbed by the TVS diode and that is transmitted past the TVS diode enters a drain of the MOSFET; and the MOSFET is configured to clamp in a linear mode in response to the transient voltage event.