Abstract: An apparatus may include a transient voltage suppression (TVS) device array coupled to a first input terminal and a second input terminal; and a linear regulator module having a pair of inputs connected to a respective pair of outputs of the TVS device array, wherein the TVS device array includes at least one TVS diode is connected between a first output and second output of the pair of outputs to generate a first clamping voltage signal, and wherein the linear regulator module is configured to generate a second clamping voltage signal having a second clamping voltage independent of a first clamping voltage of the first clamping voltage signal received from the TVS device array.

Abstract: An overvoltage protection device (100) may include a metal oxide varistor (MOV) (102) having a first surface (114) and a second surface (116); a semiconductor substrate (202) having a first outer surface (126) and a second outer surface (128) and comprising a semiconductor crowbar device (104) comprising a plurality of semiconductor layers arranged in electrical series to one another, the semiconductor substrate (202) being disposed on a first side of the metal oxide varistor (102), a conductive region (124) disposed between the second surface (116) of the MOV (102) and the first outer surface (126) of the semiconductor substrate (202); a first electrical contact (120) disposed on the first surface (114) of the MOV (102); and a second electrical contact (122) disposed on the second outer surface (128) of the semiconductor substrate (202).

Abstract: In one embodiment, an overvoltage protection device may include a metal oxide varistor (MOV) having a first surface and a second surface; a semiconductor substrate having a first outer surface and a second outer surface and comprising a semiconductor crowbar device comprising a plurality of semiconductor layers arranged in electrical series to one another, the semiconductor substrate being disposed on a first side of the metal oxide varistor; a conductive region disposed between the second surface of the MOV and the first outer surface of the semiconductor substrate; a first electrical contact disposed on the first surface of the MOV; and a second electrical contact disposed on the second outer surface of the semiconductor substrate.

Abstract: An apparatus may include a transient voltage suppression (TVS) device array coupled to a first input terminal and a second input terminal; and a linear regulator module having a pair of inputs connected to a respective pair of outputs of the TVS device array, wherein the TVS device array includes at least one TVS diode is connected between a first output and second output of the pair of outputs to generate a first clamping voltage signal, and wherein the linear regulator module is configured to generate a second clamping voltage signal having a second clamping voltage independent of a first clamping voltage of the first clamping voltage signal received from the TVS device array.

Abstract: In one embodiment, an overvoltage protection device may include a metal oxide varistor (MOV) having a first surface and a second surface; a semiconductor substrate having a first outer surface and a second outer surface and comprising a semiconductor crowbar device comprising a plurality of semiconductor layers arranged in electrical series to one another, the semiconductor substrate being disposed on a first side of the metal oxide varistor; a conductive region disposed between the second surface of the MOV and the first outer surface of the semiconductor substrate; a first electrical contact disposed on the first surface of the MOV; and a second electrical contact disposed on the second outer surface of the semiconductor substrate.

Abstract: An apparatus may include a transient voltage suppression (TVS) device array coupled to a first input terminal and a second input terminal; and a linear regulator module having a pair of inputs connected to a respective pair of outputs of the TVS device array, wherein the TVS device array includes at least one TVS diode is connected between a first output and second output of the pair of outputs to generate a first clamping voltage signal, and wherein the linear regulator module is configured to generate a second clamping voltage signal having a second clamping voltage independent of a first clamping voltage of the first clamping voltage signal received from the TVS device array.

Abstract: An overvoltage protection device (100) may include a metal oxide varistor (MOV) (102) having a first surface (114) and a second surface (116); a semiconductor substrate (202) having a first outer surface (126) and a second outer surface (128) and comprising a semiconductor crowbar device (104) comprising a plurality of semiconductor layers arranged in electrical series to one another, the semiconductor substrate (202) being disposed on a first side of the metal oxide varistor (102), a conductive region (124) disposed between the second surface (116) of the MOV (102) and the first outer surface (126) of the semiconductor substrate (202); a first electrical contact (120) disposed on the first surface (114) of the MOV (102); and a second electrical contact (122) disposed on the second outer surface (128) of the semiconductor substrate (202).