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Article: Microsemi Corp. Announces New TVS for High-Speed Data Transmission; Addresses Achilles Heel of USB Technology.
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- Business Wire
- Article date:
- March 20, 1998
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SANTA ANA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 20, 1998--Microsemi Corp. Friday announced a new series of TVSs (transient voltage suppressors) that is expected to protect voice, data and video communications without inhibiting high-frequency performance.
Designated USB08, the new series meets all current Universal Serial Bus (USB) requirements, as well as even more rigid European requirements.
Transient voltage suppressors have long been essential in protecting integrated circuits (ICs) and other electronic components against the damaging effects of electrostatic discharge (ESD). USB, designed to operate at approximately 40 times existing frequency ...