# TVS Diode, 15KP Series, Bidirectional, 28 V, 47.5 V, Axial Leaded, 2 Pins

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**URL**: https://novapart.co/products/15KPE28CA/tvs-diode-15kp-series-bidirectional-28-v-475-axial
**SKU**: 15KPE28CA
**Manufacturer**: EATON BUSSMANN
**Category**: Circuit Protection || TVS - Transient Voltage Suppressors || TVS Diodes
**Price**: €3.0800
**Stock**: 500+
**Lead Time**: 218 days (indicative)

## Specifications

| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Svhc | To Be Advised |
| No. Of Pins | 2Pins |
| Tvs Polarity | Bidirectional |
| Product Range | 15KP Series |
| Qualification | - |
| Diode Mounting | Through Hole |
| Diode Case Style | Axial Leaded |
| Clamping Voltage Max | 47.5V |
| Reverse Standoff Voltage | 28V |
| Maximum Breakdown Voltage | 34.4V |
| Minimum Breakdown Voltage | 31.1V |
| Operating Temperature Max | 175°C |
| Peak Pulse Power Dissipation | 15kW |

## Datasheet

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## 15KPE 

## 15000 W Transient voltage suppressor 

## **Applications** 

- Consumer electronics 

- Telecommunications 

- Computing and servers 

- Appliances 

- Industrial automation 

- Mobile and wearables 

## **Product features** 

## **Environmental compliance and general specifications** 

- Low incremental surge resistance 

- Excellent clamping capability 

- 15,000 W peak pulse power capability at 10/1000 μs waveform 

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- Typical IR less than 2 μA above 30 V 

- Fast response time: typically less than 1.0 ps from 0 V to VBR minimum 

- High temperature reflow and wave soldering 

- Plastic package meets UL 94 V-0 flammability rating 

- Terminal: Solder plated leads, solderable per J-STD-02 

- UL 497B recognized. File No. : E198449 Guide QVGQ2 

## **Ordering part number** 

**15KPE 280 C A** 

Family name VR voltage Bi-/Uni-Directional (Blank=Uni, C=Bi) Voltage tolerance 

## **PIN configuration** 

15KPE 15000 W Transient voltage suppressor 

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## **Absolute maximum ratings** 

(+25 °C, RH=45%-75%, unless otherwise noted) 

|**Parameter**||**Symbol**||**Value**||**Unit**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Storage operating junction temperature range||TSTG/ TJ||-55 to +175||°C|
|Steady state power dissipation at TL= +75°C||PM(AV)||8.0||W|
|Peak pulse power dissipation on 10/1000 μs<br>waveform||PPP||15,000||W|
|Peak forward surge current, 8.3 ms single half<br>sine-wave for unidirectional only||IFSM||400||A|
|Typical thermal resistance junction to lead||R<br>JL<br>8||8.0||°C/W|
|Typical thermal resistance junction to ambient||R<br>JA<br>8||40||°C/W|



## **Mechanical parameters- mm** 

|||**Millimeters**||**Inches**||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**Dimension**|**Minimum**|**Maximum**|**Minimum**||
||A|25.40||1.000||
||B|8.60|9.40|0.339|0.370|
|_}<br>a|C<br>1.20<br>1.40<br>0.047<br>0.055<br> ~~a~~|||||
||D|8.60|9.10|0.339|0.358|



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## **Packaging information (mm)** 

300 parts per box. 

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## **Electrical characteristics** (+25 °C) 

|**Part number**||||**VR**||**IR @ VR**|**VBR@ IT**||||**IT**||**VC @ IPP**||**IPP**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Uni-polar**|**Bi-polar**|||**(V)**||**(μA)**|**min (V)**||**max (V)**||**(mA)**||**max (V)**||**(A)**|
|15KPE17A|15KPE17CA|||17||5000|18.9||20.9||50||29.3||515.4|
|15KPE18A|15KPE18CA|||18||5000|20||22.1||50||30.9||488.7|
|15KPE20A|15KPE20CA|||20||1500|22.2||24.5||20||34.3||440.2|
|15KPE22A|15KPE22CA|||22||500|24.4||26.9||10||37.1||407|
|15KPE24A|15KPE24CA|||24||150|26.7||29.5||5||40.7||371|
|15KPE26A|15KPE26CA|||26||50|28.9||31.9||5||44||343.2|
|15KPE28A|15KPE28CA|||28||25|31.1||34.4||5||47.5||317.9|
|15KPE30A|15KPE30CA|||30||15|33.3||36.8||5||50.7||297.8|
|15KPE33A|15KPE33CA|||33||2|36.7||40.6||5||54.7||276.1|
|15KPE36A|15KPE36CA|||36||2|40||44.2||5||59.8||252.5|
|15KPE40A|15KPE40CA|||40||2|44.4||49.1||5||65.8||229.5|
|15KPE43A|15KPE43CA|||43||2|47.8||52.8||5||69.8||216.3|
|15KPE45A|15KPE45CA|||45||2|50||55.3||5||72.8||207.4|
|15KPE48A|15KPE48CA|||48||2|53.3||58.9||5||77.7||194.3|
|15KPE51A|15KPE51CA|||51||2|56.7||62.7||5||82.9||182.1|
|15KPE54A|15KPE54CA|||54||2|60||66.3||5||87.7||172.2|
|15KPE58A|15KPE58CA|||58||2|64.4||71.2||5||93.8||161|
|15KPE60A|15KPE60CA|||60||2|66.7||73.7||5||97.4||155|
|15KPE64A|15KPE64CA|||64||2|71.1||78.6||5||104.2||144.9|
|15KPE70A|15KPE70CA|||70||2|77.8||86||5||113.6||132.9|
|15KPE75A|15KPE75CA|||75||2|83.3||92.1||5||122||123.8|
|15KPE78A|15KPE78CA|||78||2|86.7||95.8||5||126.1||119.7|
|15KPE85A|15KPE85CA|||85||2|94.4||104||5||137.6||109.7|
|15KPE90A|15KPE90CA|||90||2|100||111||5||145.6||103.7|
|15KPE100A|15KPE100CA|||100||2|111||123||5||161.3||93.6|
|15KPE110A|15KPE110CA|||110||2|122||135||5||178.6||84.5|
|15KPE120A|15KPE120CA|||120||2|133||147||5||192.3||78.5|
|15KPE130A|15KPE130CA|||130||2|144||159||5||208.3||72.5|
|15KPE150A|15KPE150CA|||150||2|167||185||5||241.9||62.4|
|15KPE160A|15KPE160CA|||160||2|178||197||5||258.6||58.4|
|15KPE170A|15KPE170CA|||170||2|189||209||5||272.7||55.4|
|15KPE180A|15KPE180CA|||180||2|201||222||5||288.5||52.3|
|15KPE200A|15KPE200CA|||200||2|224||247||5||319.1||47.3|
|15KPE220A|15KPE220CA|||220||2|246||272||5||352.5||42.8|
|15KPE240A|15KPE240CA|||240||2|268||292||5||384.6||39.3|
|15KPE260A|15KPE260CA|||260||2|289||317||5||416.7||36.2|
|15KPE280A|15KPE280CA|||280||2|311||341||5||454.5||33.2|



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**Ratings and V-I characteristic curves** (+25 °C unless otherwise noted) 

## **V- I curve characteristics (Uni-directional)** 

## **V- I curve characteristics (Bi-directional)** 

## Surge waveform: 10/1000 μs 

- VR: Stand-off voltage -- Maximum voltage that can be applied 

- VBR: Breakdown voltage 

VC: Clamping voltage -- Peak voltage measured across the suppressor at a specified IPP 

- IR: Reverse leakage current 

IT: Test current 

VF: Forward voltage drop for Uni-directional TVS diode 

## **Pulse waveform** 

## **Pulse derating curve** 

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## **Peak pulse power dissipation vs. pulse width** 

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1000<br>15000 W at 10/1000 µs +25 °C<br>100<br>10<br>1.0<br>0.001   0.01   0.1       1.0          10<br>td-Pulse width (ms)<br>Ppp (kW)<br>**----- End of picture text -----**<br>


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## **Solder reflow profile** 

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TP Table 1 - Standard SnPb solder (Tc)<br>TC -5°C Volume   Volume<br>Max. Ramp Up Rate = 3°C/s tP Package   mm3   mm3<br>Max. Ramp Down Rate = 6°C/s thickness <350 ≥350<br><2.5 mm 235 °C 220 °C<br>TL<br>Preheat t ≥2.5 mm 220 °C 220 °C<br>A<br>Tsmax Table 2 - Lead (Pb) free solder (Tc)<br>Volume   Volume   Volume<br>Package   mm [3] mm [3] mm [3]<br>Tsmin thickness <350 350 - 2000 >2000<br>   ts <1.6 mm 260 °C 260 °C 260 °C<br>1.6 – 2.5 mm 260 °C 250 °C 245 °C<br>>2.5 mm 250 °C 245 °C 245 °C<br>25°C<br>Time 25°C to Peak  Time<br>Temperature<br>**----- End of picture text -----**<br>


|**Table 2 - Lead (Pb) free solder (Tc)**<br>**Package**<br>**thickness**<br>**Volume**<br>**mm3**<br>**<350**<br>**Volume**<br>**mm3**<br>**350 - 2000**|**Table 2 - Lead (Pb) free solder (Tc)**<br>**Package**<br>**thickness**<br>**Volume**<br>**mm3**<br>**<350**<br>**Volume**<br>**mm3**<br>**350 - 2000**|**Table 2 - Lead (Pb) free solder (Tc)**<br>**Package**<br>**thickness**<br>**Volume**<br>**mm3**<br>**<350**<br>**Volume**<br>**mm3**<br>**350 - 2000**|**Table 2 - Lead (Pb) free solder (Tc)**<br>**Package**<br>**thickness**<br>**Volume**<br>**mm3**<br>**<350**<br>**Volume**<br>**mm3**<br>**350 - 2000**|**Table 2 - Lead (Pb) free solder (Tc)**<br>**Package**<br>**thickness**<br>**Volume**<br>**mm3**<br>**<350**<br>**Volume**<br>**mm3**<br>**350 - 2000**|**Volume**<br>**mm3**<br>**>2000**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|<1.6 mm||260 °C||260 °C|260 °C|
|1.6 – 2.5 mm||260 °C||250 °C|245 °C|
|>2.5 mm||250 °C||245 °C|245 °C|



## **Reference J-STD-020** 

|**Profile feature**||**Standard SnPb solder**||**Lead (Pb) free solder**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|Preheat and soak     • Temperature min. (Tsmin)||100 °C||150 °C|
|• Temperature max. (Tsmax)||150 °C||200 °C|
|• Time (Tsminto Tsmax) (ts)||60-120 seconds||60-180 seconds|
|Ramp up rate TLto Tp||3 °C/ second max.||3 °C/ second max.|
|Liquidous temperature (Tl)||183 °C||217 °C|
|Time (tL) maintained above TL||60-150 seconds||60-150 seconds|
|Peak package body temperature (TP)*||Table 1||Table 2|
|Time (tp)* within 5 °C of the specified classification temperature (Tc)||20 seconds*||40 seconds*|
|Ramp-down rate (Tpto TL)||6 °C/ second max.||6 °C/ second max.|
|Time 25 °C to peak temperature||6 minutes max.||8 minutes max.|



* Tolerance for peak profile temperature (Tp) is defined as a supplier minimum and a user maximum. 

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## **Wave solder profile** 

||||||tp||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||Tp|||||||||||
||**Temperature**|Tsmin<br>Tsmax<br>Tstyp||First Wave||Second Wave|||||||
|||||Preheat area||||||Cool down area|||
|||||||**Time**|—_—————_—>||||||
|**Reference EN 61760-1:2006**|**Reference EN 61760-1:2006**||||||||||||
|**Profile feature**|||||||||**Standard SnPb solder**|||**Lead (Pb) free solder**|
|Preheat                    • Temperature min. (Tsmin)|Preheat                    • Temperature min. (Tsmin)|Preheat                    • Temperature min. (Tsmin)|||||||100 °C|||100 °C|
||• Temperature typ. (Tstyp)||||||||120 °C|||120 °C|
||• Temperature max. (Tsmax)||• Temperature max. (Tsmax)||||||130 °C|||130 °C|
||• Time (Tsminto T|to Tsmax) (ts)|||||||70 seconds|||70 seconds|
|D preheat tomax Temperature|||||||||150 °C max.|||150 °C max.|
|Peak temperature (TP)*|||||||||235 °C – 260 °C|||250 °C – 265 °C|
|Time at peak temperature (tp)|||||||||10 seconds max<br>5 seconds max each wave|||10 seconds max<br>5 seconds max each wave|
|Ramp-down rate|||||||||~ 2 K/s min|~ 2 K/s min||~ 2 K/s min|
||||||||||~3.5 K/s typ|~3.5 K/s typ||~3.5 K/s typ|
||||||||||~5 K/s max|||~5 K/s max|
|Time 25 °C to 25 °C|||||||||4 minutes|||4 minutes|



## **Manual solder** 

+350 °C (4-5 seconds by soldering iron), generally manual/hand soldering is not recommended. 

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