The SP3145 represents an industry first: unidirectional ESD protection in a 01005 type package. Unidirectional protection should be favored over bi directional performance, particularly on logic and data lines, which typically do not transit zero volts during standard operation. Fast-acting, semiconductor based technology can withstand multiple ESD events, without wear-out or degradation. Low nominal capacitance makes this product meaningful for interfaces running at high data rates, approaching 5 GHz clock speeds.
Industry-first unidirectional protection, critical for data line protection, and anyinterface which does not transit zero volts