Product Description
The CM1213 family of diode arrays has been designed to provide ESD protection for electronic components or sub-systems requiring minimal capacitive loading. These devices are ideal for protecting systems with high data and clock rates or for circuits requiring low capacitive loading. Each ESD channel consists of a pair of diodes in series which steer the positive or negative ESD current pulse to either the positive (VP) or negative (VN) supply rail. A Zener diode is embedded between VP and VN, offering two advantages. First, it protects the VCCrail against ESD strikes, and second,it eliminates the need for a bypass capacitor that would otherwise be needed for absorbing positive ESD strikes to ground. The CM1213 will protect against ESD pulses up to ±8kV per the IEC 61000-4-2 standard and using the MIL-STD-883D (Method 3015) specification for Human Body Model (HBM) ESD, all pins are protected from contact discharges of greater than ±15kV.

FEATUREs
• 1, 2, 4, 6 and 8 channels of ESD protection
• Provides ESD protection to IEC61000-4-2 Level 4
- 8kV contact discharge
- 15kV air discharge
• Low channel input capacitance of 1.0pF typical
• Minimal capacitance change with temperature and voltage
• Channel input capacitance matching of 0.02pF typical is ideal for differential signals
• Mutual capacitance between signal pin and adjacent signal pin - 0.11pF typical
• Zener diode protects supply rail and eliminates the need for external by-pass capacitors
• Each I/O pin can withstand over 1000 ESD strikes
• Available in SOT, SOIC and MSOP packages
• Lead-free version available