Device for discharging over voltages and its use
AssigneeTDK Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsEduard Dorsch, Frank Werner
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Abstract
In an embodiment a device includes a first arrester unit with at least one first gas-filled surge arrester and a second arrester unit with at least one second gas-filled surge arrester, wherein the first and second arrester units are connected in series with one another between a first potential node and a reference potential node, wherein the first arrester unit and the second arrester unit are different from each other, wherein the first arrester unit includes a larger response voltage than the second arrester unit, and wherein the first arrester unit includes a smaller arc voltage than the second arrester unit.
Claims14
A device comprising:
- a first arrester unit with at least one first gas-filled surge arrester;
- and
- a second arrester unit with at least one second gas-filled surge arrester,
- wherein the first and second arrester units are connected in series with one another between a first potential node and a reference potential node,
- wherein the first arrester unit and the second arrester unit are different from each other,
- wherein the first arrester unit comprises a larger response voltage than the second arrester unit,
- wherein the first arrester unit comprises a smaller arc voltage than the second arrester unit, and
- wherein the device is configured to discharge an overvoltage.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.