Product Description
The CM1216 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. The CM1216 will protect against ESD pulses up to +15kV per the IEC 61000-4-2 standard.

Features
• 6 and 8 channels of ESD protection
• Provides +15 kV ESD protection on each channel per the IEC 61000-4-2 ESD requirements
• Channel loading capacitance of 1.6 pF typical
• Channel I/O to GND capacitance difference of 0.04pF typical
• Mutual capacitance of 0.13pF typical
• Minimal capacitance change with temperature and voltage
• Each I/O pin can withstand over 1000 ESD strikes
• SOIC and MSOP packages
• Lead-free versions available

Applications
• IEEE1394 Firewire® ports at 400Mbps / 800Mbps
• DVI ports, HDMI ports in notebooks, set top boxes, digital TVs, LCD displays
• Serial ATA ports in desktop PCs and hard disk drives
• PCI Express ports
• General purpose high-speed data line ESD protection