
Semtech Protection
Highly Efficient Transient Voltage Suppression (TVS)
Semtech is a recognized leader in transient voltage protection – providing a wide offering of TVS devices to protect electronics equipment from the damage or “latch-up” caused by ESD, surge (lightning), cable discharge, EFT, and other destructive voltage transients. Semtech’s protection solutions feature low clamping voltage, low-capacitance, and low leakage current.
Semtech Circuit Protection Devices
Semtech protection solutions offer proven TVS protection for safeguarding common digital data interfaces (USB, HDMI, Ethernet, etc.). The circuit protection devices are highly optimized and proven solutions to insure that your system data port is well safeguarded to the industry’s most stringent EMC immunity requirements.

Ethernet ESD Protection
Ethernet is everywhere - from telecommunications backhaul to computing connectivity to industrial networking. Ethernet has become a dominant communication standard in the electronics industry. These ports are routinely struck by fast transient ESD threats as well as longer duration lightning pulses. State of the art protection solutions are needed to adequately safeguard these interfaces from the many overvoltage threats. Semtech is leading the way in providing low-clamping voltage, low-capacitance Ethernet protection arrays.
RS-485 ESD Protection
RS-485 has long been a workhorse communication standard for industrial and communications electronics. RS-485 is still widely prevalent today for its advantages in robust, high noise immunity electrical communication. From high-end base stations to surveillance to HVAC control to POS terminals to industrial networks, RS-485 is everywhere. The harsh environments and long distances over which RS-485 links run mean that they are often assaulted with a broad range of electrical transient spikes. Semtech makes highly differentiated TVS protection to safeguard RS-485 ports from the most harsh electrical conditions.
Antenna Protection
Antenna and RF interfaces are common in a wide host of electronics equipment. These antenna interfaces can be highly susceptible to ESD and overvoltage transient threats. Semtech offers low-capacitance TVS devices that will both safely arrest dangerous transient spikes while also presenting minimal capacitance to not compromise the RF signal integrity.
Type-C ESD Protection
USB4 and USB 3.2 are quickly emerging as key data buses across a wide host of electronics equipment whereas USB 2.0 interfaces are prevalent across consumer, industrial, telecom, and communications equipment. These high-speed data ports are extremely vulnerable and sensitive to damage and latch-up from electrostatic discharge (ESD), electrical fast transients and cable discharge threats. Semtech provides industry leading, low-clamping voltage ESD protection solutions to safeguard USB ports from ESD and overvoltage transient threats.
USB ESD Protection
USB4 and USB 3.2 are quickly emerging as key data buses across a wide host of electronics equipment whereas USB 2.0 interfaces are prevalent across consumer, industrial, telecom, and communications equipment. These high-speed data ports are extremely vulnerable and sensitive to damage and latch-up from electrostatic discharge (ESD), electrical fast transients and cable discharge threats. Semtech provides industry leading, low-clamping voltage ESD protection solutions to safeguard USB ports from ESD and overvoltage transient threats.
HDMI ESD Protection
High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) is an uncompressed, all-digital audio/video interface. It provides a high speed interface between audio/video source devices, such as DVD players, and sink devices, such as digital displays. The HDMI plug is frequently exposed to Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) directly from the user or Cable Discharge (CDE) from hot plug cable. Semtech has long been a leader in providing high performance ESD protection to both safeguard HDMI silicon from transient threats while also preserving signal integrity on the high-speed interface.