TSIxxB1
TYPICAL APPLICATION
PTC
Telecom terminals have a diode bridge for polarity
guard, located at the line interface stage. They also
have above this diode bridge one crowbar
protection device that is mandatory to prevent
atmospheric effects and AC mains disturbances
from damaging the electronic circuitry that follows
the diode bridge.
SGS-THOMSON proposes a one chip device that
includes both protection and diode bridge. This is
the concept of the TSIxxB1 devices.
Fig. 1 : The various uses of the TSIxxB1 in a conventional telecom network
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