FEATURES
• Glass passivated chip junction
• Available in unidirectional and bidirectional
• 1500 W peak pulse power capability with a
10/1000 μs waveform, repetitive rate (duty cycle):
0.01 %
• Excellent clamping capability
• Very fast response time
• Low incremental surge resistance
• AEC-Q101 qualified available
• Solder dip 275 °C max. 10 s, per JESD 22-B106
• Material categorization: for definitions of compliance
please see www.vishay.com/doc?99912

TYPICAL APPLICATIONS
Use in sensitive electronics protection against voltage
transients induced by inductive load switching and lighting
on ICs, MOSFET, signal lines of sensor units for consumer,
computer, industrial, automotive, and telecommunication.

MECHANICAL DATA
Case: molded epoxy body over passivated junction
Molding compound meets UL 94 V-0 flammability rating
Base P/N-E3 - RoHS compliant, commercial grade
Base P/NHE3_X - RoHS compliant, and AEC-Q101 qualified
(“X” denotes revision code e.g. A, B, ...)
Terminals: matte tin plated leads, solderable per
J-STD-002 and JESD 22-B102
E3 suffix meets JESD 201 class 1A whisker test, HE3 suffix
meets JESD 201 class 2 whisker test
Note
• 1.5KE250A to 1.5KE540A are commercial grade only
• Bidirectional is available from 1.5KE6.8CA to 1.5KE220CA only
Polarity: for unidirectional types the color band denotes
cathode end, no marking on bidirectional types