ESD Protection Component Inquiry

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Clarifying component placement.

Exploring component usage.

Following linking rules.

Accessing knowledge base.

Looking for "Overview, features, and description. Typical applications. USB protection." in en.DM00055262.pdf

Looking for "Functional description. Number of protected lines. Channel configuration." in en.DM00055262.pdf

Looking for "Electrical characteristics: Capacitance CIN or Cline typical and max, test conditions (f, bias)." in en.DM00055262.pdf

Looking for "Reverse standoff voltage VRM/VRWM and breakdown voltage VBR and test conditions." in en.DM00055262.pdf

Looking for "Clamping voltage VCL at specified IPP and waveform (8/20 us). Peak pulse current rating IPP." in en.DM00055262.pdf

Looking for "IEC 61000-4-2 ESD immunity levels, contact and air discharge." in en.DM00055262.pdf

Looking for "Package information and pinout for SOT23-6. Pin names and pin function." in en.DM00055262.pdf

Looking for "Application schematic for USB 2.0 D+ D- and VBUS protection. Placement guidelines." in en.DM00055262.pdf

Gathering ESD protection details.

If you mean USBLC6-2SC6Y, it’s an ultra‑low‑capacitance, bidirectional TVS diode array used to protect high‑speed data interfaces (commonly USB D+ and D−, and VBUS) from ESD and surge events by clamping spikes to ground.
Practical notes
  • Place it as close to the connector as possible with a short, low‑impedance path to ground.
  • Based on Flux knowledge base guidance: for USB data‑line ESD protection use bidirectional TVS and keep capacitance below 1 pF per line, to preserve signal integrity.
If you were referring to a different component, tell me its designator and I’ll explain that one.
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Check USB ESD part choice
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Add USB series resistors
Verify grounding strategy
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Documents

    Documents are markdown text files which describe project goals, capture details, or even simulation outputs.

    Assets

    kicad_mod

    SOT-23-6-Footprint-S.kicad_mod

    SOT-23-6-Footprint-S
    USBLC6-2P6-Symbol-1.svg

    USBLC6-2P6-Symbol-1.svg

    USBLC6-2P6-Symbol-1Default
    SOT-23-6-removebg-preview.png

    SOT-23-6-removebg-preview.png

    SOT-23-6-removebg-previewThumbnail
    step

    SOT-23-6-3D.step

    SOT-23-6-3D3D Model

    USBLC6-2SC6Y

    USBLC6-2SC6Y thumbnail
    17V Clamp 5A (8/20µs) Ipp Tvs Diode Surface Mount SOT-23-6 #commonpartslibrary #circuitprotection #tvsdiode

    Properties

    Protection

    STMicroelectronics

    USBLC6-2SC6Y

    st.com/content/ccc/resource/technical/document/datasheet/group0/94/15/6c/58/ba/91/46/42/DM00055262/files/DM00055262.pdf/jcr:content/translations/en.DM00055262.pdf

    D

    creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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    Qty 1

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