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Question 19:  What is Anti-Static Protection Circuit?  Is it a Lightning Arrestor?

Answer:  The Static Protection Circuit is also called an ESD (Electro-Static Discharge).  The charged capacitance of a human body enables a person to destroy integrated circuits with a single touch.  Such a contact can easily occur during the installation of an interface cable.  To prevent ESD damage, the converters come with the protection circuit to protect RS-422/RS-485 transceivers against ESD levels for up to ±15kV.

Static Protection Circuit is NOT a Surge Suppressor.  If the converters are to be connected to outdoor devices, to prevent your PC or other devices from being damaged by lightning strikes, proper lightning protection, opto-isolated converter (e.g. CVT-485_422-3) or isolator (e.g. CVT-232A-3 or CVT-232B-3) is recommended.

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