BTC900N

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  "type": "component",
  "slug": "btc900n",
  "title": "BTC900N",
  "brief": "BORN Gas Discharge Tube Arresters (GDT), 1812. Pinout extracted from the datasheet, KiCad symbol/footprint/3D.",
  "version": "0.1.0",
  "license": "CC-BY-SA-4.0",
  "tags": [
    "component",
    "circuit protection",
    "btc900n"
  ],
  "component": {
    "mpn": "BTC900N",
    "manufacturer": "BORN",
    "package": "1812",
    "pin_count": 2,
    "category": "Circuit Protection",
    "subcategory": "Gas Discharge Tube Arresters (GDT)",
    "datasheet": "https://jlcpcb.com/api/file/downloadByFileSystemAccessId/8588905305464193024",
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      "footprint": "btc900n.kicad_mod",
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      "lbr": "btc900n.lbr"
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    "pins": [
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        "number": "1",
        "name": "A1",
        "type": "passive",
        "description": "Gas discharge tube electrode 1. Symmetric bidirectional overvoltage-protection terminal; connects between the protected line (e.g. Tip/Ring) and ground or the opposite electrode. Fires at DC spark-over ~90 V (±30%) and clamps at ~15 V arc voltage while diverting surge current (up to 2.0 kA, 8/20 μs)."
      },
      {
        "number": "2",
        "name": "A2",
        "type": "passive",
        "description": "Gas discharge tube electrode 2. Symmetric counterpart to electrode 1; the two electrodes are electrically equivalent and the tube is non-polarized. Under normal operation the electrodes are open (>=1 GΩ insulation @50 V DC); above the spark-over voltage the tube ionizes and shunts surge current between the two terminals."
      }
    ],
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        "pages": 3,
        "sha256": "703f08479fe7208f",
        "source_tier": "lcsc"
      },
      "cad": "KiCad official (CC-BY-SA 4.0)",
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        "described": 2,
        "cites_pages": true,
        "refuses_to_fabricate": true
      }
    },
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      "footprint": "viewers/footprint.html"
    },
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        "role": "plain",
        "up": "Z",
        "units": "mm",
        "origin": "footprint origin = pad-pattern centre",
        "seat": "z = 0",
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          3.2,
          0.6
        ],
        "zmin_mm": 0.0,
        "centre_offset_mm": 0.0,
        "footprint_binding": "identity",
        "sha256": "1efc89b1825fb585a1cc77954655b8e0db16d3de91237adf42ce79142e58826d",
        "checked": "2026-10-07",
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      },
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      }
    ]
  },
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      "Manufacturer": "BORN",
      "Package": "1812",
      "Category": "Circuit Protection",
      "Pins": "2"
    }
  },
  "variants": [
    {
      "mpn": "BTC900N",
      "kind": "packaging"
    }
  ],
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    "viewers",
    "readme",
    "breadcrumbs",
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  "discovery_triggers": [
    "btc900n"
  ],
  "discovery_pitch": "BTC900N (BORN) component page with datasheet-verified CAD.",
  "author": {
    "name": "Ray",
    "email": "[email protected]"
  },
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  },
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    "btc900n.lbr",
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    "docs/btc900n-datasheet.pdf",
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  ],
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  },
  "updated_at": "2026-09-24T18:14:40.454Z"
}