Shunt reference with ±1% — the precision anchor for your rail
Rated for 100 mA continuous cathode current, it sinks the bias current for an optocoupler LED or sets the feedback divider in an isolated flyback converter. The 700 µA minimum cathode current keeps the device biased in its linear region across the full load range.
Industrial temperature range — one part for the whole BOM
Output voltage is adjustable from 2.495 V up to 36 V with two external resistors — the same divider formula used across the entire TL431 family, so the BOM calculation transfers directly from a TO-92 or SOIC-8 sibling.
The base number TL431 spans decades of supply — this SOT-23-3 variant is the go-to for new designs that need the precision in a small footprint.
