What the standoff and clamping ratings mean
The 5.0SMDJ18CA/TR13: When a transient exceeds the 20V minimum breakdown, the device clamps the voltage at 29.2V while conducting 172A peak (10/1000 µs) — the downstream load must survive that 29.2V clamp ceiling during the surge event, not the raw transient amplitude. This is a unidirectional TVS — it protects against positive polarity transients; the bidirectional counterpart in this series carries the CA suffix, and the two should not be swapped without confirming the polarity of the hazard being suppressed.
