SNOSBT0L February 2000 – September 2016 LM340
PRODUCTION DATA.
If transients exceed the maximum rated input voltage of the device, or reach more than 0.8 V below ground and have sufficient energy, they will damage the regulator. The solution is to use a large input capacitor, a series input breakdown diode, a choke, a transient suppressor or a combination of these.
When a value for θ(H–A) is found, a heat sink must be selected that has a value that is less than or equal to this number.
θ(H–A) is specified numerically by the heat sink manufacturer in this catalog or shown in a curve that plots temperature rise vs power dissipation for the heat sink.