Figure 5. Relative variation of gate trigger and holding

current versus junction temperature

0.0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

-40

-20

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

Tj(°C)

I

GT, IH , IL[Tj]/IGT, IH , IL[Tj = 25 °C]

IH & I L

IGT

Figure 6. Surge peak on-state current versus number of

cycles

0

50

100

150

200

250

300

350

1

10

100

1000

Number of cycles

I

TSM(A)

Non repetitive

Tj initial = 25 °C

Repetitive

TC = 102 °C

Figure 7. Non repetitive surge peak on-state current for a

sinusoidal pulse with width tp < 10 ms

100

1000

10000

0.01

0.10

1.00

10.00

tP(ms)

I

TSM(A)

dI/dt limitation: 50 A/µs

ITSM

Tj initial = 25 °C

Figure 8. On-state characteristics (maximum values)

1

10

100

1000

0.0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

3.0

3.5

4.0

VTM (V)

ITM (A)

Tj max :

Vto = 0.85V

Rd = 14mΩ

TN2540-12G

Characteristics (curves)

DS12791 - Rev 1

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