1.1

Characteristics (curves)

Figure 1. Maximum power dissipation versus on-state

RMS current (full cycle)

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

0

10

20

30

40

50

P(W)

IT(RMS)(A)

180°

α

α

Figure 2. RMS on-state current versus case temperature

(full cycle)

IT(RMS)(A)

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

45

0

25

50

75

100

125

α=180°

BTA40

BTA41

BTB41

TC(°C)

Figure 3. Relative variation of thermal impedance versus

pulse duration

E-03

1.

1.E-02

E-01

1.

E+00

1.

E+01

1.

E+02

1.

E+03

1.

E-03

1.

E-02

1.

E-01

1.

E+00

1.

K=[Zth/Rth]

tp(s)

Zth(j-a)

BTA / BTB41

Zth(j-c)

Figure 4. On-state characteristics (maximum values)

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

3.0

3.5

4.0

4.5

5.0

1

10

100

400

ITM(A)

VTM(V)

Tj = 25°C.

T max.

V = 0.85V

j

to

R = 10 m

d

Ω

j

T = Tj max.

Figure 5. Surge peak on-state current versus number of

cycles

1

100

10

1000

0

50

100

150

200

250

300

350

400

450

ITSM (A)

Number of cycles

t=20ms

One cycle

Non repetitive

Tj initial=25°C

Repetitive

TC=70°C

Figure 6. Non-repetitive surge peak on-state current for a

sinusoidal pulse

0.01

0.10

1.00

10.00

100

1000

10000

ITSM(A), I²t (A²s)

tp(ms)

Pulse width tp < 10 ms

j

T initial=25 °C

ITSM

dI/dt limitation:

50A/µs

BTA40, BTA41, BTB41

Characteristics (curves)

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