FIGURE 4. FORWARD BIAS SAFE OPERATING AREA

FIGURE 5. OUTPUT CHARACTERISTICS

FIGURE 6. SATURATION CHARACTERISTICS

FIGURE 7. TRANSFER CHARACTERISTICS

NOTE: Heating effect of 2

µs is minimal.

FIGURE 8. DRAIN TO SOURCE ON RESISTANCE vs GATE

VOLTAGE AND DRAIN CURRENT

FIGURE 9. NORMALIZED DRAIN TO SOURCE ON

RESISTANCE vs JUNCTION TEMPERATURE

Typical Performance Curves

Unless Otherwise Specified

(Continued)

110

102

103

VDS, DRAIN TO SOURCE VOLTAGE (V)

103

102

10

1

0.1

SINGLE PULSE

TJ = MAX RATED

BY rDS(ON)

AREA IS LIMITED

OPERATION IN THIS

10

µs

100

µs

1ms

10ms

DC

0

50

100

150

200

4

8

12

16

20

250

VDS, DRAIN TO SOURCE VOLTAGE (V)

PULSE DURATION = 80

µs

0

VGS = 10V

VGS = 6.0V

VGS = 4.5V

VGS = 4.0V

VGS = 5.5V

VGS = 5.0V

DUTY CYCLE = 0.5% MAX

0

4

0

3

69

15

8

12

VDS, DRAIN TO SOURCE VOLTAGE (V)

16

12

20

VGS = 10V

VGS = 4.5V

VGS = 5.5V

VGS = 6.0V

VGS = 5.0V

VGS = 4.0V

PULSE DURATION = 80

µs

DUTY CYCLE = 0.5% MAX

102

10

1

0.1

10-2

0246810

VGS, GATE TO SOURCE VOLTAGE (V)

TJ = 150

oC

TJ = 25

oC

PULSE DURATION = 80

µs

DUTY CYCLE = 0.5% MAX

VDS ≥ 50V

0.3

0.6

10

20

30

40

ID, DRAIN CURRENT (A)

50

0.7

0

0.4

0.5

0.8

VGS = 20V

VGS = 10V

60

70

0.9

10

PULSE DURATION = 2

µs

DUTY CYCLE = 0.5% MAX

3.0

1.8

1.2

0.6

0

-40

0

40

TJ, JUNCTION TEMPERATURE (

oC)

120

2.4

80

160

PULSE DURATION = 80

µs

DUTY CYCLE = 0.5% MAX

VGS = 10V, ID = 7.9A

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