1.1

Characteristics (curves)

Figure 1. Average forward power dissipation versus

average forward current (square waveform)

0

20

40

60

80

100

0

8

16

24

32

40

P(W)

I

(A)

F(AV)

T

δ=tp/T

tp

δ = 0.05

δ = 0.1

δ = 0.2

δ = 0.5

δ = 1

Figure 2. Forward voltage drop versus forward current

(typical values)

0.1

1.0

10.0

100.0

1000.0

0.0

1.0

2.0

3.0

4.0

5.0

I (A)

F

Tj=150 °C

Tj=25 °C

V (V)

F

Figure 3. Forward voltage drop versus forward current

(maximum values)

0.1

1.0

10.0

100.0

1000.0

0.0

1.0

2.0

3.0

4.0

5.0

6.0

7.0

8.0

I (A)

F

Tj=150 °C

Tj=25 °C

V (V)

F

Figure 4. Relative variation of thermal impedance,

junction to case versus pulse duration (DPAK)

0.0

0.1

0.2

0.3

0.4

0.5

0.6

0.7

0.8

0.9

1.0

1.E-04

1.E-03

1.E-02

1.E-01

1.E+00

Z

th(j-c)/Rth(j-c)

Single pulse

tp(s)

Figure 5. Relative variation of thermal impedance,

junction to case versus pulse duration (TO-220FPAC)

0.0

0.1

0.2

0.3

0.4

0.5

0.6

0.7

0.8

0.9

1.0

1.E-03

1.E-02

1.E-01

1.E+00

1.E+01

1.E+02

1.E+03

Z

th(j-c)/Rth(j-c)

Single pulse

TO-220FPAC

tp(s)

Figure 6. Peak reverse recovery current versus dIF/dt

(typical values)

0

4

8

12

16

0

50

100

150

200

250

300

350

400

450

500

I

RM(A)

IF = IF(AV)

VR=400V

dIF/dt(A/µs)

T

j = 125 °C

STTH25M06

Characteristics (curves)

DS13169 - Rev 2

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