Characteristics

STPS3L40

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Characteristics

To evaluate the conduction losses use the following equation:

2

(RMS)

Table 2.

Thermal resistance

Symbol

Parameter

Value

Unit

Junction to lead

SMC

18

°C/W

SMB flat

10

Table 3.

Static electrical characteristics

Symbol

Parameter

Test Conditions

Typ.

Max.

Unit

(1)

1.

Pulse test: tp = 380 µs,

δ < 2%

Reverse leakage current

100

µA

16

40

mA

(1)

Forward voltage drop

0.5

V

0.40

0.44

0.62

0.52

0.58

Figure 1.

Average forward power dissipation

versus average forward current

Figure 2.

Average forward current versus

ambient temperature (

δ = 0.5) - SMC

0.0

0.4

0.8

1.2

1.6

2.0

0.0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

3.0

3.5

4.0

P

(W)

F(AV)

T

tp

I

(A)

F(AV)

δ = 1

δ = 0.05

δ = 0.1

δ = 0.2

δ = 0.5

0.0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

3.0

3.5

0

25

50

75

100

125

150

I

(A)

F(AV)

T

(°C)

amb

R

=75°C/W

th(j-a)

R=R

th(j-a)

th(j-l)

SMC

T

tp