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List of figures

Figure 1.

Typical FBSOA of a Power MOSFET . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Figure 2.

RDSON limit for MOSFET's FBSOA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Figure 3.

Typical RBSOA of a Power MOSFET. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Figure 4.

Silicon limited drain current vs case temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Figure 5.

Power dissipation vs T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Figure 6.

IDM determination considering the output characteristic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Figure 7.

Junction to case maximum effective transient thermal impedance for TO-220 package.. . 10

Figure 8.

Determination of the maximum rectangular pulse duration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11