Characteristics

BTA40, BTA41, BTB41

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Figure 9.

Relative variation of critical rate of decrease of main current versus (dV/dt)c

Figure 5.

Surge peak on-state current versus

number of cycles

Figure 6.

Non-repetitive surge peak on-state

current for a sinusoidal pulse and

1

10

100

1000

0

50

100

150

200

250

300

350

400

450

I

(A)

TSM

Number of cycles

t=20ms

One cycle

Non repetitive

T initial=25°C

j

Repetitive

T =70°C

C

0.01

0.10

1.00

10.00

100

1000

10000

I

(A), I t (A s)

TSM

22

t (ms)

p

T initial=25 °C

Pulse width tp < 10 ms

j

dI/dt limitation:

50A/µs

I t

2

Figure 7.

Relative variation of gate trigger,

holding and latching current versus

junction temperature

Figure 8.

Relative variation of critical rate of

decrease of main current versus

(dV/dt)c (typical values)

-40

-20

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

0.0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

T (°C)

j

I,I ,I [T ] /

GT H L

j

I

,I ,I [T =25°C]

GT H L

j

Typical values

0.1

1.0

10.0

100.0

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.0

1.2

1.4

1.6

1.8

2.0

(dV/dt)c (V/µs)

(dI/dt)c [(dV/dt)c] / specified (dI/dt)c

0

25

50

75

100

125

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

(dI/dt)c [T ] /

pecified]

j

(dI/dt)c [T s

j

T (°C)

j