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Table 4: Thermal Parameters

Table 5: Static Electrical Characteristics (per diode)

Pulse test:

* tp = 5 ms,

** tp = 380 µs,

To evaluate the conduction losses use the following equation: P = 0.62 x IF(AV) + 0.012 IF

2

(RMS)

Symbol

Parameter

Value

Unit

Junction to case

Per diode

Total

3

1.8

°C/W

Coupling

Total

0.6

°C/W

When the diodes 1 and 2 are used simultaneously:

Tj(diode 1) = P(diode 1) x Rth(j-c)(per diode) + P(diode 2) x Rth(c)

Symbol

Parameter

Tests conditions

Min.

Typ

Max.

Unit

Reverse leakage current

10

µA

1.5

5

mA

Forward voltage drop

0.7

V

0.54

0.58

0.92

0.7

0.74

1.02

0.81

0.86

Figure 1: Average forward power dissipation

versus average forward current (per diode)

Figure 2: Average forward current versus

ambient temperature (

δ = 0.5, per diode)

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

012

34

56

789

10

11

12

13

P

(W)

F(AV)

T

tp

I

(A)

F(AV)

δ = 1

δ = 0.1

δ = 0.05

δ = 0.5

δ = 0.2

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

0

25

50

75

100

125

150

175

I

(A)

F(AV)

T

tp

T

(°C)

amb

R

=15°C/W

th(j-a)

R=R

th(j-a)

th(j-c)