Owner's manual
TDS4__4002
Phase Control Thyristor
Powerex, Inc., 173 Pavilion Ln, Youngwood, PA 15697 www.pwrx.com (724)925-7272
4000Amperes 3000Volts
Electrical Characteristics,
Tj=25°C unless otherwise specified
Rating
Characteristic Symbol Test Conditions min typ max Units
Repetitive Peak Forward
Leakage Current
I
DRM
Tj=125°C, V
DRM
=Rated
250 ma
R
epe
titi
ve
P
ea
k
R
everse
Leakage Current
I
RRM
Tj=125°C, V
RRM
=Rated
250 ma
Peak On-State Voltage
V
TM
Tj=125°C, I
TM
=4000A
1.38 V
V
TM
Model, Low Level V
0
Tj=125°C 0.942 V
VTM = V
O
+
r•
I
TM
r
15%
I
TM
- π•I
TM
9.79E-02
mΩ
V
TM
Model, High Level V
0
Tj=125°C 1.175 V
VTM = V
O
+
r•
I
TM
r
π•I
TM
- I
TSM
7.45E-02
mΩ
V
TM
Model,
4-Term A Tj=125°C -0.257
V
TM
= A + B•Ln(I
TM
) +
B
15%I
TM
- I
TSM
0.185
C•(I
TM
) + D•(I
TM
)
½
C 7.73E-05
D -3.20E-03
Turn-On Delay Time
t
d
V
D
= 0.5•V
DRM
3us
Gate Drive: 40V - 20Ω
TrnOffTime
tq
Tj 125°C
600
s
Turn
-
Off
Time
tq
Tj
=
125°C
600
us
dv/dt = 20V/us to 67% V
DRM
dv/dt
(Crit)
dv/dt Tj=125°C Exp. Waveform 800 V/us
V
D
=67% Rated
Gate Trigger Current
I
GT
Tj=25°C V
D
= 12V
30 150 300 ma
Gate Trigger Voltage
V
GT
0.8 2.0 5.0 V
Peak Reverse Gate Voltage
V
GRM
5V
Reverse Recovery Currrent IR(Rec)
Tj=125°C V
R
= 100V
300 A
Reverse Recovery Charge QRA 10,500 µCoul
Thermal Characteristics
Rating
Characteristic Symbol Test Conditions min typ max Units
Thermal Resistance
Junction to Case
RΘ
jc
Double side cooled 0.0065 0.0070 °C/Watt
Case to Sink
RΘ
cs
Double side cooled 0.001 0.0015 °C/Watt
Thermal Impedance Model
ZΘ
jc
Double side cooled
ZΘ
jc
(t) =
Σ(A(
N
)•(1-exp(-t/
Tau
(
N
))))
where:
N =
123 4
A(N
) =
1.43E-04 9.08E-04 2.37E-03 3.50E-03
T
au(N) =
2.62E-03 2.31E-02 3.05E-01 3.60E+00
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