Instruction Manual
Preliminary
VS-GT250TX120U
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ELECTRICAL SPECIFICATIONS (T
J
= 25 °C unless otherwise specified)
PARAMETER SYMBOL TEST CONDITIONS MIN. TYP. MAX. UNITS
Collector to emitter breakdown voltage V
BR(CES)
V
GE
= 0 V, I
C
= 500 μA 1200 - - V
Breakdown voltage
temperature coefficient
V
(BR)CES
/T
J
Reference to 25 °C, I
C
= 1 mA - n/a - V/°C
Collector to emitter voltage V
CE(on)
V
GE
= 15 V, I
C
= 250 A - 2.42 -
V
V
GE
= 15 V, I
C
= 250 A, T
J
= 125 °C - 2.82 -
Gate threshold voltage V
GE(th)
V
CE
= V
GE
, I
C
= 1.0 mA - 3.5 - V
Forward transconductance g
fe
V
CE
= 20 V, I
C
= 250 A - 275 - S
Collector to emitter leakage current I
CES
V
GE
= 0 V, V
CE
= 1200 V - 0.04 -
mA
V
GE
= 0 V, V
CE
= 1200 V, T
J
= 125 °C - 2.9 -
Gate to emitter leakage current I
GES
V
GE
= ± 30 V - - ± 600 nA
Total gate charge (turn-on) Q
g
I
C
= 250 A
V
CE
= 600 V
V
GE
= 15 V
-1200-
nCGate to emitter charge (turn-on) Q
ge
-360-
Gate to collector charge (turn-on) Q
gc
-510-
Turn-on switching loss E
on
I
C
= 250 A, V
CC
= 600 V, V
GE
= 15 V,
R
g
= 3.3 , L = 500 μH, T
J
= 25 °C
- 15.5 -
mJ
Turn-off switching loss E
off
- 14.8 -
Turn-on switching loss E
on
V
CC
= 600 V, T
J
= 125 °C
I
C
= 250 A
R
g
= 3.3 , L = 500 μH
V
GE
= 15 V
- 22.4 -
Turn-off switching loss E
off
- 17.7 -
Turn-on delay time t
d(on)
-425-
ns
Rise time t
r
-112-
Turn-off delay time t
d(off)
-436-
Fall time t
f
-138-
Input capacitance C
iss
V
GE
= 0 V
V
CE
= 30 V
f = 1.0 MHz
-3.0-
nFOutput capacitance C
oss
-1.0-
Reverse transfer capacitance C
rss
-0.7-
Forward voltage V
F
I
F
= 250 A - 2.27 -
V
I
F
= 250 A, T
J
= 125 °C - 2.42 -
Reverse recovery time t
rr
I
F
= 250 A, R
g
= 3.3 , L = 500 μH,
V
R
= 600 V
-170-
ns
I
F
= 250 A, R
g
= 3.3 , L = 500 μH,
V
R
= 600 V, T
J
= 125 °C
-371-
Reverse recovery charge Q
rr
I
F
= 250 A, R
g
= 3.3 , L = 500 μH,
V
R
= 600 V
- 12.1 -
μC
I
F
= 250 A, R
g
= 3.3 , L = 500 μH,
V
R
= 600 V, T
J
= 125 °C
- 29.1 -
Junction capacitance C
T
V
R
= 1200 V - n/a - pF
INTERNAL NTC - THERMISTOR SPECIFICATIONS
PARAMETER SYMBOL TEST CONDITIONS TYP. UNITS
Resistance R
25
T
J
= 25 °C 5000 ± 5 %
Resistance R
125
T
J
= 125 °C 493 ± 5 %
B-constant B R
2
= R
1
e
[B(1/T2 - 1/T1)]
3.375 ± 5 % K
Temperature range - 40 to 125
°C
Maximum operating temperature 220
Dissipation constant 2mW/°C
Thermal time constant 8s