RURP3060
Typical Performance Curves
60
50
t, RECOVERY TIMES (ns)
40
30
20
10
0
1
10
I
F
, FORWARD CURRENT (A)
30
(Continued)
I
F(AV)
, AVERAGE FORWARD CURRENT (A)
30
25
SQ. WAVE
20
15
10
5
0
100
DC
t
rr
t
a
t
b
120
140
160
180
T
C
, CASE TEMPERATURE (
o
C)
FIGURE 3. t
rr
, t
a
AND t
b
CURVES vs FORWARD CURRENT
FIGURE 4. CURRENT DERATING CURVE
Test Circuits and Waveforms
V
GE
AMPLITUDE AND
R
G
CONTROL dI
F
/dt
t
1 AND
t
2
CONTROL I
F
L
DUT
R
G
V
GE
t
1
t
2
CURRENT
SENSE
+
V
DD
0
I
F
dI
F
dt
ta
trr
tb
IGBT
-
0.25 I
RM
I
RM
FIGURE 5. t
rr
TEST CIRCUIT
I = 1A
L = 40mH
R < 0.1Ω
E
AVL
= 1/2LI
2
[V
R(AVL)
/(V
R(AVL)
- V
DD
)]
Q
1
= IGBT (BV
CES
> DUT V
R(AVL)
)
L
CURRENT
SENSE
Q
1
V
DD
DUT
R
+
V
DD
I V
FIGURE 6. t
rr
WAVEFORMS AND DEFINITIONS
V
AVL
I
L
I
L
-
t
0
t
1
t
2
t
FIGURE 7. AVALANCHE ENERGY TEST CIRCUIT
FIGURE 8. AVALANCHE CURRENT AND VOLTAGE
WAVEFORMS
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