RATING AND CHARACTERISTIC CURVES ( 6A05 THRU 6A10 )
AVERAGE FORWARD CURRENT, (A)
FIG. 1 - TYPICAL FORWARD CURRENT DERATING CURVE
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
0
Single Phase Half Wave 60Hz
Resistive or Inductive Load
Ground pane
1" x 1" Copper
surface area
PC BOARD
Recommended
PC Board
Mounting
PC BOARD
Standard PC Board
Mounting
20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200
AMBIENT TEMPERATURE, ( )
FIG. 3 - TYPICAL REVERSE CHARACTERISTICS
FIG. 2 - TYPICAL INSTANTANEOUS FORWARD
CHARACTERISTICS
INSTANTANEOUS REVERSE CURRENT, (uA)
1000
INSTANTANEOUS FORWARD CURRENT, (A)
100
100
10
TJ = 100
10
TJ = 25
Pulse Width=300uS
1% Duty Cycle
1.0
1.0
TJ = 25
.1
.1
.6
.01
.8
1.0
1.2
1.4
1.6
1.8
2.0
INSTANTANEOUS FORWARD VOLTAGE, (V)
FIG. 3 - MAXIMUM NON-REPETITIVE FORWARD
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
PERCENT OF RATED PEAK REVERSE VOLTAGE, (%)
PEAK FORWARD SURGE CURRENT, (A)
600
500
400
300
200
TJ = 25
THERMAL RESISTANCE (
¢J/W
)
SURGE CURRENT
FIG. 5 - TYPICAL THERMAL RESISTANCE VS
LEAD LENGTH
25
20
15
10
5
0
0
.1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7 .8 .9 1.0
EQUAL LEAD LENGTH TO HEAT SINK, (IN.)
100
0
1
2
5
10
20
50
NUMBER OF CYCLES AT 60Hz
100
RECTRON
RECTRON [ RECTRON SEMICONDUCTOR ]
