= Instantaneous forward voltage (pw = 300µs, D = 2%).
I
R
= Instantaneous reverse current.
t
rr
= Reverse recovery time (See Figure 6), summation of ta + tb.
t
a
= Time to reach peak reverse current (See Figure 6).
t
b
= Time from peak I
RM
to projected zero crossing of I
RM
based on a straight line from peak I
RM
through 25% of I
RM
(See Figure 6).
R
θJC
= Thermal resistance junction to case.
pw = pulse width.
D = duty cycle.
I
F
= 30A, dI
F
/dt = 100A/µs
I
F
= 30A, dI
F
/dt = 100A/µs
(Per Leg) T
C
= 25
o
C, Unless Otherwise Specified
TEST CONDITION
MIN
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
TYP
-
-
-
-
-
-
90
45
-
MAX
2.1
1.9
250
1
110
150
-
-
1.2
UNITS
V
V
µA
mA
ns
ns
ns
ns
o
C/W
Typical Performance Curves
200
100
I
F
, FORWARD CURRENT (A)
I
R
, REVERSE CURRENT (µA)
500
100
175
o
C
10
175
o
C
10
100
o
C
25
o
C
1.0
0.1
100
o
C
0.01
25
o
C
1
0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
2.5
3.0
3.5
V
F
, FORWARD VOLTAGE (V)
0.001
0
200
400
600
800
1000
1200
V
R
, REVERSE VOLTAGE (V)
FIGURE 1. FORWARD CURRENT vs FORWARD VOLTAGE
FIGURE 2. REVERSE CURRENT vs REVERSE VOLTAGE
2
RURG30120CC
Typical Performance Curves
150
(Continued)
I
F(AV)
, AVERAGE FORWARD CURRENT (A)
40
125
30
t, TIME (ns)
100
t
rr
DC
75
20
SQ. WAVE
t
a
50
10
25
0
1
10
I
F
, FORWARD CURRENT (A)
t
b
0
30
75
100
125
150
175
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 = 1.225A
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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