The MOC3051-M and MOC3052-M consist of a AlGaAs infrared emitting diode optically coupled to a non-zero-crossing silicon
bilateral AC switch (triac). These devices isolate low voltage logic from 115 and 240 Vac lines to provide random phase control of
high current triacs or thyristors. These devices feature greatly enhanced static dv/dt capability to ensure stable switching performance of inductive loads.
This graph (figure 3) shows the increase of the trigger current
when the device is expected to operate at an ambient temperature below 25°C. Multiply the normalized I
with the data sheet guaranteed I
FT
.
shown this graph
FT
Example:
T
= -40°C, I
A
I
@ -40°C = 10 mA x 1.4 = 14 mA
FT
= 10 mA
FT
Phase Control Considerations
LED Trigger Current versus PW (normalized)
Random Phase Triac drivers are designed to be phase controllable. They may be triggered at any phase angle within the AC
Figure. 2 On-State Characteristics
800
600
400
(mA)
TM
200
0
-200
-400
ON-STATE CURRENT - I
-600
-800
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ON-STATE VOLTAGE - VTM (V)
Figure. 4 LED Current Required to Trigger vs. LED Pulse Width
25
NORMALIZED TO:
≥
100 µs
20
15
10
5
, NORMALIZED LED TRIGGER CURRENT
FT
I
0
1
2510205010
PWin, LED TRIGGER PULSE WIDTH (µs)
PWin
sine wave. Phase control may be accomplished by an AC line
zero cross detector and a variable pulse delay generator which
is synchronized to the zero cross detector. The same task can
be accomplished by a microprocessor which is synchronized
to the AC zero crossing. The phase controlled trigger current
may be a very short pulse which saves energy delivered to the
input LED. LED trigger pulse currents shorter than 100 µs must
have an increased amplitude as shown on Figure 4. This graph
shows the dependency of the trigger current I
versus the
FT
pulse width can be seen on the chart delay t(d) versus the LED
trigger current.
I
in the graph I
FT
minimum specified I
the device characteristic. The normalized I
versus (PW) is normalized in respect to the
FT
for static condition, which is specified in
FT
has to be multi-
FT
plied with the devices guaranteed static trigger current.