GL1500, 2500, 3500 SERIES
MACXIMUM RATINGS AND ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS
IN-LINE HIGH CURRENT SILICON BRIDGE RECTIFIERS
VOLTAGE - 50 to 800 Volts CURRENT - 15 to 35 A mperes
l Plastic Case With Heatsink For
Heat Dissipation
l Surge Overload Ratings to 400
Amperes
l The plastic package has Underwriters
Laboratory Flammability Classification
94V-O
Case: Molded plastic with heatsink
integrally mounted in the bridge
Encapsulation
Weight: 1 ounce, 30 grams
Mounting position: Any
Terminals: Wire Lead £r 50 mils
Inductive or resistive Load at 60Hz. For capacitive load derate current by 20%.
All Ratings are for TC=25 ¢J unless otherwise specified.
-00 -01 -02 -04 -06 -08 UNITS
Max Recurrent Peak Reverse Voltage 50 100 200 400 600 800 V
Max RMS Input Voltage 35 70 140 280 420 560 V
Max DC Blocking Voltage 50 100 200 400 600 800 V
DC Output Voltage, Resistive Load 30 62 124 250 380 505 V
DC Output Voltage, Capacitive Load 50 100 200 400 600 800 V
Max Average Forward Current
for Resistive Load
at TC=55
Non-repetitive
Peak Forward Surge Current at
Rated Load
Max Forward Voltage
per Bridge Element at
Specified Current
Max Reverse Leakage Current @ TA=25
at Rated DC Blocking Voltage @ TA=100¢J
I2t Rating for fusing ( t < 8.3ms ) 374 / 664 A2s
Typical Thermal Resistance (Fig. 3) R £c JC 2.0 ¢J/W
Operating Temperature Range T
Storage Temperature Range T
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GL15 15 A
GL25 25 A
GL35 35 A
GL15 300 A
GL25 300 A
GL35 400 A
GL15 IF 7.5A
GL25 12.5A 1.2 V
GL35 17.5A
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10
1000
-55 to +150 ¢J
£g
A
RATING AND CHARACTERISTIC CURVES
AVERAGE OUTPUT CURRENT, AMPERES
GL1500 THRU GL3500
1000
100
10
IFM AMPERES PEAK
1.0
.6 .8 1.0 1.2 1.4 1.6
1.8 2.0
Fig. 1-TYPICAL INSTANTANEOUS FORWARD
CHARACTERISTICS AT TJ = 25
35
30
25
20
15
10
GL3500
GL2500
GL1500
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GL3500
GL2500
GL1500
AVERAGE OUTPUT CURRENT, AMPER5ES
25 60 80 100 120 140 160
Fig. 2-OUTPUT CURRENT VS. CASE TEMPERATURE
RESISTIVE OR INDUCTIVE LOAD TJ = 175
80
60
40
30
20
15
10
8
6
4
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AVERAGE OUTPUT CURRENT, AMPERES
5
VERAGE POWER DISSIPATION OF BRIDGE, WATTS
25 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180
Fig. 3-OUTPUT CURRENT VS. AMBIENT
TEMPERATURE RESISTIVE OR INDUCTIVE LOAD
BRIDGE MOUNTED ON A 8"×8" ALUMINUM PLATE 25"
Fig. 4-POWER DISSIPATION VS. AVERAGE OUTPUT
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35
CURRENT RESISTIVE OR INDUCTI VE LOAD,
TJ = 175
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