Powerex A197 Data Sheet

ast

High

Speed

ecovery

7

Rectifier

The

A197

250

ampere,
for use in high
necessity. These
voltage
applications

FEATURES:

..

Published Current Ratings Up To

..

All-Diffused

..

Thermal

..

Cathode Strain Buffer

..

Soft

..

Rugged Hermetic Package

series is

tast

General

recovery,

frequency

diodes

capability

and

as:

..

Inverter

..

Free

..

High

'"

Low

Fatigue Resistant Pic-Pac4 Construction

Recovery With Low Recovered Charge

MAXIMUM

TYPES*

A197A
A197B
A197C
A197D
A197E

A197M
A197S
A197N
A197T
A197P
A197PA
A197PB

A197PC
A197PD
A197PE

1

Electric's

sIlIcon

applications

provide a superior

soft

recovery,

Feedback

Wheeling

Frequency

EMI

Power

REPETITIVE

REVERSE

VRRM

= -40°C

T

J

100 Volts
200

300
400
500
600

700
800
900

1000
1100
1200
1300
1400
1500

highly

rectifier

which

Diode

Rectification

Supplies

20,000

ALLOWABLE RATINGS

PEAK

VOLTAGE

to

+125°C

Volts

reliable, all-diffused, Pic-Pac,4

diode.

or

where a fast recovery

Diode

Hz

I

These

combination

is

required in

NON·REPETITIVE2

PEAl<

REVERSE

VOLTAGE,

T

J =

25°C

to

200

Volts
300
400
500
600

720
840
950

1075
1200
1300
1400
1500

1600

1700

diodes

of

speed,

such

AND

VRSM
+125°C

are designed

diode

is

a

blocking

demanding

SPECIFICATIONS

to

3

R

+125°C

DC

REVERSE

VOLTAGE,V

T J = -40°C

100 Volts
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900

1000
1100
1200
1300
1400
1500

REPETITIVE

PEAl<

REVERSE

CURRENT,IRRM

=

125°C

T

J

25

mA
25
25
25

25
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
25

I

"'Models listed are stud cathode (forward polarity) types. Specify A197R- for stud
are for frequencies from

Peak

Forward Current,
Peak One-Cycle Surge (Non-Repetitive),
Minimum
Thermal
Storage

Operating
Stud
NOTES:

1 Assumes a heatsink
2 Non-repetitive voltage and current ratings, as contrasted to repetitive ratings,

3 Assumes a heatsink thermal resistance

4 "Pic-Pac"

2

I

t Rating (See Curve

Resistance, R8JC (D.

Temperature,

Junction

Torque

example,

...................................................

the

is

50

to

20,000

Hz, except where noted otherwise.

IFM

(Tc

= +65°C,

11),

C.)

...................................................

Tstg

......................................................

Temperature,

thermal

forward surge current ratings are non-repetitive ratings

an

acronym

for Pressure Internal

TJ ................................................

resistance

Half

Sine

Wave

Forward

t

;;;,

1 msec. (Non-Repetitive)

of

less

of

less

than

2.0°C/watt.

than

l.O°C/watt.

Contact

Current, I

Package.

Pulse Base Width =

FSM

.......................•......

................

that

are used in fault

588

anode

(reverse polarity) types. Ratings and specifications

8.3

msec., D.F. = 50%)

apply

for occasional

coordination

44,000

275

Lb-in (Min.),

31 N-m (Min.), 36.7 N-m (Max.)

......

5000

(RMS Ampere)2 Seconds

-40°C to

-40°C

325

or

unpredictable overloads.

work.

720

Amperes
Amperes

0.18°C/Watt
+I50°C

to

+125°C

Lb-in (Max.)

For

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~

10,000

1,000

100

1.

MAXIMUM

1/

I

II

1.0
INSTANTANEOUS

25

.Q

..,,'P'

L~

2.0

FORWARD

3.0 4.0 5.0
FORWARD

DEVICE

° C

TJ '125°C

VOLTAGE -VOLTS

CHARACTERISTICS

SPECIFICATIONS

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w

Q:

W

"-

::::

~

I-

Z

W

Q:
Q:

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Cl

Q:

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W

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10,000

1,000

-

-

-

-

I---

20,000

SINUSOIDAL PULSE

2.

MAXIMUM

CURRENT

..........

-

-

-

-

.....

~

~,<~~>,

/q~~Oo

100

ALLOWABLE

.......

""'"

.......

t?-

BASE

WIDTH -MICROSECONDS

SINUSOIDAL

(TC

= 65°C)

"

'-l!.o

/ 0

-<Cb

r-,0

1,000

PEAK

WAVEFORM

PULSES

PER

~O

'"

FORWARD

A197

SEC

i'-

10,000

~

IQ,oOO

Q:

w

"-

::::

<I:

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I-
Z

w

Q:

0:

::>

u

Cl

0:

~

Q:

1,000

~

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<I:

W

"-

W

oj

~

o

...J
...J

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::;;

~

::::

3.

~

10,000

Q:

W

"-

::::

<I:

I

I-

Z

W

Q:
Q:

::>

u

Cl

~

~

1,000

'"

<I:

W

"-

W

...J

ro

~

g

...J

<I:

::::

::>

~

<I:

::::

j------

400

1,000

~

3,300

r-.

= 5,.000

-IO,~

-26~l

100

10

SINUSOIDAL PULSE BASE

MAXIMUM

f---

I-

20,000

10010

5.

MAXIMUM

CURRENT,

(Tc

ALLOWABLE

SINUSOIDAL

1,000

2,000

3

300

1\

,

,\

5,00~

10,000

I'

I'

......

.......

1'-

TRAPEZOIDAL

ALLOWABLE

= 65°C),

60

PULSES

"-

r--.

"

~

"'"

"'-

"'-

""

"'"

"

100

WAVEFORM

60

400

_\.

.'"

'"

WIDTH -MICROSECONDS

FORWARD

PULSES

\.

'\.

"-

'"

"

'\.

'"

I"

I~

100

PULSE

TRAPEZOIDAL

DI/DT

100

~

"

BASE

WIDTH -MICROSECONDS

PEAK

(RISING & FALLING)

AlpS

PER

SEC

~

1,000

CURRENT

(Tc

= 90°C)

PER

SEC

i'-

"'"

""

"""-

1,000

FORWARD

WAVEFORM

=

10,000

10,000

589

til
W

0:

W

"-

::::

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Z

w

0:
0:

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u

0

a:

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a:

0

U-

<I:

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w

"-

~

0:

W

"-

::;;

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Z

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0:

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Cl

0:

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0:

~

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w

"-

W

...J

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::::

10,000

1,000

100

10,000

1,000

6.

4.

10

~

r--

r--.

-

-

I-

SINUSOIDAL PULSE

SINUSOIDAL

2,000

3,300

5,000

.,

I

!-.....

10,000

20,000

MAXIMUM

CURRENT,

(TC = 90°C),

I'-

.......

1'

........

.......

r-,

TRAPEZOIDAL PULSE

"-

"'-

.......

"-

"-

~

~

0.Q2~

III

100

BASE

PULSE

PULSES

400

I'OOO~

!"-.

......."'"

100 1,000

ALLOWABLE

TRAPEZOIDAL

DIIDT

I'-.

['-.

"

"

"

0.05"

0.1

'\.

'\.

r-..,

'"

WIDTH

ENERGY

PER

60

"

I'-.

""

I"

-

.......

I'-.

'"

"""-

"

BASE

(RISING &

100 AlpS

1""

WIDTH -MICROSECONDS

PEAK

PULSE

"-

"

0.2

G

0.5

I'..

WATTS-SEC

PER

1.0 I'..

"'"

\

,

'"

~

1,000

- MICROSECONDS

(TJ = 125°C)

SEC

i'

~

'1

FORWARD

WAVEFORM

FALLING)

ENERGY

IN
PULSE

"

",

"'r-..,

=

'1'\

10,000

10,000

A197

10,000

Ul

w

er

w

11.

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er

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<1

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er

f2

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w

11.

1,000

-

-

-

0.0251'

100

10

7.

TRAPEZOIDAL

DIIDT

2.5

1.0,

0.5",

0.25",

0.1

=

0.05

"-

"-

'"

TRAPEZOIOAL PULSE BASE

100 1,000 10,000

""

PULSE

(RISING &

"

I'.

"-"

'"

'"

'"

""

"

WIDTH

ENERGY

FALLING)

DEVICE

PULSE

ENERGY

IN
WATTS-5EC
PER PULSE

"'"

"-

"-

"-

"

"

"

""

"'I'.

"

"

""

- MICROSECONDS

(TJ = 125°C)

= 100

A//lS

I'.

SPECI

FICATIONS

1,000

Ul

CD

::;

:3

§

~IOO

w

(!)

er

<1

:r:

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a

w

er

w

1)

10

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w

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er

lil

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II

8. RECOVERED CHARGE (T

(Maximum Recovered

If

maximum

request

....

~

REVERSE

A197

~

10

dildl

- AMPERES I MICROSECOND

recovered charge

__

X9, e.g.

A197BX9,

100

ChargE,!

group

I

.-/

V-

100

~

r\FM

erO

~

'I

REVERSE

di/dl

= 125°C)

J

Group

12

is

required,

A197RBX9,

Iit"

,......

RCW

12)

1,000

....!-1"

200

-IR

etc.

400

(REC)

1,000

d,/dl

r'A

--i\?-

IRM

~e;~,

j_

1.0

(~~~)

- - -

_f-

--

.I

o

1.0

REVERSE RECOVERED CHARGE -

9.
REVERSE

TYPICAL

RECOVERED

(di/dl)REC

.+-tB~

I '"I
I

I

I

/

,

_

L_

I
I

'~;"~ACTOR-

t B

tA

-I-"""

I

--

-

10

"s"

FACTOR

CHARGE

z _

"l("

a:

.... ~ Q

~

N

H I

100

OR

(REC)

P.

COULOMBS

VERSUS

(TJ = 125°C)

m

400,-----,-----,-------~--_,----,__,--,_,__"

~

300~----~-----~------t---~.----~_+--+_~~~

u

~

200r-----+-----~-------+---_4----~_+--+_~~~

~

0

80

60

[flOIOO~~~!~'§~~!1

oCt

x

50

40

m

:IE

0:

1000

;l:

,

u

UJ

U
Z

C3

UJ

a.

~

.J

<t

:IE

0:

~

l-

I-

z

UJ

iii

z

<t

0:

I-

1.0

o.

0.5

.0 I

.5

I

V-

.001

10.

.01

TRANSIENT

I'

......

0.1

TIME

THERMAL

JUNCTION-TO-CASE

1.0

IN

SECONDS

IMPEDANCE -

10

100

I

1.5

11. SUB-CYCLE SURGE
AND

J2

t

FOLLOWING

PULSE

RATINGS

RATED

590

3 4 5 6 7 B 9

WIDTH-MILLISECONDS

FORWARD

VERSUS PULSE

LOAD

CURRENT

TIME

CONDITIONS

10

MODEL

AI97

FORWARD

POLARITY

AI97R

REVERSE

POLARITY

TERMINAL

1

ANODE

CATHODE

OUTLINE

TERMINAL

2 THREAD SIZE

CATHODE

MIODE

3/4

Uf\JF

DRAWING

S

-

16

- 2A

TABLE OF DIMENSIONS

DECIMAL INCHES METRIC MM

SYM.

A 1.450 1.550 36.8: 39.37

B

2.300 2.500 58.42 63.50

C
D

5.300 5.700

F

J .665 .755 16.89 19.18
K 322 333 8.17

L 437
M .325 .360 8.25
N .155

P 1.060 1.100 26.92 27.94

0 .660

T

1.240

V

NOTES:

Flexible

COJlper Lead.

One

Nut

and

Hardware
"T"

are

Angular

Dimension

Within

Qnental10n

is

3.

4.

Conversion Table

MIN.

MAX.

500

750

.797

2.5

.827 20.24 21.01

-

.170

.749 16.76 19.02

-

.156

1.250 31.49 31.75

One

Lockwasller

Steel, Cad Plated.

IS Area

of

Threilds

of

Seating

of

Terminals

MIN.

'.7C

134.62 144.78

11.99

-

Supplied

Unthreaded

Plane

IS

Undefmed.

With

PortIOn

MAX.

19.05

8.46

9.14

3.96

Each

-

-

Unlt.

Complete

NOTES

3

Material

Threads

A197

of

MOUNTING INSTRUCTIONS

Following these installation instructions will result
or less.

1.

Be

sure mounting surface

2. Mounting hole diameter should
and should be deburred.

3.

Use

Dow Corning's DC3, 4, 340 or 640 or

the heatsinlc
Use

only hardware furnished with each rectifier diode.

4.

5.

Tighten with a torque wrench, from nut side,

is

clean and flat within .001 inch/inch.

not

exceed the outside diameter

in

a rectifier diode-to-heatsinl< contact thermal resistance

of

the rectifier diode stud

GE

G322L or equivalent, on mounting surfaces that come in contact with

to

325 lb-in max.

by

of

O.OgO

more than 1/16 inch,

Cjwatt

591

5.2

A197

Condensed Electrical and Thermal Characteristics and Ratings

RECTIFIERS

250

TO

275

AMPERES

JEDECTYPE
GETYPE

SPECIFICATIONS

(1

phase operation)

IFM(AV)
V

(Rep)

RM

IFM

(Surge)

2

1

t

T

J

Rmc

Max. average forward
Tc = (DC)
Max. repetitive peak reverse voltage (V)

Max. peak one cycle, non-recurrent
surge current

(1

phase operation) 50 Hz.

@ max. rated load conditions (A) 60 Hz.
Max. non-repetitive for 1.5 msec (A2sec)

Operating junction temperature range
Max. thermal resistance,

junction-to-case (DC/W)

Max. peak forward voltage drop @ rated
I

)

(1

V

FM

FCAV

phase operation)

@Tc = (DC)

QR(REC)

tIT

V

F

Reverse recovered charge @ rated T J
Reverse recovery time @ rated:rJ

Max. forward

(I)

voltage drop
for the current
range:

Transient thermal(2)

Rmc

resistance for
time: F

Package Outline No.
Maximum Stud Torque (In-Lbs/N-M)
Expanded Electrical Characterization, see page:

(DC)

(ILc)

(ILs)

IM1N(A)
IMAX(A)

A

B

C
D

TM1N(S)

TMAX(S)

G

250

\ 144 130

100-1500

6000

6500

70,000

-40

to 200

.18

1.3

144

-

- -

100

8000

.318

.0186 .007

2.62E-4 .0002
.022
.001

.01

.138

.33
128

325/36.72

N.A.

250

100-1400

-

4500

-

-40

to 200

.18

1.3

130

-

20

7000

.27

.03

.001

.01
.14
.33
128

325/36.72

N.A.

250 250 275

110

100-1500

4800

95

100-1500 100-1000

-

5000 7000

50,000 166,000 73,000

-40

to 125

.18

1.5

-40

to 175

.18 .18

1.7

-65

25 25 120

70

2.8

85

3.1

40 20 40

6000

-.94
.51

6000

- .145 .6
.29

.0009 .0007

-.06

-.03

.001 .001

.01 .01

.138 .138

.33
128

325(36.72 325/36.72

146

.33

128

325/36.72

148

120

4500

5000

to 190

l.35

-

-

4000

-.056
.0003

.03

.001

.01

.1
.2

128

N.A.

(I

JVoltage Drop Model: V F = A + B . LN(I) + C . I + DVI

(2JTransient Thermal Resistance Model:

I

RSJC

= F .

TO

113