Powerex A397 Data Sheet

st

High

ecovery

Speed

Its

The

A397

400

ampere,

for use

necessity. These diodes provide a superior combination

voltage capability and
applications as:

FEATURES:

..
..
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..

series is General Electric's highly reliable, all-diffused, Press-Pak,

fast recovery, silicon rectifier diode. These diodes are designed

in

high frequency applications

soft

..

Inverter

..

Free Wheeling Diode

..

High

Frequency

..

Low EMl Power Supplies

Published
Soft
All-Diffused

Package Reversibility
Rugged Glazed Ceramic

Current

Recovery With

Ratings Up

Low

recovery, which

Feedback

To

Recovery

Hermetic

or

where a fast recovery diode

Diode

Rectification

20,000

Package

Hz

Charge

is

required in such

Rectifi

of

speed, blocking

demanding

r

is

A397

a

I

Peak

Forward

Peak

One-Cycle Surge

Minimum

Thermal

Storage
Operating
Mounting

Temperature,

TYPES

A397A
A397B
A397C
A397D
A397E
A397M
A397S
A397N

A~97T

A397P

A397PA

A397PB

A397PC
A397PD
A397PE

Current,

MAXIMUM

REPETITIVE

REVERSE

= -40°C

T J

IFM

(Tc

(Non-Repetitive),

ALLOWABLE

VOLTAGE

VR

RM

to

100

Volts
200
300
400
500
600

700
800
900

1000
1100
1200
1300
1400
1500

= +65°C,

PEAI(

I

+125°C

Half

Forward

RATINGS

NON-REPETITIVE2

PEAl<

VOLTAGE,VRSM

T

=

25°C

J

200
300
400
500
600

720
840

950
1075
1200
1300

1400
1520
1600
1700

Sine

Wave

Pulse Width =

Current,

I

REVERSE

Volts

FSM

P t Rating (See Curve 11), t > 1 msec. (Non-Repetitive)

Resistance,

Junction

Force Required

RO.TC

(D.C.)

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

T

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

stg

Temperature,

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

T

.••.•.•••••.••••••••••••••.••.••••.•••••••••••••

J

AND

to

125°C

8.3

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

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

SPECIFICATIONS

to

3

R

+125°C

DC

REVERSE

VOLTAGE,V

= -40°C

T

J

100 Volts

200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900

1000
1100
1200
1300
1400
1500

msec., D.F. = 50%)

44,000

........

(R1vlS

REPETITIVE

PEAl<

REVERSE

CURRENT,

TJ

Ampere)2 Seconds

'RRM

= 125°C

25

mA
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
25

1200

Amperes

5000

Amperes

095°C/Watt

-40°C

to

+I50°C

-40°C

to

+I25°C

800

Lbs

3.56KN ± 10%

± 10%

NOTES:

I Assumes a heatsink thermal resistance

2 Non-repetitive voltage and current ratings, as contrasted to repetitive ratings, apply for occasional

example,

3 Assumes a heatsink thermal resistance

the

forward surge current ratings are non-repetitive ratings

of

of

less

less

than

than

2.0°C/watt.

1:O°c/watt'

596

that

are used in fault coordination work.

or

unpredictable overloads. For

10,000

w

'"

f5

5.000

"-

:E
<t

.:.

2,000

z

w

~

1,000

;:,

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500

o

0:

<t

~

0:

200

o

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100

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50

~

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~

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10,000

w

a:

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a.

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1-

f-

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n:

1,000

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100

X

<t

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10,000

w

n:

w

0..

:;;;

1-

f-

Z

w

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a

5!

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~

1,000

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w

a.

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CD

~

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I

0

I

0

o

1.

MAXIMUM

-

f"'"

10

SINUSOIDAL PULSE BASE WIDTH - MICROSECONDS

MAXIMUM

SINUSOIDAL

r--

10'1°

20,000

100

10

TRAPEZOIDAL PULSE BASE WIDTH - MICROSECONDS

5.

MAXIMUM

CURRENT

(Tc

= 65°C)

100

~p

~

//

19'

,"'-

1'-

TJ ·25·C

U

"-

TJ 1.125·C

1.0

2.0

INSTANTANEOUS FORWARD

FORWARD

PULSES

,,,!"'"

-

-

--990

3,300

5,000

I

0

1\

I'-

N~

<2

~d

S

00

~"

!?ci

10

'0

0

.e

I.,...

0

1

0

100

ALLOWABLE

WAVEFORM

DOUBLE SIDE

60

400

.1

I,OO(

2,000

\.

,

1

"-

t\

100

ALLOWABLE

TRAPEZOIDAL

DI/DT

AlpS

DOUBLE

3.0

VOLTAGE-VOLTS

CHARACTERISTICS

PER

SEC

~6'0

r-...

00

~O

'I"-

0

I'...

.......

"-

FORWARD

(TC = 90°C)

COOLED

PULSES PER

I"

l'.

"-

f"-

'!'-

f"-

I'-

.......

"

PEAK

WAVEFORM

(RISING &

SIDE COOLED

DEVICE

~

I'-

CURRENT

SEC

~

I'-

5.0

4.0

1,000

1,000

FORWARD

FALLING)

.....

=

SPECI

10,000

10,000

FICATIONS

Ul

10,000

w

n:

w

a.

::;:

<t

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f-

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n:

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1,000

fi:

<t

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a.

w

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CD

~

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:::J

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100

X

<t

:;;;

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W

0:

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a.

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W

a:
a:

:::J

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0

a:

<t

3:

115

"-

""

<t

w

a.

10,000

1,000

10

13

ffi

a.

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z

l£!

a:

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a:

<t

~

1,000

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w

a.

w

iii

~

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<t

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X 100

~

597

10

2.

MAXIMUM

CURRENT

(Tc

f---
f---

PULSE ENERGY

WATTS-SEC

100

10

4.

SINUSOIDAL

,000

f---

I-

10,000

20,000

10

6.

MAXIMUM

(Tc

100

""-

I--

l-

-l-

I-

l-

" 10

':>0 ~ 0

'0

PULSES PER

SINUSOIDAL PULSE BASE WIDTH -

= 65°C)

-

t-,

~05

-

~5

IN

PER

SINUSOIDAL PULSE BASE WIDTH - MICROSECONDS

1,000

2,000

3,300

rOf\l\f\

"-

r-..

...........

i'-..

1".......

,,!'-

,......

i'-.."

'0

~"KOo

~qd

~

00

ALLOWABLE

SINUSOIDAL

0

I

r-.

.

0

0

SEC

100

DOUBLE

'X

2.5

'-..

~.o

~.5

~

0.2~

'"

"

,

"

""

"-

"-

'\,

PUL

SE

"

100

PULSE

60-

PULSES

400

\.

.......

'\,

""",......

"-

1\

....

"'-

1'-

""

0

00

00

PEAK

WAVEFORM

SIDE COOLED

"

"

"

",

I'....

,

~

1'\

"

ENERGY

PER

I"-

I'\.

-...;

......

r-.

~

~

1,000

MICROSECONDS

FORWARD

""

"

""

"-

'\,

~

1,000

(TJ

= 125°C)

SEC

"

'"

TRAPEZOIDAL PULSE BASE WIDTH - MICROSECONDS

CURRENT

= 90°C)

AlpS

100

ALLOWABLE

TRAPEZOIDAL

DI/DT

DOUBLE

(RISING &

SIDE COOLED

1,000

PEAK

FORWARD

WAVEFORM

FALLING)

r-~

"""

,

"-

"

I'-

.'"

r--

=

A397

6'0

IO,DOO

'\

10,000