Main product characteristics
I
F(AV)
V
RRM
T
(max) 150° C
j
(max) 0.42 V
V
F
2 x 15 A
30 V
Features and benefits
STPS3030/CT/CG/CR
Low drop power Schottky rectifier
A1
K
A2
K
■ Very small conduction losses
■ Negligible switching losses
■ Extremely fast switching
■ Low forward voltage drop for higher efficiency
■ Low thermal resistance
■ Avalanche capability specified
Description
Dual Schottky rectifier suited for switch mode
power supply and high frequency DC to DC
converters.
Packaged in TO-220AB, D
device is intended for use in low voltage high
frequency inverters, free-wheeling and polarity
protection applications.
2
PAK and I2PAK, this
j
A2
A1
2
PAK
D
STPS3030CG
STPS3030CR
I2PAK
TO-220AB
STPS3030CT
A2
K
A1
A1
A2
K
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Characteristics STPS3030CT/CG/CR
1 Characteristics
Table 1. Absolute ratings (limiting values, per diode)
Symbol Parameter Value Unit
V
RRM
I
F(RMS)
I
F(AV)
I
FSM
I
RRM
I
RSM
P
ARM
T
T
dV/dt Critical rate of rise of reverse voltage (rated V
Ptot
--------------
1. condition to avoid thermal runaway for a diode on its own heatsink
dTj
Table 2. Thermal resistance
Repetitive peak reverse voltage 30 V
RMS forward current 30 A
T
= 135° C Per diode 15
Average forward current
c
δ = 0.5 Per device 30
Surge non repetitive forward current tp = 10 ms sinusoidal 250 A
Peak repetitive reverse current tp = 2 µs square F= 1 kHz 1 A
Non repetitive peak reverse current tp = 100 µs square 3 A
Repetitive peak avalanche power tp = 1 µs Tj = 25° C 4100 W
Storage temperature range -65 to + 150 °C
stg
Maximum operating junction temperature
j
1
--------------------------
<
Rth j a–()
(1)
, Tj = 25° C) 10000 V/µs
R
150 °C
Symbol Parameter Value Unit
Per diode 1.2
R
R
Table 3. Static electrical characteristics (per diode)
Junction to case TO-220AB - D2PAK - I2PA K
th(j-c)
th(c)
°C/WTo t al 0 . 8
Coupling 0.4
A
Symbol Parameter Test conditions Min. Typ. Max. Unit
T
= 25° C
(1)
I
V
1. Pulse test: tp = 380 µs, δ < 2%
Reverse leakage current
R
(1)
Forward voltage drop
F
j
= 125° C 125 180
T
j
= 25° C IF = 15 A 0.44 0.49
T
j
T
= 125° C IF = 15 A 0.36 0.40
j
T
= 25° C IF = 30 A 0.53 0.58
j
= 125° C IF = 30 A 0.49 0.53
T
j
To evaluate the conduction losses use the following equation:
P = 0.26 x I
2/9
F(AV)
+ 0.0107 I
F2(RMS)
= V
V
R
RRM
mA
V
0.23 1.0
STPS3030CT/CG/CR Characteristics
Figure 1. Conduction losses versus average
current
P(W)
10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
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δ = 0.05
δ = 0.1
δ = 0.2
I (A)F(av)
δ = 0.5
δ
=tp/T
δ = 1
T
tp
Figure 3. Normalized avalanche power
derating versus pulse duration
P(t)
ARM p
P (1µs)
ARM
1
0.1
0.01
t (µs)
0.001
0.10.01 1
p
10 100 1000
Figure 5. Non repetitive surge peak forward
current versus overload duration
(maximum values)
IM(A)
250
225
200
175
150
125
100
75
50
25
0
1.E-03 1.E-02 1.E-01 1.E+00
t(s)
TC=25°C
TC=75°C
TC=125°C
Figure 2. Average forward current versus
ambient temperature (δ = 0.5)
IF(av)(A)
18
16
14
12
10
8
6
4
2
0
0 25 50 75 100 125 150
Rth
(j-a)
=50°C/W
Rth
=Rth
(j-a)
Tamb(°C)
(j-c)
Figure 4. Normalized avalanche power
derating versus junction
temperature
P(t)
ARM p
P (25°C)
ARM
1.2
1
0.8
0.6
0.4
0.2
T (°C)
0
j
0 25 50 75 100 125 150
Figure 6. Relative variation of thermal
impedance junction to case versus
pulse duration
Zth(j-c)/Rth(j-c)
1.0
0.9
0.8
0.7
δ = 0.5
0.6
0.5
0.4
δ = 0.2
δ = 0.1
0.3
0.2
Single pulse
0.1
0.0
1.E-03 1.E-02 1.E-01 1.E+00
tp(s)
δ
=tp/T
T
tp
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