ST STTH12R06 User Manual

STTH12R06

Turbo 2 ultrafast high voltage rectifier

Features

■Ultrafast switching

■Low reverse recovery current

■Low thermal resistance

■Reduces switching losses

■Package insulation voltage:

TO220AC ins: 2500 VRMS TO-220FPAC: 2000 VDC

Description

The STTH12R06 uses ST Turbo 2 600V technology and is specially suited as a boost diode in continuous mode power factor corrections and hard switching conditions.

This device is also intended for use as a free wheeling diode in power supplies and other power switching applications.

	K
	A	A
		K
	K
	TO-220AC	TO-220FPAC
	STTH12R06D	STTH12R06FP
	K
	A
	NC	A
		K
	D2PAK	TO-220AC insulated
	STTH12R06G	STTH12R06DIRG
Table 1.	Device summary
	Symbol	Value
	IF(AV)	12 A
	VRRM	600 V
	IRM (typ)	7 A
	Tj	175 °C
	VF (typ)	1.4 V
	trr (max)	25 ns

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Characteristics	STTH12R06

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Table 2.	Absolute ratings (limiting values)
Symbol	Parameter			Value	Unit
VRRM	Repetitive peak reverse voltage			600	V
IF(RMS)	Forward rms current	TO-220AC / TO-220FPAC / D2PAK		30	A
		TO-220AC ins.		24
		TO-220AC / D2PAK	Tc = 125 °C
IF(AV)	Average forward current δ = 0.5	TO-220FPAC	Tc = 50 °C	12	A
		TO-220AC ins.	Tc = 80 °C
IFSM	Surge non repetitive forward current		tp = 10 ms sinusoidal	100	A
Tstg	Storage temperature range			-65 to + 175	°C
Tj	Maximum operating junction temperature			175	°C

Table 3.	Thermal resistance
Symbol		Parameter		Value (max)	Unit
			TO-220AC / D2PAK	1.7
Rth(j-c)	Junction to case		TO-220FPAC	4.4	°C/W
			TO-220AC ins.	3.3

Table 4.	Static electrical characteristics
Symbol	Parameter	Test conditions		Min.	Typ.	Max.	Unit
IR	Reverse leakage current	Tj = 25 °C	VR = VRRM			45	µA
		Tj = 125 °C			50	600
VF	Forward voltage drop	Tj = 25 °C	IF = 12 A			2.9	V
		Tj = 125 °C			1.4	1.8

To evaluate the conduction losses use the following equation:

P = 1.16 x IF(AV) + 0.053 IF2(RMS)

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Table 5.	Dynamic Characteristics
Symbol	Parameter	Test conditions					Min.	Typ.	Max.		Unit
			IF = 0.5 A, Irr = 0.25 A,						25
			IR = 1 A
trr	Reverse recovery time	Tj = 25 °C	IF = 1 A,								ns
			dIF/dt = -50 A/µs,						45
			VR = 30 V
IRM	Reverse recovery current		IF = 12 A, VR			= 400 V,		7.0	8.4		A
S factor	Softness factor	Tj = 125 °C						0.2
			dIF/dt = -200 A/µs
Qrr	Reverse recovery charges							180			nC
tfr	Forward recovery time	Tj = 25 °C	IF = 12 A, dIF/dt = 96						200		ns
			A/µs,
VFP	Forward recovery voltage								5.5		V
			V	FR	= 1.1 x V	Fmax
Figure 1. Conduction losses versus					Figure 2. Forward voltage drop versus
	average current					forward current

P(W)																IFM(A)
30					δ		δ = 0.2									120
						= 0.1				δ = 0.5						110
			δ = 0.05
																			Tj=125°C
25																100
																			(maximum values)
													δ = 1			90
20																80		Tj=125°C
																70		(typical values)
15																60
																50					Tj=25°C
																					(maximum values)
10																40
														T		30
5																20
							IF(AV)(A)					δ=tp/T			tp	10				VFM(V)
																0
0
0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	0	1	2	3	4	5	6

Figure 3. Relative variation of thermal	Figure 4. Relative variation of thermal
impedance junction to case versus	impedance junction to case versus
pulse duration	pulse duration

1.0	Zth(j-c)/Rth(j-c)					Zth(j-c)/Rth(j-c)
					1.0
0.9	TO-220AC				0.9	TO-220FPAC
0.8	TO6220AC Ins				0.8
	D2PAK
0.7					0.7
0.6					0.6
0.5					0.5
0.4					0.4
0.3	Single pulse				0.3
0.2					0.2	Single pulse
0.1			tp(s)		0.1			tp(s)
					0.0
0.0
1.E-03		1.E-02	1.E-01	1.E+00	1.E-03		1.E-02	1.E-01	1.E+00	1.E+01

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Figure 5. Peak reverse recovery current	Figure 6. Reverse recovery time versus
versus dIF/dt (typical values)	dIF/dt (typical values)

IRM(A)						trr(ns)
26						80
24	VR=400V		IF=2 x IF(AV)								VR=400V
22	Tj=125°C					70					Tj=125°C
20			IF=IF(AV)			60		IF=2 x IF(AV)
18
		IF=0.5 x IF(AV)
16						50			IF=IF(AV)
14		IF=0.25 x IF(AV)							IF=0.5 x IF(AV)
						40
12
10						30
8
6						20
4						10
2		dIF/dt(A/µs)							dIF/dt(A/µs)
0						0
0	200	400	600	800	1000	0	200	400	600	800	1000

Figure 7. Reverse recovery charges	Figure 8. Softness factor versus
versus dIF/dt (typical values)	dIF/dt (typical values)

500	Qrr(nC)						S factor
						0.50	IF≤2 x IF(AV)
	VR=400V
450							VR=400V
	Tj=125°C					0.45	Tj=125°C
400				IF=2 x IF(AV)
350						0.40
300						0.35
				IF=IF(AV)
250						0.30
200				IF=0.5 x IF(AV)		0.25
150						0.20
100
50			dIF/dt(A/µs)			0.15			dIF/dt(A/µs)
						0.10
0
	0	200	400	600	800	1000	0	200	400	600	800	1000

Figure 9. Relative variations of dynamic	Figure 10. Transient peak forward voltage
parameters versus junction	versus dIF/dt (typical values)
temperature

2.50						VFP(V)
						12
2.25						11	IF=IF(AV)
						10	Tj=125°C
2.00			S factor
1.75						9
1.50						8
						7
1.25
						6
1.00						5
0.75		IRM				4
0.50					IF=IF(AV)	3
		QRR				2
0.25			Tj(°C)		VR=400V
					Reference: Tj=125°C	1
0.00								dIF/dt(A/µs)
25	50		75	100	125	0
						0	100	200	300	400	500

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