Vishay 20ETF..FPPbF Soft Recovery Series - Manual (Page 5)

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20ETF..FPPbF Soft Recovery Series
Fast Soft Recovery
Rectifier Diode, 20 A
Vishay High Power Products
Fig. 13 - Recovery Current Characteristics, T
J
= 150 °C
Fig. 14 - Thermal Impedance Z
thJC
Characteristics
100
60
0
0 200 400 600 800 1000
I rr
- Maxim
u
m Re
ver
se
Reco
ver
y
Current (A)
dI/dt - Rate of Fall of Forward Current (A/µs)
20
40
80
20ETF.. Series
T
J
= 150 °C
I
FM
= 30 A
I
FM
= 20 A
I
FM
= 10 A
I
FM
= 5 A
I
FM
= 1 A
1
10
10 0.0001 0.001 0.01 0.1
Square Wave Pulse Duration (s) Z
thJC
- Transient Thermal Impedance (K/W)
0.1
0.01
1
Steady state value
(DC operation)
20ETF.. Series
Single pulse
D = 0.50
D = 0.33
D = 0.25
D = 0.17
D = 0.08