SM15T
Characteristics
Figure 1.
%
100
Peak pulse power dissipation
Figure 2.
versus initial junction temperature
(printed circuit board)
Peak pulse power versus
exponential pulse duration
PPP (kW)
100.0
80
10.0
60
40
20
0
0
Tj initial ø(°C)
20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200
1.0
0.1
1.E-03
1.E-02
tp (ms)
1.E-01
1.E+00
1.E+01
Figure 3.
Clamping voltage versus peak pulse current
Exponential waveform tp = 20 ms
tp = 1 ms——————
tp = 10 ms...............
VCL (V)
1000
%IPP
100
Tj initial = 25°C
SM15T 220A
SM15T 150A
100 SM15T 68A
SM15T 39A
SM15T 22A
50
0
t
tr
tp
tr < 10 µS
SM15T 10A
10
SM15T 6V8A
Note:
IPP (A)
1
0.1
1
10
100
1000
The curves of figure 3 are specified for a junction temperature of 25° C before surge. The
given results may be extrapolated for other junction temperatures by using the following
formula:
ΔVBR = αT * [Tamb -25] * VBR (25° C)
For intermediate voltages, extrapolate the given results.
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