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Revision: 14-May-08
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ST223C..C Series
Inverter Grade Thyristors
(Hockey PUK Version), 390 A
Vishay High Power Products
Fig. 7 - Maximum Non-Repetitive Surge Current
Single and Double Side Cooled
Fig. 8 - Maximum Non-Repetitive Surge Current
Single and Double Side Cooled
Fig. 9 - On-State Voltage Drop Characteristics
Fig. 10 - Thermal Impedance ZthJ-hs Characteristics
Fig. 11 - Reverse Recovered Charge Characteristics
Fig. 12 - Reverse Recovered Current Characteristics
25 0 0
30 0 0
35 0 0
40 0 0
45 0 0
50 0 0
55 0 0
0
1
0
1
Numb e r O f Eq u a l Amp litud e H a lf Cy c le C urre nt Pulse s (N )
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Initial T = 125°C
@ 6 0 Hz 0.008 3 s
@ 5 0 Hz 0.010 0 s
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At Any Rated Load Condition An d W ith
Rated V
Applied Followin g Surge.
RRM
ST223 C..C Ser ies
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2500
3000
3500
4000
4500
5000
5500
6000
0.01
0.1
1
Pu lse T ra in D u ra tio n ( s)
M a x im u m N o n R e p e t it iv e S urg e C u rre n t
V e rsu s P u lse T ra in D ura t io n . C o n t ro l
Of C o n d u c t io n M a y N o t Be M a in ta in e d .
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In it ia l T = 1 2 5° C
No V o lta g e R e a p p lie d
R a te d V
R e applie d
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S T22 3C ..C S e r ies
10 0
1000
10000
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8
1 0
T = 25°C
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In sta ntaneous O n-state Voltage (V )
T = 125°C
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ST223 C..C Series
0.0 0 1
0.0 1
0.1
1
0.0 0 1
0 .0 1
0 .1
1
1 0
S q ua re W a v e P u lse D u rat io n ( s)
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ST 22 3C ..C S e rie s
St e a d y Sta t e Va lu e
R
= 0 .1 7 K/ W
(S in g le Sid e C o o le d )
R
= 0 .0 8 K/ W
( D ou b le S id e C o oled )
(D C O p e ra tio n )
thJ -h s
thJ -hs
0
50
10 0
15 0
20 0
25 0
02 0
4 0
6 0
8 0
1 0 0
I
= 5 00 A
30 0 A
20 0 A
100 A
50 A
R a t e Of F a ll Of O n -st a t e C u rre n t - d i/ d t ( A / s)
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)
ST 2 2 3 C ..C Se rie s
T = 1 2 5 °C
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TM
0
20
40
60
80
10 0
12 0
14 0
16 0
0
2 0
4 06 08 0
1 0 0
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R a t e O f F a ll O f F o rw a rd C u rre n t - d i/ d t ( A / s)
I
= 50 0 A
30 0 A
20 0 A
10 0 A
50 A
TM
ST 2 2 3 C ..C S e rie s
T = 125 °C
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