APT25GR120B_SD15
052-6409 Rev A 1-2013
TYPICAL PERFORMANCE CURVES
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
20
0 50 100 150 200
I
C
= 25A
T
J
= 25°C
V
CE
= 960V
V
CE
= 600V
V
CE
= 240V
GATE CHARGE (nC)
FIGURE 11, Gate charge
V
GE
, GATE-TO-EMITTER VOLTAGE (V)
1
10
100
0 10 20 30 40 50
10
100
1000
10 20 30 40 50
100
1000
1400
0 25 50 75 100 125
100
1000
3000
0 10 20 30 40 50
100
1000
10000
10 20 30 40 50
V
CE
= 600V, V
GE
=15V, R
G
= 4.3
T
J
= 25°C or 125°C
T
d(on)
I
CE
, COLLECTOR-TO-EMITTER CURRENT (A)
FIGURE 12, Turn-On Time vs Collector Current
SWITCHING TIME (ns)
I
CE
, COLLECTOR-TO-EMITTER CURRENT (A)
FIGURE 13, Turn-Off Time vs Collector Current
SWITCHING TIME (ns)
R
G
, GATE RESISTANCE ()
FIGURE 15, Energy Loss vs Gate Resistance
I
CE
, COLLECTOR-TO-EMITTER CURRENT (A)
FIGURE 14, Energy Loss vs Collector Current
SWITCHING ENERGY LOSS (J)
T
J
, JUNCTION TEMPERATURE (°C)
FIGURE 16, Switching Energy vs Junction Temperature
SWITCHING ENERGY LOSSES (J)
T
r
T
d(off)
T
f
V
CE
= 600V, V
GE
=15V, R
G
= 4.3
T
J
= 25°C
T
J
= 125°C
V
CE
= 600V, V
GE
=15V, R
G
= 4.3
T
J
= 25°C
T
J
= 125°C
E
on2
E
off
E
on2
E
off
SWITCHING ENERGY LOSS (J)
E
off
E
on2
V
CE
= 600V, V
GE
=15V, R
G
= 4.3
I
C
= 25A
1.0E11
1.0E10
1.0E9
1.0E8
0 10 20 30 40 50
C
oes
C
res
C
ies
V
CE
, COLLECTOR-TO-EMITTER VOLTAGE (VOLTS)
FIGURE 10, Capacitance vs Collector-To-Emitter Voltage
C, CAPACITANCE (F)
1
10
100
200
1 10 100 1000 3000
V
CE
, COLLECTOR-TO-EMITTER VOLTAGE
FIGURE 17, Minimum Switching Safe Operating Area
I
C
, COLLECTOR CURRENT (A)
100s
10ms
.1ms
100ms
V
CE
= 600V, V
GE
=15V, I
C
= 25A
T
J
= 125°C
1ms