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Fig 8. Maximum Safe Operating Area
Fig 6. Typical Gate Charge Vs.
Gate-to-Source Voltage
Fig 5. Typical Capacitance Vs.
Drain-to-Source Voltage
Fig 7. Typical Source-Drain Diode
Forward Voltage
1 10 100
0
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
3000
V , Drain-to-Source Voltage (V)
C, Capacitance (pF)
DS
V
C
C
C
=
=
=
=
0V,
C
C
C
f = 1MHz
+ C
+ C
C SHORTED
GS
iss gs gd , ds
rss gd
oss ds gd
C
iss
C
oss
C
rss
0 20 40 60 80
0
4
8
12
16
20
Q , Total Gate Charge (nC)
V , Gate-to-Source Voltage (V)
G
GS
FOR TEST CIRCUIT
SEE FIGURE
I =
D
13
16A
V = 20V
DS
V = 50V
DS
V = 80V
DS
0.1
1
10
100
1000
0.2 0.6 1.0 1.4 1.8
V ,Source-to-Drain Voltage (V)
I , Reverse Drain Current (A)
SD
SD
V = 0 V
GS
T = 25 C
J
°
T = 175 C
J
°
1 10 100 1000
V
DS
, Drain-toSource Voltage (V)
0.1
1
10
100
1000
I
D
,
D
r
a
i
n
-
t
o
-
S
o
u
r
c
e
C
u
r
r
e
n
t
(
A
)
T
A
= 25°C
T
J
= 175°C
Single Pulse
1msec
10msec
OPERATION IN THIS AREA
LIMITED BY R
DS
(on)
100µsec
