30-F212R6A050SC-M447-E-PM 30-F212R6A050SC01-M447E10-PM flowPACK 2 1200V/50A Features flowPACK 2 ● Inverter, blocking diodes ● Built-in thermistor ● IGBT4 technology for low saturation losses Target Applications ● Power Regeneration Schematic Types ● 30-F212R6A050SC-M447E ● 30-F212R6A050SC01-M447E10 Maximum Ratings Tj=25°C, unless otherwise specified Parameter Condition Symbol Value Unit 1600 V D7,D8 Repetitive peak reverse voltage VRRM DC forward current IFAV Surge forward current IFSM Th=80°C Tc=80°C tp=10ms Tj=25°C 154 208 A 1270 A 2400 A2s 189 287 W Tjmax 150 °C VCE 1200 V 59 76 A tp limited by Tjmax 150 A VCE ≤ 1200V, Tj ≤ Top max 100 A 163 247 W 20 V 10 800 µs V 175 °C I2t-value I2t Power dissipation per Diode Ptot Maximum Junction Temperature Tj=Tjmax Tj=Tjmax Th=80°C Tc=80°C T1,T2,T3,T4,T5,T6 Collector-emitter break down voltage DC collector current Pulsed collector current IC ICpulse Turn off safe operating area Power dissipation per IGBT Ptot Gate-emitter peak voltage VGE Short circuit ratings tSC VCC Maximum Junction Temperature Copyright by Vincotech Tj=Tjmax Tj=Tjmax Tj≤150°C VGE=15V Tjmax 1 Th=80°C Tc=80°C Th=80°C Tc=80°C Revision: 1 30-F212R6A050SC-M447-E-PM 30-F212R6A050SC01-M447E10-PM Maximum Ratings Tj=25°C, unless otherwise specified Parameter Condition Symbol Value Unit 1200 V 49 64 A 70 A 100 151 W Tjmax 175 °C Storage temperature Tstg -40…+125 °C Operation temperature under switching condition Top -40…+(Tjmax - 25) °C 4000 V Creepage distance min 12,7 mm Clearance min 12,7 mm D1,D2,D3,D4,D5,D6 Peak Repetitive Reverse Voltage DC forward current VRRM IF Th=80°C Tj=Tjmax Tc=80°C Repetitive peak forward current IFRM tp limited by Tjmax Power dissipation per Diode Ptot Tj=Tjmax Maximum Junction Temperature Th=80°C Tc=80°C Thermal Properties Insulation Properties Insulation voltage Comparative tracking index Copyright by Vincotech Vis t=2s DC voltage CTI >200 2 Revision: 1 30-F212R6A050SC-M447-E-PM 30-F212R6A050SC01-M447E10-PM Characteristic Values Parameter Conditions Symbol VGE [V] or VGS [V] Vr [V] or VCE [V] or VDS [V] Value IC [A] or IF [A] or ID [A] Tj Min Unit Typ Max 1,12 1,07 0,89 0,76 2 3 0,05 1,21 D7,D8 Forward voltage VF Threshold voltage (for power loss calc. only) Vto 100 Slope resistance (for power loss calc. only) rt 100 Reverse current Ir Thermal resistance chip to heatsink per chip RthJH Thermal resistance chip to heatsink per chip RthJC 100 1600 Tj=25°C Tj=150°C Tj=25°C Tj=150°C Tj=25°C Tj=150°C Tj=25°C Tj=150°C V V mΩ mA 0,37 Phase-Change Material K/W 0,24 T1,T2,T3,T4,T5,T6 Gate emitter threshold voltage Collector-emitter saturation voltage Collector-emitter cut-off current incl. Diode VGE(th) VCE(sat) IGES Integrated Gate resistor Rgint Rise time Turn-off delay time Fall time 0,0017 15 ICES Gate-emitter leakage current Turn-on delay time VCE=VGE 50 1200 0 20 0 tr tf Turn-on energy loss per pulse Eon Turn-off energy loss per pulse Eoff Input capacitance Cies Output capacitance Coss Reverse transfer capacitance Crss Gate charge QGate Thermal resistance chip to heatsink per chip RthJH Thermal resistance chip to case per chip RthJC 5 5,8 6,5 1,6 1,86 2,3 2,1 0,018 600 Rgoff=8 Ω Rgon=8 Ω ±15 600 50 Tj=25°C Tj=150°C Tj=25°C Tj=150°C Tj=25°C Tj=150°C Tj=25°C Tj=150°C Tj=25°C Tj=150°C Tj=25°C Tj=150°C V V mA nA Ω 4 td(on) td(off) Tj=25°C Tj=150°C Tj=25°C Tj=150°C Tj=25°C Tj=150°C Tj=25°C Tj=150°C 106 110 23 26 210 287 61 116 2,97 4,44 2,55 4,54 ns mWs 2770 f=1MHz 0 25 205 Tj=25°C pF 160 ±15 960 50 nC 240 Tj=25°C 0,58 Phase-Change Material K/W 0,38 D1,D2,D3,D4,D5,D6 Diode forward voltage Peak reverse recovery current VF IRRM Reverse recovery time trr Reverse recovered charge Qrr Peak rate of fall of recovery current 50 Rgon=8 Ω ±15 600 di(rec)max /dt Reverse recovered energy Erec Thermal resistance chip to heatsink per chip RthJH Thermal resistance chip to case per chip RthJC 50 Tj=25°C Tj=150°C Tj=25°C Tj=150°C Tj=25°C Tj=150°C Tj=25°C Tj=150°C Tj=25°C Tj=150°C Tj=25°C Tj=150°C 1,35 2,01 2 52,29 61,9 267 439,5 4,3 8,86 2183 758 1,67 3,66 2,05 V A ns µC A/µs mWs 0,95 Phase-Change Material K/W 0,63 Thermistor Rated resistance R Deviation of R100 ∆R/R Power dissipation P R100=1486 Ω T=25°C Power dissipation constant Ω 22000 T=25°C -5 5 % T=25°C 200 mW T=25°C 2 mW/K B-value B(25/50) Tol. ±3% T=25°C 3950 K B-value B(25/100) Tol. ±3% T=25°C 3998 K Vincotech NTC Reference Copyright by Vincotech B 3 Revision: 1 30-F212R6A050SC-M447-E-PM 30-F212R6A050SC01-M447E10-PM T1,T2,T3,T4,T5,T6/D1,D2,D3,D4,D5,D6 T1,T2,T3,T4,T5,T6 IGBT Figure 1 Typical output characteristics IC = f(VCE) T1,T2,T3,T4,T5,T6 IGBT Figure 2 Typical output characteristics IC = f(VCE) IC (A) 150 IC (A) 150 125 125 100 100 75 75 50 50 25 25 0 0 0 At tp = Tj = VGE from 1 2 3 V CE (V) 4 5 0 At tp = Tj = VGE from 250 µs 25 °C 7 V to 17 V in steps of 1 V T1,T2,T3,T4,T5,T6 IGBT Figure 3 Typical transfer characteristics IC = f(VGE) 1 2 3 V CE (V) 5 µs 250 150 °C 7 V to 17 V in steps of 1 V D1,D2,D3,D4,D5,D6 FWD Figure 4 Typical diode forward current as a function of forward voltage IF = f(VF) 150 IC (A) IF (A) 50 4 125 40 100 30 75 20 50 10 25 0 0 0 2 4 6 8 10 V GE (V) 12 0 At Tj = tp = VCE = 1 2 3 4 V F (V) 5 At 25/150 250 10 °C µs V Copyright by Vincotech Tj = tp = 4 25/150 250 °C µs Revision: 1 30-F212R6A050SC-M447-E-PM 30-F212R6A050SC01-M447E10-PM T1,T2,T3,T4,T5,T6/D1,D2,D3,D4,D5,D6 T1,T2,T3,T4,T5,T6 IGBT Figure 5 Typical switching energy losses as a function of collector current E = f(IC) T1,T2,T3,T4,T5,T6 IGBT Figure 6 Typical switching energy losses as a function of gate resistor E = f(RG) 12 E (mWs) E (mWs) 12 Eon High T 9 Eon High T 9 Eoff High T Eon Low T 6 6 Eon Low T Eoff High T Eoff Low T 3 3 Eoff Low T 0 0 0 25 50 75 100 I C (A) 0 With an inductive load at Tj = °C 25/150 VCE = 600 V VGE = ±15 V Rgon = 8 Ω Rgoff = 8 Ω 8 16 24 32 RG(Ω) 40 With an inductive load at Tj = °C 25/150 VCE = 600 V VGE = ±15 V IC = 50 A Figure 7 Typical reverse recovery energy loss as a function of collector current Erec = f(IC) D1,D2,D3,D4,D5,D6 FWD D1,D2,D3,D4,D5,D6 FWD Figure 8 Typical reverse recovery energy loss as a function of gate resistor Erec = f(RG) 6 E (mWs) E (mWs) 6 Erec 5 5 3 3 Erec Erec 2 Erec 2 0 0 0 25 50 75 I C (A) 100 0 With an inductive load at Tj = °C 25/150 VCE = 600 V VGE = ±15 V Rgon = 8 Ω Copyright by Vincotech 8 16 24 32 RG(Ω) 40 With an inductive load at Tj = °C 25/150 VCE = 600 V VGE = ±15 V IC = 50 A 5 Revision: 1 30-F212R6A050SC-M447-E-PM 30-F212R6A050SC01-M447E10-PM T1,T2,T3,T4,T5,T6/D1,D2,D3,D4,D5,D6 T1,T2,T3,T4,T5,T6 IGBT Figure 9 Typical switching times as a function of collector current t = f(IC) T1,T2,T3,T4,T5,T6 IGBT Figure 10 Typical switching times as a function of gate resistor t = f(RG) 1,00 tdoff t ( µs) t ( µs) 1,00 tdon tdoff tdon 0,10 tf 0,10 tf tr tr 0,01 0,01 0,00 0,00 0 25 50 75 I C (A) 100 0 With an inductive load at Tj = 150 °C VCE = 600 V VGE = ±15 V Rgon = 8 Ω Rgoff = 8 Ω 8 16 24 R G ( Ω ) 40 32 With an inductive load at Tj = 150 °C VCE = 600 V VGE = ±15 V IC = 50 A D1,D2,D3,D4,D5,D6 FWD Figure 11 Typical reverse recovery time as a function of collector current trr = f(IC) D1,D2,D3,D4,D5,D6 FWD Figure 12 Typical reverse recovery time as a function of IGBT turn on gate resistor trr = f(Rgon) 0,8 t rr( µs) t rr( µs) 0,8 trr 0,6 0,6 trr trr 0,4 0,4 trr 0,2 0,2 0 0 0 25 At Tj = VCE = VGE = Rgon = 25/150 600 ±15 8 50 75 I C (A) 100 0 At Tj = VR = IF = VGE = °C V V Ω Copyright by Vincotech 6 8 25/150 600 50 ±15 16 24 32 R gon ( Ω ) 40 °C V A V Revision: 1 30-F212R6A050SC-M447-E-PM 30-F212R6A050SC01-M447E10-PM T1,T2,T3,T4,T5,T6/D1,D2,D3,D4,D5,D6 Figure 13 Typical reverse recovery charge as a function of collector current Qrr = f(IC) D1,D2,D3,D4,D5,D6 FWD D1,D2,D3,D4,D5,D6 FWD Figure 14 Typical reverse recovery charge as a function of IGBT turn on gate resistor Qrr = f(Rgon) 15 Qrr( µC) Qrr( µC) 15 12 12 Qrr Qrr 9 9 Qrr 6 6 Qrr 3 3 0 0 0 25 At At Tj = VCE = VGE = Rgon = 50 75 100 I C (A) 0 At Tj = VR = IF = VGE = °C V V Ω 25/150 600 ±15 8 Figure 15 Typical reverse recovery current as a function of collector current IRRM = f(IC) D1,D2,D3,D4,D5,D6 FWD 8 25/150 600 50 ±15 16 24 R gon ( Ω) 40 °C V A V D1,D2,D3,D4,D5,D6 FWD Figure 16 Typical reverse recovery current as a function of IGBT turn on gate resistor IRRM = f(Rgon) 120 IrrM (A) IrrM (A) 80 32 IRRM 60 90 IRRM 40 60 20 30 IRRM IRRM 0 0 0 At Tj = VCE = VGE = Rgon = 25 25/150 600 ±15 8 50 75 I C (A) 100 0 At Tj = VR = IF = VGE = °C V V Ω Copyright by Vincotech 7 8 25/150 600 50 ±15 16 24 32 R gon ( Ω ) 40 °C V A V Revision: 1 30-F212R6A050SC-M447-E-PM 30-F212R6A050SC01-M447E10-PM T1,T2,T3,T4,T5,T6/D1,D2,D3,D4,D5,D6 D1,D2,D3,D4,D5,D6 FWD Figure 17 Typical rate of fall of forward and reverse recovery current as a function of collector current dI0/dt,dIrec/dt = f(IC) Figure 18 Typical rate of fall of forward and reverse recovery current as a function of IGBT turn on gate resistor dI0/dt,dIrec/dt = f(Rgon) direc / dt (A/ µs) 10000 direc / dt (A/µ s) 4000 D1,D2,D3,D4,D5,D6 FWD dI0/dt dIo/dtLow T dIrec/dt 3000 dIrec/dt 7500 di0/dtHigh T dIrec/dtLow T 2000 dI0/dt dIrec/dtLow T di0/dtHigh T 5000 dIrec/dtHigh T dIo/dtLow T 1000 2500 0 0 dIrec/dtHigh T 0 At Tj = VCE = VGE = Rgon = 25 25/150 600 ±15 8 50 75 I C (A) 100 0 At Tj = VR = IF = VGE = °C V V Ω T1,T2,T3,T4,T5,T6 IGBT Figure 19 IGBT transient thermal impedance as a function of pulse width ZthJH = f(tp) 25/150 600 50 ±15 16 24 32 R gon ( Ω ) 40 °C V A V D1,D2,D3,D4,D5,D6 FWD Figure 20 FWD transient thermal impedance as a function of pulse width ZthJH = f(tp) 100 ZthJH (K/W) Zth-JH (K/W) 100 10 8 -1 10-1 D = 0,5 0,2 0,1 0,05 0,02 0,01 0,005 0.000 D = 0,5 0,2 0,1 0,05 0,02 0,01 0,005 0.000 10-2 10-2 10 -5 At D= RthJH = 10 -4 10 -3 10 -2 10 -1 10 0 t p (s) 1 10 10 102 At D= RthJH = tp / T 0,58 -5 K/W 10 -4 10 -3 10 -2 R (C/W) 0,07 0,13 0,27 0,08 0,04 R (C/W) 0,02 0,08 0,18 0,42 0,16 0,10 8 10 0 t p (s) 1 10 102 K/W FWD thermal model values Phase-Change Material Copyright by Vincotech -1 tp / T 0,95 IGBT thermal model values Phase-Change Material Tau (s) 2,10 0,24 0,05 0,01 0,00 10 Tau (s) 9,45 1,26 0,15 0,03 0,01 0,00 Revision: 1 30-F212R6A050SC-M447-E-PM 30-F212R6A050SC01-M447E10-PM T1,T2,T3,T4,T5,T6/D1,D2,D3,D4,D5,D6 T1,T2,T3,T4,T5,T6 IGBT Figure 21 Power dissipation as a function of heatsink temperature Ptot = f(Th) 100 IC (A) Ptot (W) 350 280 80 210 60 140 40 70 20 0 0 0 At Tj = 50 100 150 T h ( o C) 200 0 At Tj = VGE = °C 175 D1,D2,D3,D4,D5,D6 FWD Figure 23 Power dissipation as a function of heatsink temperature Ptot = f(Th) 50 175 15 100 150 T h ( o C) 200 °C V D1,D2,D3,D4,D5,D6 FWD Figure 24 Forward current as a function of heatsink temperature IF = f(Th) 80 IF (A) Ptot (W) 200 150 60 100 40 50 20 0 0 0 At Tj = T1,T2,T3,T4,T5,T6 IGBT Figure 22 Collector current as a function of heatsink temperature IC = f(Th) 50 175 100 150 T h ( o C) 200 0 At Tj = °C Copyright by Vincotech 9 50 175 100 150 T h ( o C) 200 °C Revision: 1 30-F212R6A050SC-M447-E-PM 30-F212R6A050SC01-M447E10-PM T1,T2,T3,T4,T5,T6/D1,D2,D3,D4,D5,D6 T1,T2,T3,T4,T5,T6 IGBT Figure 25 Safe operating area as a function of collector-emitter voltage IC = f(VCE) T1,T2,T3,T4,T5,T6 IGBT Figure 26 Gate voltage vs Gate charge VGE = f(QGE) 17,5 IC (A) VGE (V) 103 15 10 10uS 2 240V 12,5 960V 100uS 101 10 1mS 7,5 100 10mS 5 100mS DC 2,5 0 10-1 10 0 At D= Th = VGE = 101 10 103 2 0 V CE (V) At IC = single pulse ºC 80 ±15 V Tjmax ºC Tj = T1,T2,T3,T4,T5,T6 IGBT Figure 27 25 50 50 75 100 125 150 200 Q g (nC) 225 A T1,T2,T3,T4,T5,T6 IGBT Figure 28 Short circuit withstand time as a function of gate-emitter voltage tsc = f(VGE) 175 Typical short circuit collector current as a function of gate-emitter voltage VGE = f(QGE) 800 tsc (µS) IC (sc) 17,5 15 600 12,5 10 400 7,5 5 200 2,5 0 0 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 V GE (V) 20 12 13 14 At VCE = 1200 V At VCE ≤ 1200 V Tj ≤ 175 ºC Tj = 175 ºC Copyright by Vincotech 10 15 16 17 18 19 V (V) 20 GE Revision: 1 30-F212R6A050SC-M447-E-PM 30-F212R6A050SC01-M447E10-PM T1,T2,T3,T4,T5,T6 IGBT Figure 29 Reverse bias safe operating area IC = f(VCE) IC (A) 125 IC MAX Ic CHIP 100 MODULE 75 Ic 50 VCE MAX 25 0 0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400 V CE (V) At Tj = Rgon = Rgoff = 150 °C 8Ω 8Ω Copyright by Vincotech 11 Revision: 1 30-F212R6A050SC-M447-E-PM 30-F212R6A050SC01-M447E10-PM D7a-b,D8a-b D7a-b,D8a-b Figure 1 Typical diode forward current as a function of forward voltage IF= f(VF) D7a-b,D8a-b Figure 2 Diode transient thermal impedance as a function of pulse width ZthJH = f(tp) 300 0 IF (A) ZthJC (K/W) 10 250 200 150 10 -1 D = 0,5 0,2 0,1 0,05 0,02 0,01 0,005 0.000 100 50 0 0 0,5 1 1,5 2 V F (V) 10 2,5 25/125 250 t p (s) 10-5 At Tj = tp = -2 At D= RthJH = °C µs D7a-b,D8a-b Figure 3 Power dissipation as a function of heatsink temperature Ptot = f(Th) 10-3 10-2 10-1 100 2 10 101 tp / T 0,370 K/W D7a-b,D8a-b Figure 4 Forward current as a function of heatsink temperature IF = f(Th) 250 IF (A) Ptot (W) 500 400 200 300 150 200 100 100 50 0 0 0 At Tj = 10-4 50 150 100 150 T h ( o C) 200 0 At Tj = ºC Copyright by Vincotech 12 50 150 100 150 T h ( o C) 200 ºC Revision: 1 30-F212R6A050SC-M447-E-PM 30-F212R6A050SC01-M447E10-PM Thermistor Thermistor Figure 1 Typical NTC characteristic as a function of temperature RT = f(T) NTC-typical temperature characteristic R/Ω 24000 20000 16000 12000 8000 4000 0 25 50 Copyright by Vincotech 75 100 T (°C) 125 13 Revision: 1 30-F212R6A050SC-M447-E-PM 30-F212R6A050SC01-M447E10-PM Switching Definitions Output Inverter General conditions = 150 °C Tj = 8Ω Rgon Rgoff = 8Ω T1,T2,T3,T4,T5,T6 IGBT Figure 1 T1,T2,T3,T4,T5,T6 IGBT Figure 2 Turn-off Switching Waveforms & definition of tdoff, tEoff (tEoff = integrating time for Eoff) Turn-on Switching Waveforms & definition of tdon, tEon (tEon = integrating time for Eon) 250 140 % % 120 tdoff IC 200 VCE 100 VGE 90% VCE 90% 150 80 VCE IC 60 100 tEoff 40 VGE tdon 50 20 0 VGE -20 -0,4 VCE 3% IC10% VGE10% IC 1% 0 tEon -50 -0,2 0 0,2 0,4 0,6 0,8 1 2,9 2,98 3,06 3,14 3,22 3,3 3,38 VGE (0%) = VGE (100%) = VC (100%) = IC (100%) = tdoff = tEoff = -15 15 600 50 0,29 0,62 VGE (0%) = VGE (100%) = VC (100%) = IC (100%) = tdon = tEon = V V V A µs µs T1,T2,T3,T4,T5,T6 IGBT Figure 3 3,46 time(us) time (us) -15 15 600 50 0,11 0,36 V V V A µs µs T1,T2,T3,T4,T5,T6 IGBT Figure 4 Turn-off Switching Waveforms & definition of tf Turn-on Switching Waveforms & definition of tr 140 250 % % 120 fitted Ic VCE IC 200 100 IC 90% 150 80 VCE IC 60% 60 100 40 IC90% tr IC 40% 50 20 IC10% IC10% 0 0 tf -20 0 0,1 0,2 0,3 0,4 0,5 -50 3,06 0,6 time (us) VC (100%) = IC (100%) = tf = 600 50 0,12 Copyright by Vincotech VC (100%) = IC (100%) = tr = V A µs 14 3,09 3,12 600 50 0,03 3,15 3,18 3,21 time(us) 3,24 V A µs Revision: 1 30-F212R6A050SC-M447-E-PM 30-F212R6A050SC01-M447E10-PM Switching Definitions Output Inverter T1,T2,T3,T4,T5,T6 IGBT Figure 5 T1,T2,T3,T4,T5,T6 IGBT Figure 6 Turn-off Switching Waveforms & definition of tEoff Turn-on Switching Waveforms & definition of tEon 120 250 % Eoff Poff % 100 Pon 200 80 150 Eon 60 100 40 50 20 VGE 10% VGE 90% IC 1% 0 VCE 3% 0 tEoff tEon -50 -20 -0,2 0 0,2 0,4 0,6 2,9 0,8 3 3,1 3,2 time (us) Poff (100%) = Eoff (100%) = tEoff = 30,03 4,54 0,62 3,3 3,4 3,5 time(us) Pon (100%) = Eon (100%) = tEon = kW mJ µs 30,03 4,44 0,36 kW mJ µs D1,D2,D3,D4,D5,D6 FWD Figure 7 Turn-off Switching Waveforms & definition of trr 150 % Id 100 trr 50 0 IRRM10% Vd -50 fitted -100 IRRM90% IRRM100% -150 2,8 Vd (100%) = Id (100%) = IRRM (100%) = trr = 3 3,2 600 50 -62 0,44 Copyright by Vincotech 3,4 3,6 time(us) 3,8 V A A µs 15 Revision: 1 30-F212R6A050SC-M447-E-PM 30-F212R6A050SC01-M447E10-PM Switching Definitions Output Inverter D1,D2,D3,D4,D5,D6 FWD Figure 8 D1,D2,D3,D4,D5,D6 FWD Figure 9 Turn-on Switching Waveforms & definition of tQrr (tQrr = integrating time for Qrr) Turn-on Switching Waveforms & definition of tErec (tErec= integrating time for Erec) 150 125 % % Qrr Id 100 Erec 100 tQrr 50 75 0 50 -50 25 -100 0 tErec Prec -150 -25 3 3,2 3,4 3,6 3,8 4 4,2 3 3,2 3,4 3,6 30,03 3,66 1,00 kW mJ µs time(us) Id (100%) = Qrr (100%) = tQrr = 50 8,86 1,00 Copyright by Vincotech Prec (100%) = Erec (100%) = tErec = A µC µs 16 3,8 4 time(us) 4,2 Revision: 1 30-F212R6A050SC-M447-E-PM 30-F212R6A050SC01-M447E10-PM Ordering Code and Marking - Outline - Pinout Ordering Code & Marking Version 17mm housing 17mm housing, without thermistor Ordering Code 30-F212R6A050SC-M447E 30-F212R6A050SC01-M447E10 in DataMatrix as in packaging barcode as M447-E M447-E10 M447-E M447-E10 Outline Pinout Copyright by Vincotech 17 Revision: 1 30-F212R6A050SC-M447-E-PM 30-F212R6A050SC01-M447E10-PM DISCLAIMER The information given in this 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