TIP41, TIP41A, TIP41B, TIP41C NPN SILICON POWER TRANSISTORS Designed for Complementary Use with the TIP42 Series TO-220 PACKAGE (TOP VIEW) 65 W at 25°C Case Temperature 6 A Continuous Collector Current 10 A Peak Collector Current B 1 C 2 Customer-Specified Selections Available E 3 This series is obsolete and not recommended for new designs. Pin 2 is in electrical contact with the mounting base. MDTRACA absolute maximum ratings at 25°C case temperature (unless otherwise noted) RATING SYMBOL TIP41 Collector-base voltage (IE = 0) TIP41A V CBO TIP41C TIP41 Collector-emitter voltage (IB = 0) Emitter-base voltage Continuous collector current TIP41A TIP41B TIP41C UNIT 80 E T E L O S B O TIP41B VALUE VCEO VEBO IC 100 120 V 140 40 60 80 100 V 5 V 6 A Peak collector current (see Note 1) ICM 10 A Continuous device dissipation at (or below) 25°C case temperature (see Note 2) Ptot 65 W ½LIC2 62.5 mJ Continuous base current Continuous device dissipation at (or below) 25°C free air temperature (see Note 3) Unclamped inductive load energy (see Note 4) Operating junction temperature range Storage temperature range Lead temperature 3.2 mm from case for 10 seconds NOTES: 1. 2. 3. 4. IB Ptot 3 2 Tj -65 to +150 TL 250 Tstg -65 to +150 A W °C °C °C This value applies for tp ≤ 0.3 ms, duty cycle ≤ 10%. Derate linearly to 150°C case temperature at the rate of 0.52 W/°C. Derate linearly to 150°C free air temperature at the rate of 16 mW/°C. This rating is based on the capability of the transistor to operate safely in a circuit of: L = 20 mH, IB(on) = 0.4 A, RBE = 100 Ω, V BE(off) = 0, RS = 0.1 Ω, VCC = 20 V. DECEMBER 1970 - REVISED SEPTEMBER 2002 Specifications are subject to change without notice. 1 TIP41, TIP41A, TIP41B, TIP41C NPN SILICON POWER TRANSISTORS electrical characteristics at 25°C case temperature PARAMETER V(BR)CEO ICES ICEO IEBO hFE VCE(sat) VBE hfe |hfe | Collector-emitter breakdown voltage TEST CONDITIONS IC = 30 mA MIN IB = 0 (see Note 5) TIP41 40 TIP41A 60 TIP41B 80 TIP41C 100 TYP MAX UNIT V VCE = 80 V VBE = 0 TIP41 0.4 Collector-emitter VCE = 100 V VBE = 0 TIP41A 0.4 cut-off current VCE = 120 V VBE = 0 TIP41B 0.4 VCE = 140 V VBE = 0 TIP41C 0.4 Collector cut-off VCE = 30 V IB = 0 TIP41/41A 0.7 current VCE = 60 V IB = 0 TIP41B/41C 0.7 VEB = 5V IC = 0 Forward current VCE = 4V IC = 0.3 A transfer ratio VCE = 4V IC = 3A 0.6 A IC = 6A (see Notes 5 and 6) 1.5 V 4V IC = 6A (see Notes 5 and 6) 2 V Emitter cut-off current Collector-emitter saturation voltage Base-emitter voltage Small signal forward current transfer ratio Small signal forward current transfer ratio IB = VCE = 1 (see Notes 5 and 6) mA mA mA 30 15 E T E L O S B O VCE = 10 V IC = 0.5 A f = 1 kHz 20 VCE = 10 V IC = 0.5 A f = 1 MHz 3 75 NOTES: 5. These parameters must be measured using pulse techniques, tp = 300 µs, duty cycle ≤ 2%. 6. These parameters must be measured using voltage-sensing contacts, separate from the current carrying contacts. thermal characteristics MAX UNIT RθJC Junction to case thermal resistance PARAMETER MIN TYP 1.92 °C/W RθJA Junction to free air thermal resistance 62.5 °C/W MAX UNIT resistive-load-switching characteristics at 25°C case temperature PARAMETER † TEST CONDITIONS † MIN ton Turn-on time IC = 6 A IB(on) = 0.6 A IB(off) = -0.6 A toff Turn-off time VBE(off) = -4 V RL = 5 Ω tp = 20 µs, dc ≤ 2% 0.6 µs 1 µs Voltage and current values shown are nominal; exact values vary slightly with transistor parameters. 2 TYP DECEMBER 1970 - REVISED SEPTEMBER 2002 Specifications are subject to change without notice. TIP41, TIP41A, TIP41B, TIP41C NPN SILICON POWER TRANSISTORS TYPICAL CHARACTERISTICS TYPICAL DC CURRENT GAIN vs COLLECTOR CURRENT COLLECTOR-EMITTER SATURATION VOLTAGE vs BASE CURRENT TCS633AD hFE - DC Current Gain VCE = 4 V TC = 25°C tp = 300 µs, duty cycle < 2% 100 10 1·0 0·01 0·1 TCS633AE 10 VCE(sat) - Collector-Emitter Saturation Voltage - V 1000 IC = 300 mA IC = 1 A IC = 3 A IC = 6 A 1·0 0·1 E T E L O S B O 1·0 0·01 0·001 10 IC - Collector Current - A 0·01 0·1 1·0 10 IB - Base Current - A Figure 1. Figure 2. BASE-EMITTER VOLTAGE vs COLLECTOR CURRENT 1·2 TCS633AF VBE - Base-Emitter Voltage - V VCE = 4 V TC = 25°C 1·1 1·0 0·9 0·8 0·7 0·6 0·1 1·0 10 IC - Collector Current - A Figure 3. DECEMBER 1970 - REVISED SEPTEMBER 2002 Specifications are subject to change without notice. 3 TIP41, TIP41A, TIP41B, TIP41C NPN SILICON POWER TRANSISTORS MAXIMUM SAFE OPERATING REGIONS MAXIMUM FORWARD-BIAS SAFE OPERATING AREA IC - Collector Current - A 100 SAS633AB tp = 300 µs, d = 0.1 = 10% tp = 1 ms, d = 0.1 = 10% tp = 10 ms, d = 0.1 = 10% DC Operation 10 1·0 0·1 TIP41 TIP41A TIP41B TIP41C E T E L O S B O 0·01 1·0 10 100 1000 VCE - Collector-Emitter Voltage - V Figure 4. THERMAL INFORMATION MAXIMUM POWER DISSIPATION vs CASE TEMPERATURE TIS633AB Ptot - Maximum Power Dissipation - W 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 0 25 50 75 100 125 150 TC - Case Temperature - °C Figure 5. 4 DECEMBER 1970 - REVISED SEPTEMBER 2002 Specifications are subject to change without notice.