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HIGH COMMUTATION TRIAC

TO220-AB
On-State Current Gate Trigger Current
12 Amp ≤ 25 mA to ≤ 50 mA

MT2 Off-State Voltage

200 V ÷ 600 V

This series of TRIACs uses a high

MT1 performance PNPN technology.
MT2
G These parts are intended for general
purpose AC switching applications with
highly inductive loads.

Absolute Maximum Ratings, according to IEC publication No. 134

SYMBOL PARAMETER CONDITIONS Min. Max. Unit

IT(RMS) RMS On-state Current Full sine wave, TC = 105 ºC 12 A
ITSM Non-repetitive On-State Current Full Cycle, 60 Hz t = 16.7 ms 125 A
ITSM Non-repetitive On-State Current Full Cycle, 50 Hz t = 20 ms 120 A
I2t Fusing Current tp = 10 ms, Half Cycle 80 A2s
IGM Peak Gate Current 20 µs max. Tj =125ºC 4 A
PG(AV) Average Gate Power Dissipation Tj =125ºC 1 W
di/dt Critical rate of rise of on-state current IG = 2x IGT, tr ≤100ns 50 A/µs
f= 120 Hz, Tj =125ºC
Tj Operating Temperature -40 +125 ºC
Tstg Storage Temperature -40 +150 ºC

SYMBOL PARAMETER VOLTAGE Unit

B D M
VDRM Repetitive Peak Off State 200 400 600 V
VRRM Voltage

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Electrical Characteristics
SYMBOL PARAMETER CONDITIONS Quadrant SENSITIVITY Unit
11 14 16
IGT (1) Gate Trigger Current VD = 12 VDC , RL = 30Ω, Tj = 25 ºC Q1÷Q3 MAX 25 35 50 mA
IDRM /IRRM Off-State Leakage Current VD = VDRM , RGK = 1KΩ, Tj = 125 ºC MAX 1 mA
VR = VRRM , Tj = 25 ºC MAX 5 µA
Vto (2) Threshold Voltage Tj = 125 ºC MAX 0.85 V
Rd(2) Dynamic Resistance Tj = 125 ºC MAX 35 mΩ
VTM (2) On-state Voltage IT = 17 Amp, tp = 380 µs, Tj = 25 ºC MAX 1.55 V
VGT Gate Trigger Voltage VD = 12 VDC , RL = 30Ω, Tj = 25 ºC Q1÷Q3 MAX 1.3 V
VGD Gate Non Trigger Voltage VD = VDRM , RL = 3.3KΩ, Tj = 125 ºC Q1÷Q3 MIN 0.2 V
IH (2) Holding Current IT = 100 mA , Gate open, Tj = 25 ºC MAX 25 35 50 mA
IL Latching Current IG = 1.2 IGT, Tj = 25 ºC Q1,Q3 MAX 40 50 70 mA
Q2 MAX 50 60 80
dv / dt (2) Critical Rate of Voltage Rise VD = 0.67 x VDRM , Gate open MIN 200 500 1000 V/µs
Tj = 125 ºC
(dI/dt)c (2) Critical Rate of Current Rise (dv/dt)c= 0.1 V/µs Tj = 125 ºC MIN - - - A/ms
(dv/dt)c= 10 V/µs Tj = 125 ºC MIN - - -
without snubber Tj = 125 ºC MIN 5.3 6.5 12
Rth(j-c) Thermal Resistance for AC 360º conduction angle ºC/W
1.4
Junction-Case
Rth(j-a) Thermal Resistance ºC/W
Junction-Ambient 60

(1) Minimum IGT is guaranted at 5% of IGT max.

(2) For either polarity of electrode MT2 voltage with reference to electrode MT1.

PART NUMBER INFORMATION

F T 12 14 B H 00 TU
FAGOR PACKAGING
FORMING
TRIAC
CASE
VOLTAGE
CURRENT
SENSITIVITY

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Fig. 1: Maximum power dissipation versus Fig. 2: RMS on-state current versus case
RMS on-state curren (full cycle). temperature (full cycle).

P (W) IT(RMS)(A)
16 14
13
14 12
11
12
10
10 9
8
8 7
6
6 5
4
4
3
2 2
1
0 IT(RMS)(A) Tc (ºC)
0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 0 25 50 75 100 125

Fig. 3: : Relative variation of thermal Fig. 4: On-state characteristics (maximum

impedance versus pulse duration. values)

K=[Zth / Rth] ITM (A)

1E+0 100
Zth(j-c)

Tj max

1E-1 10
Zth(j-a)
Tj = 25 ºC

Tj max
Vto = 0.85 V
Rt = 35mΩ

1E-2 tp (s) 1 VTM (V)

1E-3 1E-2 1E-1 1E+0 1E+1 1E+2 5E+2 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 4.0 4.5 5.0

Fig. 5: Surge peak on-state current versus Fig. 6: Non-repetitive surge peak on-state
number of cycles current for a sinusoidal pulse with width
tp<10ms, and corresponding value of I2t.
I TSM (A) I TSM (A), I2 t (A2s)
130 dl/dt limitation
120 50A/µs Tj initial = 25 ºC
t=20ms 1000
110 One cycle

100 ITSM

90
Non repetitive
80 Tj initial = 25 ºC
2
It
70
60 100
50 Repetitive
Tc = 90 ºC
40
30
20
10
0 Number of cycles 10 tp (ms)
1 10 100 1000 0.01 0.10 1.00 10.00

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Fig. 7: Relative variation of gate trigger Fig. 8: Relative variation of critical rate of
current, holding current and latching versus decrease of main current versus junction
junction temperature (typical values) temperature

IGT,IH,IL [Tj]/IGT,IH,IL.[Tj=25ºC] (dI/dt)c [Tj]/(dI/dc)c [Tj specified]

2.5 6

5
2.0
IGT

4
1.5
3
IH&IL
1.0
2

0.5 1

0 Tj(ºC) 0 Tj(ºC)
-40 -20 0 20 40 60 80 100120140 0 25 50 75 100 125

PACKAGE MECHANICAL DATA TO-220AB (Plastic)

DIMENSIONS
B c
REF. Milimeters
b2 Min. Nominal Max.
A 15.20 15.90
L a1 3.75
øI
F a2 13.00 14.00
A
B 10.00 10.40
b1 0.61 0.88
14
b2 1.23 1.32
C 4.40 4.60
c1 0.49 0.70
a1 c2 c2 2.40 2.72
13
e 2.40 2.70
12
a2 F 6.20 6.60
I 3.75 3.85
I4 15.80 16.40 16.80
L 2.65 2.95
b1 M
c1
I2 1.14 1.70
e
I3 1.14 1.70
M 2.60

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