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Infineon-Technologies-IKA10N60T
IKA10N60T  
TrenchStop Series  
Low Loss DuoPack :
 
IGBT in Trench and Fieldstop technology  
with soft, fast recovery anti-parallel EmCon HE diode  
C
•
•
•
•
Very low V

CE(sat)

1.5 V (typ.)  
Maximum Junction Temperature 175°C  
Short circuit withstand time – 5
µ
s  
Designed for :  
G
E
– Variable Speed Drive for washing machines, air  
conditioners and induction cooking  
– Uninterrupted Power Supply  
•
Trench and Fieldstop technology for 600 V applications offers :  
– very tight parameter distribution  
– high ruggedness, temperature stable behavior  
– very high switching speed  
P-TO-220-3-31  
(TO-220 FullPak)  
– low V

CE(sat)  

•
NPT technology offers easy parallel switching capability due to  
positive temperature coefficient in V

CE(sat)  

Low EMI  
•
•
•
•
Low Gate Charge  
Very soft, fast recovery anti-parallel EmCon HE diode  
Complete product spectrum and PSpice Models :

Type  
V

CE  

I

C  

V

CE(sat
),Tj=25°C  

T

j,max

Marking Code
 
Package  
Ordering Code  
IKA10N60T  
600V  
10A  
1.5V  
K10T60  
TO-220-FP Q67040S4683  
175
°
C  
Maximum Ratings  
Parameter  
Symbol  
Value  
Unit  
Collector-emitter voltage  
DC collector current, limited by
T

jmax  

T

C

= 25
°
C  
V

C
E  

I

C  

600  
V
A
20  
10  
T

C

= 100
°
C  
Pulsed collector current,
t

p

limited by
T

jmax  

Turn off safe operating area  
I

C
puls  

–
30  
30  
V

CE

≤
400V,
T

j

≤
150
°
C  
Diode forward current, limited by
T

jmax  

T

C

= 25
°
C  
T

C

= 100
°
C  
I

F  

20  
10  
Diode pulsed current,
t

p

limited by
T

jmax  

Gate-emitter voltage  
I

F
puls  

V

G
E  

t

S
C  

30  
±
20  
5
V
Short circuit withstand time

1)  

V

GE

= 15V,
V

CC

≤
400V,
T

j

≤
150
°
C  
Power dissipation,
T

C

= 25
°
C  
Operating junction temperature  
Storage temperature  
µ
s  
P

t
ot  

T

j  

30  
W
-40…+175  
-55…+175  
°
C  
T

s
tg  

1)

Allowed number of short circuits: <1000; time between short circuits: >1s.  
1
Rev. 2
 
Oct-04  
Power Semiconductors  

IKA10N60T  
TrenchStop Series  
Thermal Resistance  
Parameter  
Symbol  
Conditions  
Max. Value  
Unit  
Characteristic  
IGBT thermal resistance,  
junction – case  
Diode thermal resistance,  
junction – case  
Thermal resistance,  
junction – ambient  
R

t
hJC  

R

t
hJCD  

R

t
hJA  

TO-220 FullPak  
TO-220 FullPak  
TO-220 FullPak  
5
K/W  
5.8  
80  
Electrical Characteristic,
at
T

j

= 25
°
C, unless otherwise specified  
Value  
typ.  
Parameter  
Symbol  
Conditions  
Unit  
min.  
max.  
–
Static Characteristic  
Collector-emitter breakdown voltage
 
V

(
BR)C ES
 

V

G
E

=
0V,
I

C

=
0.2mA  
600  
–
V
Collector-emitter saturation voltage  
V

C
E
(sa t)
 

V

G
E

=
1
5V,
I

C

=
10A  
T

j

=
25
°
C  
–
–
1.5  
1.8  
2.05  
T

j

=
175
°
C  
Diode forward voltage  
V

F  

V

G
E

=
0V,
I

F

=
10A  
T

j

=
25
°
C  
–
–
1.6  
1.6  
2.05  
–
T

j

=
175
°
C  
Gate-emitter threshold voltage  
Zero gate voltage collector current  
V

G
E(th )  

I

C
E
S  

I

C

=
0.3mA,
V

C
E

=
V

G
E  

4.1  
4.6  
5.7  
V

C
E

=
600V
,  
µA  
V

G
E

=
0V  
T

j

=
25
°
C  
T

j

=
175
°
C  
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6
40  
1000  
100  
–
Gate-emitter leakage current  
Transconductance  
I

G
ES  

g

f
s  

V

C
E

=
0V,
V

G
E

=
20V  
V

C
E

=
20V,
I

C

=
15A  
nA  
S
Integrated gate resistor  
R

G
int  

none  
Ω
Dynamic Characteristic  
Input capacitance  
Output capacitance  
Reverse transfer capacitance  
Gate charge  
C

i
ss  

V

C
E

=
25V,  
V

G
E

=
0V,  
f
=
1MHz  
V

C
C

=
480V,
I

C

=
10A  
V

G
E

=
15V  
–
–
–
–
551  
40  
17  
–
–
–
–
pF  
C

o
ss  

C

r
ss  

Q

G
a te  

62  
nC  
nH  
A
Internal emitter inductance  
L

E  

TO-220-3-31  
–
–
7
–
–
measured 5mm (0.197 in.) from case  
Short circuit collector current

1)  

I

C
(
SC)  

100  
V

G
E

=
15V,
t

S
C

≤
5
µ
s  
V

C
C

=
4
00V,  
T

j

=
2
5
°
C  

1)

Allowed number of short circuits: <1000; time between short circuits: >1s.  
2
Rev. 2
 
Oct-04  
Power Semiconductors  

IKA10N60T  
TrenchStop Series  
Switching Characteristic, Inductive Load,
at
T

j

=25
°
C  
Value  
Unit  
Parameter  
Symbol  
Conditions  
min.  
typ.  
max.  
IGBT Characteristic  
Turn-on delay time  
Rise time  
Turn-off delay time  
Fall time  
Turn-on energy  
Turn-off energy  
Total switching energy  
Anti-Parallel Diode Characteristic  
Diode reverse recovery time  
Diode reverse recovery charge  
t

d
(
on)  

t

r  

t

d
(
off)  

t

f  

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12  
8
215  
38  
0.16  
0.27  
0.43  
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
ns  
T

j

=
25
°
C
,  
V

C
C

=
400V,
I

C

=
10A,  
V

G
E

=
0/15V,  
R

G

=
23
Ω
,  
L

σ

2
)

=
60nH,  
C

σ

2
)

=
40pF  
E

o
n  

E

o
f
f  

E

t
s  

mJ  
Energy losses include  
“tail” and diode  
reverse recovery.  
t

r
r  

–
–
–
–
115  
0.38  
10  
–
–
–
–
ns  
µC  
A
T

j

=
25
°
C
,  
V

R

=
400V,
I

F

=
10A,  
di

F

/
dt
=
880A/
µ
s  
Q

r
r  

Diode peak reverse recovery current
 
I

r
rm  

Diode peak rate of fall of reverse  
di

r
r

/
dt  
680  
A/
µ
s  
recovery current during
t

b  

Switching Characteristic, Inductive Load,
at
T

j

=175
°
C  
Value  
typ.  
Parameter  
Symbol  
Conditions  
Unit  
min.  
max.  
IGBT Characteristic  
Turn-on delay time  
Rise time  
Turn-off delay time  
Fall time  
Turn-on energy  
Turn-off energy  
Total switching energy  
Anti-Parallel Diode Characteristic  
Diode reverse recovery time  
Diode reverse recovery charge  
t

d
(
on)  

t

r  

t

d
(
off)  

t

f  

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10  
11  
233  
63  
0.26  
0.35  
0.61  
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
ns  
T

j

=
175
°
C
,  
V

C
C

=
400V,
I

C

=
10A,  
V

G
E

=
0/15V,  
R

G

=
2
3
Ω  
L

σ

1
)

=
60nH,  
C

σ

1
)

=
40pF  
E

o
n  

E

o
f
f  

E

t
s  

mJ  
Energy losses include  
“tail” and diode  
reverse recovery.  
t

r
r  

–
–
–
–
200  
0.92  
13  
–
–
–
–
ns  
µC  
A
T

j

=
175
°
C  
V

R

=
400V,
I

F

=
10A,  
di

F

/
dt
=
880A/
µ
s  
Q

r
r  

Diode peak reverse recovery current
 
I

r
rm  

Diode peak rate of fall of reverse  
di

r
r

/
dt  
390  
A/
µ
s  
recovery current during
t

b  

2)

Leakage inductance
L

σ

a
nd
S
tray
 
capacity
C

σ

due to dynamic test circuit in Figure E.  

1)

Leakage inductance
L

σ

a
nd
S
tray
 
capacity
C

σ

due to dynamic test circuit in Figure E.  
3
Rev. 2
 
Oct-04  
Power Semiconductors  

IKA10N60T  
TrenchStop Series  
t

p

=1µs  
T

C

=80°C  
T

C

=110°C  
30A  
25A  
20A  
15A  
10A  
5A  
10A  
1A  
20µs  
50µs  
500µs  
5ms  
I

c  

100ms  
I

c  

0,1A  
1V  
DC  
0A  
10Hz  
100Hz  
1kHz  
10kHz 100kHz  
10V  
100V  
1000V  
f
,
SWITCHING FREQUENCY  
V

CE

,
COLLECTOR
–
EMITTER VOLTAGE  
Figure 1.
 
Collector current as a function of  
Figure 2.
 
Safe operating area  
(
D =
0,
T

C

= 25
°
C,
T

j

≤
175
°
C;  
V

GE

=15V)  
switching frequency  
(
T

j

≤
175
°
C,
D =
0.5,
V

CE

= 400V,  
V

GE

= 0/+15V,
R

G

= 23
Ω
)  
30W  
25W  
20W  
15W  
10W  
5W  
10A  
8A  
6A  
4A  
2A  
0A  
0W  
25°C  
75°C  
125°C  
25°C  
50°C  
75°C 100°C
 
125°C 150°C  
T

C

,
CASE TEMPERATURE  
Figure 3.
 
Power dissipation as a function of  
case temperature  
T

C

,
CASE TEMPERATURE  
Figure 4.
 
Collector current as a function of  
case temperature  
(
T

j

≤
175
°
C)  
(
V

GE

≥
15V,
T

j

≤
175
°
C)  
4
Rev. 2
 
Oct-04  
Power Semiconductors  

IKA10N60T  
TrenchStop Series  
30A  
25A  
20A  
15A  
10A  
5A  
30A  
25A  
20A  
15A  
10A  
5A  
V

G
E

=20V  
V

G
E

=20V  
15V  
15V  
12V  
10V  
8V  
12V  
10V  
8V  
6V  
6V  
0A  
0A  
0V  
1V  
2V  
3V  
4V  
0V  
1V  
2V  
3V  
4V  
5V  
V

CE

,
COLLECTOR
–
EMITTER VOLTAGE  
Figure 5.
 
Typical output characteristic  
V

CE

,
COLLECTOR
–
EMITTER VOLTAGE  
Figure 6.
 
Typical output characteristic  
(
T

j

= 25°C)  
(
T

j

= 175°C)  
3,0V  
2,5V  
2,0V  
1,5V  
1,0V  
0,5V  
0,0V  
25A  
20A  
15A  
10A  
I

C

=20A  
I

C

=10A  
I

C

=5A  
T

J

=
175°C  
5A  
0A  
25°C  
-50°C  
0°C  
50°C  
100°C  
150°C  
0V  
2V  
4V  
6V  
8V  
10V  
V

GE

,
GATE-EMITTER VOLTAGE  
Figure 7.
 
Typical transfer characteristic  
T

J

,
JUNCTION TEMPERATURE  
Figure 8.
 
Typical collector-emitter  
(V

CE

=20V)  
saturation voltage as a function of  
junction temperature  
(
V

GE

= 15V)  
5
Rev. 2
 
Oct-04  
Power Semiconductors  

IKA10N60T  
TrenchStop Series  
t

d(off)  

t

d(off)  

100ns  
10ns  
1ns  
100ns  
t

f  

t

f  

t

d
(on)  

t

d(on)  

10ns  
t

r  

t

r  

1ns  
0A  
5A  
10A  
15A  
20A  
10Ω  
20Ω  
30Ω  
40Ω  
50Ω  
I

C

,
COLLECTOR CURRENT  
R

G

,
GATE RESISTOR  
Figure 10. Typical switching times as a  
Figure 9.
 
Typical switching times as a  
function of collector current  
(inductive load,
T

J

=175°C,  
function of gate resistor  
(inductive load,
T

J

= 175°C,  
V

CE

= 400V, V

GE

= 0/15V,
R

G

= 23
ꢀ
,  
V

CE

= 400V, V

GE

= 0/15V,
I

C

= 10A,  
Dynamic test circuit in Figure E)  
Dynamic test circuit in Figure E)  
7V  
6V  
5V  
4V  
3V  
2V  
1V  
0V  
t

d
(off)  

max.  
typ.  
100ns  
10ns  
1ns  
t

f  

min.  
t

d
(on)  

t

r  

25°C  
50°C  
75°C 100°C
 
125°C 150°C  
-50°C  
0°C  
50°C  
100°C  
150°C  
T

J

,
JUNCTION TEMPERATURE  
T

J

,
JUNCTION TEMPERATURE  
Figure 11. Typical switching times as a  
function of junction temperature  
(inductive load,
V

CE

= 400V,  
Figure 12. Gate-emitter threshold voltage as  
a function of junction temperature  
(
I

C

= 0.3mA)  
V

GE

= 0/15V,
I

C

= 10A,
R

G

=23
ꢀ
,  
Dynamic test circuit in Figure E)  
6
Rev. 2
 
Oct-04  
Power Semiconductors  

IKA10N60T  
TrenchStop Series  
*)
E

on

and
E

ts

include losses  
due to diode recovery  
*)
E

on

a
nd
E

ts

include losses  
E

ts

*  
E

ts

*  
due to diode recovery  
0,8 mJ  
0,6 mJ  
0,4 mJ  
0,2 mJ  
0,0 mJ  
1,0mJ  
0,8mJ  
0,6mJ  
0,4mJ  
0,2mJ  
0,0mJ  
E

off  

E

off  

E

on

*  
E

on  

*
10Ω  
20Ω  
30Ω  
40Ω  
50Ω  
0A  
5A  
10A  
15A  
I

C

,
COLLECTOR CURRENT  
R

G

,
GATE RESISTOR  
Figure 14. Typical switching energy losses  
as a function of gate resistor  
Figure 13. Typical switching energy losses  
as a function of collector current  
(inductive load,
T

J

= 175°C,  
(inductive load,
T

J

= 175°C,  
V

CE

= 400V, V

GE

= 0/15V,
R

G

= 23
ꢀ
,  
Dynamic test circuit in Figure E)  
V

CE

= 400V, V

GE

= 0/15V,
I

C

= 10A,  
Dynamic test circuit in Figure E)  
*)
E

on

and
E

ts

include losses  
*)
E

on

and
E

ts

include losses  
due to diode recovery  
0,6mJ  
0,5mJ  
0,4mJ  
0,3mJ  
0,2mJ  
0,1mJ  
0,0mJ  
due to diode recovery  
0,8mJ  
E

ts

*  
0,6mJ  
E

ts

*  
E

off  

0,4mJ  
E

off  

0,2mJ  
E

on

*  
E

on  

*
0,0mJ  
50°C  
100°C  
150°C  
300V 350V 400V 450V 500V 550V  
T

J

,
JUNCTION TEMPERATURE  
Figure 15. Typical switching energy losses  
as a function of junction  
temperature  
V

CE

,
COLLECTOR
–
EMITTER VOLTAGE  
Figure 16. Typical switching energy losses  
as a function of collector emitter  
voltage  
(inductive load,
V

CE

= 400V,  
(inductive load,
T

J

= 175°C,  
V

GE

= 0/15V,
I

C

= 10A,
R

G

= 23
ꢀ
,  
V

GE

= 0/15V,
I

C

= 10A,
R

G

= 23
ꢀ
,  
Dynamic test circuit in Figure E)  
Dynamic test circuit in Figure E)  
7
Rev. 2
 
Oct-04  
Power Semiconductors  

IKA10N60T  
TrenchStop Series  
1nF  
C

iss  

15V  
10V  
5V  
120V  
480V  
100pF  
C

oss  

C

rss  

10pF  
0V  
0V  
10V  
20V  
0nC  
20nC  
40nC  
60nC  
Q

GE

,
GATE CHARGE  
Figure 17. Typical gate charge  
V

CE

,
COLLECTOR
–
EMITTER VOLTAGE  
Figure 18. Typical capacitance as a function  
(
I

C

=10 A)  
of collector-emitter voltage  
(
V

GE

=0V,
f
= 1 MHz)  
12µs  
10µs  
8µs  
150A  
125A  
100A  
75A  
50A  
25A  
0A  
6µs  
4µs  
2µs  
0µs  
10V  
11V  
12V  
13V  
14V  
12V  
14V  
16V  
18V  
V

GE

,
GATE
–
EMITTETR VOLTAGE  
Figure 19. Typical short circuit collector  
current as a function of gate-  
emitter voltage  
V

GE

,
GATE
–
EMITETR VOLTAGE  
Figure 20. Short circuit withstand time as a  
function of gate-emitter voltage  
(
V

CE

=600V
,
start at
T

J

=
25°C,  
T

Jmax

<150°C)  
(
V

CE

≤
400V,
T

j

≤
150
°
C)  
8
Rev. 2
 
Oct-04  
Power Semiconductors  

IKA10N60T  
TrenchStop Series  
D
=0.5  
D
=0.5  
0.2  
0.2  
0

0

K/W  
0

-1

K/W  
0

-2

K/W  
R
, ( K / W )  
τ
,
( s )  
10

0

K/W  
0.1  
1.418  
5.068  
6
0.1  
2.125  
1.416  
6.455*10

-2  

5.732*10

-3  

1.019*10

-3  

1.499*10

-4  

R
, ( K / W )  
1.596  
τ
,
( s )  
0.5890  
0.5424  
0.6311  
0.5061  
4.622  
6
1.985  
1.288  
0.5623  
0.3324  
0.3531  
0.1730  
5.066*10

-2  

4.152*10

-3  

6.059*10

-4  

0.05  
0.02  
0.01  
single pulse  
0.05  
0.02  
0.01  
single pulse  
R

1  

R

2  

10

-1

K/W  
7.863*10

-5  

R

1  

R

2  

C

1

=
τ

1

/
R

1

C

2

=
τ

2

/
R

2  

C

1

=
τ

1

/
R

1

C

2

=
τ

2

/
R

2  

10

-2

K/W  
10µs 100µs 1ms
 
10ms100ms 1s  
10s  
10µs 100µs 1ms
 
10ms100ms 1s  
10s  
t

P

,
PULSE WIDTH  
Figure 21. IGBT transient thermal resistance  
t

P

,
PULSE WIDTH  
Figure 22. Diode transient thermal  
(
D = t

p

/
T
)  
impedance as a function of pulse  
width  
(
D
=
t

P

/
T
)  
0,8µC  
0,7µC  
0,6µC  
0,5µC  
0,4µC  
0,3µC  
0,2µC  
0,1µC  
0,0µC  
T

J

=175°C  
300ns  
250ns  
T

J

=175°C  
200ns  
150ns  
T

J

=25°C  
100ns  
T

J

=25°C  
50ns  
0ns  
200A/µs  
400A/µs  
600A/µs  
800A/µs  
200A/µs 400A/µs 600A/µs 800A/µs  
di

F

/dt
,
DIODE CURRENT SLOPE  
di

F

/dt
,
DIODE CURRENT SLOPE  
Figure 23. Typical reverse recovery time as  
a function of diode current slope  
(
V

R

=400V,
I

F

=10A,  
Figure 24. Typical reverse recovery charge  
as a function of diode current  
slope  
Dynamic test circuit in Figure E)  
(
V

R

= 400V,
I

F

= 10A,  
Dynamic test circuit in Figure E)  
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TrenchStop Series  
14A  
12A  
10A  
8A  
T

J

=175°C  
T

J

=25°C  
T

J

=25°C  
-700A/µs  
-600A/µs  
-500A/µs  
-400A/µs  
-300A/µs  
-200A/µs  
-100A/µs  
T

J

=175°C  
6A  
4A  
2A  
0A/µs  
0A  
400A/µs  
600A/µs  
800A/µs  
200A/µs 400A/µs 600A/µs 800A/µs  
di

F

/dt
,
DIODE CURRENT SLOPE  
Figure 25. Typical reverse recovery current  
as a function of diode current  
slope  
di

F

/dt
,
DIODE CURRENT SLOPE  
Figure 26. Typical diode peak rate of fall of  
reverse recovery current as a  
function of diode current slope  
(
V

R

=400V,
I

F

=10A,  
(
V

R

= 400V,
I

F

= 10A,  
Dynamic test circuit in Figure E)  
Dynamic test circuit in Figure E)  
30A  
2,0V  
T

J

=25°C  
175°C  
I

F

=20A  
10A  
5A  
1,5V  
1,0V  
0,5V  
0,0V  
20A  
10A  
0A  
-50°C  
0°C  
50°C  
100°C  
150°C  
0V  
1V  
2V  
V

F

,
FORWARD VOLTAGE  
T

J

,
JUNCTION TEMPERATURE  
Figure 27. Typical diode forward current as  
a function of forward voltage  
Figure 28. Typical diode forward voltage as a  
function of junction temperature  
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TrenchStop Series  
dimensions  
[mm]  
P-TO220-3-31  
symbol  
[inch]  
min  
10.37  
15.86  
0.65  
max  
10.63  
16.12  
0.78  
min  
max  
A
B
C
D
E
F
0.4084  
0.6245  
0.0256  
0.4184  
0.6345  
0.0306  
2.95 typ.  
3.15  
0.1160 typ.  
3.25  
6.56  
13.73  
3.43  
0.63  
1.36  
0.124  
0.2384  
0.5304  
0.125  
0.128  
0.2584  
0.5404  
0.135  
6.05  
13.47  
3.18  
0.45  
1.23  
G
H
K
L
0.0177  
0.0484  
0.0247  
0.0534  
M
N
P
T
2.54 typ.  
0.100 typ.  
4.57  
2.57  
2.51  
4.83  
2.83  
2.62  
0.1800  
0.1013  
0.0990  
0.1900  
0.1113  
0.1030  
Please refer to mounting instructions (application note AN-TO220-3-31-01)  
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TrenchStop Series  
i,v  
t

r r

=t

S

+
t

F  

di

F

/dt  
Q

r r

=Q

S

+
Q

F  

t

r r  

I

F  

t

S  

t

F  

t
Q

S  

10%
I

r r m  

Q

F  

I

r r m  

di

r r
 

/dt  
90%
I

r r m  

V

R  

Figure C. Definition of diodes  
switching characteristics  
τ

1  

τ

2  

r

2  

τ

n  

r

1  

r

n  

T (t)  
j
p(t)  
r

2  

r

1  

r

n  

Figure A. Definition of switching times  
T
C
Figure D. Thermal equivalent  
circuit  
Figure E. Dynamic test circuit  
Leakage inductance
L

σ

=60nH  
and
S
tray
 
capacity
C

σ

=40pF.  
Figure B. Definition of switching losses  
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TrenchStop Series  
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