General Precautions in the Handling of Power MOSFET and IGBT Products

The following usage notes are applicable to general purpose Power MOSFET and IGBT products from Renesas. For

detailed usage notes on the products covered by this document, refer to the relevant sections of the document as well as

any technical updates that have been issued for the products.

1. Derating

Continuous heavy condition (e.g. high temperature/voltage/current or high variation of temperature) may affect a

reliability even if it are within the absolute maximum ratings. Please consider derating condition for appropriate

reliability in reference Renesas Semiconductor Reliability Handbook (Recommendation for Handling and Usage of

Semiconductor Devices) and individual reliability data.

2. Quality grade

 The quality grade of this product is “Standard”.

 If you plan to use this product to “High quality” application, please inform to Renesas.

 Fail safe system is necessary to prevent malfunction even if this product is broken.