P6KE6.8 thru P6KE540A

Vishay General Semiconductor

Document Number: 88369

Revision: 22-Oct-08

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RATINGS AND CHARACTERISTICS CURVES

Figure 1. Peak Pulse Power Rating Curve

Figure 2. Pulse Power or Current vs. Initial Junction Temperature

Figure 3. Pulse Waveform

0.1

1

10

100

1.0 ms

10 ms

0.1 µs

1.0 µs

10 µs

100 µs

Non-Repetitive Pulse

Waveform shown in Fig. 3

T

100

75

50

25

0

0

25

50

75

100

125

150

175

200

0

50

100

150

t

d

0

1.0

2.0

3.0

4.0

t - Time (ms)

t

Peak Value

I

PPM

Half Value -

I

PPM

I

PP

2

10/1000 µs Waveform

as defined by R.E.A.

T

Pulse Width (t

is defined as the Point

where the Peak Current

decays to 50 % of I

PPM

Figure 4. Typical Junction Capacitance Uni-Directional

Figure 5. Power Derating Curve

Figure 6. Maximum Non-Repetitive Forward Surge Current

10

100

1000

6000

10

100

200

1.0

T

f = 1.0 MHz

V

Measured at

Zero Bias

Measured at Stand-Off

Voltage V

WM

6

5

4

3

2

1

0

0

25

50

75

100

125

150

175

200

L = 0.375" (9.5 mm)

Lead Lengths

60 Hz

Resistive or

Inductive Load

200

100

50

10

1

5

10

50

100

Number of Cycles at 60 Hz

Uni-Directional Only

T

8.3 ms Single Half Sine-Wave