2SA2059
rth – tw
1000
100
10
1
0.001
0.01
Curves should be applied in thermal limited area.
Single nonrepetitive pulse Ta = 25°C
Mounted on FR4 board (glass epoxy, 1.6 mm thick, Cu
area: 645 mm2)
0.1
1
10
100
1000
Pulse width tw (s)
Safe Operating Area
−10
IC max (pulsed) ♦ 10 ms♦ 1 ms♦ 100 µs♦
IC max (continuous)
10 µs♦
−1
DC operation *
(Ta = 25°C)
100 ms♦*
10 s♦*
♦: Single nonrepetitive pulse
Ta = 25°C
−0.1 Note that the curves for 100 ms*,
10 s* and DC operation* will be
different when the devices aren’t
mounted on an FR4 board (glass
epoxy, 1.6 mm thick, Cu area:
645 mm2). These characteristic
curves must be derated linearly
with increase in temperature.
−0.01
−0.1
−1
−10
Collector-emitter voltage VCE (V)
−100
4
2001-10-29