Toshiba’s New Discrete IGBT for Voltage Resonance Circuits Contributes to Lower Power Consumption and Easier Design of Equipment

December 23, 2019

Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation

GT20N135SRA

TOKYO— Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation (“Toshiba”) has launched the  “GT20N135SRA,” a 1350V discrete IGBT for use in voltage resonance circuits in tabletop IH cookers, IH rice cookers, microwave ovens and other home appliances. Shipments start today.

GT20N135SRA features a collector-emitter saturation voltage[1] of 1.75V and a diode forward voltage[2] of 1.8V, approximately 10% and 21% lower, respectively, than for the current product[3]. Both the IGBT and diode have improved conduction loss characteristics at high temperature (TC=100℃), and the new IGBT can help reduce equipment power consumption. It also features a junction-to-case thermal resistance of 0.48℃/W (max), about 26% lower than that of the current product[3], allowing easier thermal design.

The new IGBT suppresses short circuit current that flows through the resonance capacitor when equipment is switched on. Its circuit current[4] peak value is 129A, about a 31% reduction from the current product[3]. As its safe operating area is widened, it makes equipment design easier compared to the current product[3].

Applications

Home appliances (such as tabletop IH cookers, IH rice cookers and microwave ovens) that use voltage resonance circuits

Features

  • Low conduction loss:
    VCE(sat)=1.6V(typ.) (@IC=20A, VGE=15V, Ta=25℃)
    VF=1.75V (typ.) (@IF=20A, VGE=0V, Ta=25℃)
  • Low junction-to-case thermal resistance: Rth(j-C)=0.48℃/W (max)
  • Suppresses short circuit current that flows through the resonance capacitor when equipment is switched on.
  • Wide safe operating area

Main Specifications

(Unless otherwise specified, @Ta=25 °C)

Part

Number

Package

Absolute maximum ratings

Collector-emitter saturation voltage

VCE(sat)

typ.

@IC=20A、

VGE=15V

(V)

Diode forward voltage

VF

typ.

@IF=20A,

VGE=0V

(V)

Switching time

(fall time)

tf

typ.

@Resistive load

(μs)

Junction-to-case thermal resistance

Rth(j-C)

max

(℃/W)

Collector-emitter voltage

VCES

(V)

Collector current

(DC)

I

@TC=25℃

(A)

Collector current

(DC)

I

@TC=100℃

(A)

Junction temperature

Tj

(℃)

GT20N135SRA

TO-247

1350

40

20

175

1.60

1.75

0.25

0.48

Notes:

[1] As of June 2019, values measured by Toshiba. (Test condition: IC=20A, VGE=15V, TC=100℃)

[2] As of June 2019, values measured by Toshiba. (Test condition: IF=20A, VGE=0V, TC=100℃)

[3] Toshiba’s current product “GT40RR21”

[4] As of June 2019, values measured by Toshiba. (Test condition: VCC=300V, VGG=15V, C=0.33μF, t=5μs, Ta=25℃)

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