IRF540N Fairchild Semiconductor, IRF540N Datasheet - Page 3

• Manufacturer Part Number: IRF540N
• Description: Fairchild Sample
• Manufacturer: Fairchild Semiconductor

Typical Performance Curves
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1.2
1.0
0.8
0.6
0.4
0.2
600
100
FIGURE 1. NORMALIZED POWER DISSIPATION vs
20
0
10
0.01
0
0.1
-5
2
1
TRANSCONDUCTANCE
MAY LIMIT CURRENT
IN THIS REGION
10
-5
DUTY CYCLE - DESCENDING ORDER
0.5
0.2
0.1
0.05
0.02
0.01
25
V
GS
CASE TEMPERATURE
T
50
C
= 10V
, CASE TEMPERATURE (
10
-4
75
10
FIGURE 3. NORMALIZED MAXIMUM TRANSIENT THERMAL IMPEDANCE
SINGLE PULSE
-4
100
125
o
C)
FIGURE 4. PEAK CURRENT CAPABILITY
10
-3
10
150
-3
t, RECTANGULAR PULSE DURATION (s)
175
t, PULSE WIDTH (s)
10
10
-2
-2
FIGURE 2. MAXIMUM CONTINUOUS DRAIN CURRENT vs
40
30
20
10
0
25
CASE TEMPERATURE
50
10
10
-1
T
-1
C
NOTES:
DUTY FACTOR: D = t
PEAK T
, CASE TEMPERATURE (
75
J
= P
FOR TEMPERATURES
ABOVE 25
CURRENT AS FOLLOWS:
T
100
C
I = I
DM
= 25
x Z
25
o
10
θJC
P
10
C
DM
1
o
0
0
/t
C DERATE PEAK
125
x R
2
175 - T
o
θJC
V
C)
150
t
GS
1
+ T
t
C
2
= 10V
150
C
IRF540N Rev. C
175
10
10
1
1