High Power Silicon | 380X500 | Controlled Rectifier 800 Volts 500A RMS The General Electric C380X500 Silicon Controlled Rectifier is designed specifically for low voltage phase control applications; e.g., welding, battery charging, etc. The SCR has very low power dissipation thereby giving high current capability on free convection, air-cooled heatsinks. FEATURES: Low On-State Voltage Excellent Surge and I*t Ratings Providing Easy Fusing High di/dt Ratings High dv/dt Capability with Selections Available Rugged Hermetic Glazed Ceramic Package MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE RATINGS REPETITIVE PEAK OFF-STATE | REPETITIVE PEAK REVERSE NON-REPETITIVE PEAK TYPE VOLTAGE, Vprm'! VOLTAGE, Vaan! REVERSE VOLTAGE, Vasu! Ty = -40C to +126C Ty = -40C to +125C Ty = +125C C380AX500 100 Volts 100 Volts 200 Volts C380BX500 200 200 300 C380CXS00 300 300 400 C380DX500 400 400 500 C380EX500 500 500 600 C380MXS00 600 600 720 C380SX500 700 700 840 C380NX500 800 800 950 1 Half sinewave waveform, 10 msec max., pulse width. Average On-State Current, Ip(ayv)..-. eee eee eee Depends on Conduction Angle (See Charts 1 and 2) Peak One-Cycle Surge (Non-Repetitive) On-State Current, Ipgy (60 Hz) ......---. 0 eee eee cena 5500 Amperes Peak One-Cycle Surge (Non-Repetitive) On-State Current, Iggy (SO Hz)... 1-2-2 1c eee ee eee 5000 Amperes Critical Rate-of-Rise of On-State Current (Non-Repetitive). 2.0... 0... ee eee eee eens 800 A/yus T Critical Rate-of-Rise of On-State Current (Repetitive)... 6.0.2... eee ee ees wee eee eee 500 A/us t It (for fusing) (for times > 1.5 milliseconds) .... 2.6... . cece eee eee eee 75,000 (RMS Ampere)? Seconds I*t (for fusing) (at 8.3 milliseconds) .. 2.0.0... eee ee teens 125,000 (RMS Ampere)* Seconds Peak Gate Power Dissipation, Pgy....-- 20 -e ee ee te eee ete eee ete eee nes 10 Watts Average Gate Power Dissipation, Pg(ayy------ eee teen tet eee ete e eens 2 Watts Storage Temperature, Tytg 0-66 eee eee cent t eet eta e tenes -40C to +150C Operating Temperature, Ty 2... ce eee ete teen ne tenet ees -40C to +125C Mounting Force Required... 2... ccc ee tee eet e ett nee 800 Lbs. + 10% 3.56 KN + 10% *di/dt ratings established in accordance with EIA-NEMA Standard RS-397, Section 5.2.2.6 for conditions of VppM Stated above; 20 volts, 20 ohms gate trigger source with 0.5 usec short circuit trigger current rise time. 917| C380X500 CHARACTERISTICS Off-State Voltage. (High- er values may cause device switching.) TEST SYMBOL| MIN. TYP. MAX. UNITS TEST CONDITIONS Repetitive Peak Reverse | Ippm mA Ty = 25C and Off-State Current and VproM = VrrM = C380AX500 IRRM = 3 10 100 Volts Peak C380BXS00 | = 3 10 200 C380CX500 , = 3 10 300 C380DX500 _ 3 10 400 C380EX500 _ 3 10 500 C380MX500 3 10 600 C380SX500 = 3 10 700 C380NX500 - 3 10 800 Repetitive Peak Reverse | Iprm mA Ty = 125C and Off-State Current and VprM = VrrM = C380AX500 IRRM ~ 15 20 100 Volts Peak C380BX500 15 20 200 C380CX500 - 15 20 300 I C380DX500 = 15 20 400 C380EX500 = 15 20 500 C380MX500 15 20 600 C380SX500 Po 15 20 700 C380NX500. ~ 15 20 800 Thermal Resistance Reic ~ 0.19 |C/Watt | Junction-to-Case (Single-Side Cooling) 0.095 Junction-to-Case (Double-Side Cooling) Critical Rate-of-Rise of dv/dt 200 500 _ Viusec | Ty = 125C. Gate Open Circuited. Vprm = Rated, Using Linear or Exponential Rising Waveform. V Exponential dv/dt = 22 = (.632) T Higher minimum dv/dt selection s available consult factory. Turn-Off Time Holding Current ly 100 mAdc | Tc = +25C, Anode Supply = 24 Vdc, Initial On-State Current = 2.5 Amps. Turn-On Delay Time tg _ 1 - psec To = +25C, Iy = 100 Adc, Vprm = Rated Gate Supply: 10 Volt Open Circuit, 25 Ohms, 0.1 usec max, rise time. DC Gate Trigger Current lor ~ 10 150 mAdc To = +25C, Vp = 6 Vdc, Ry = 3 Ohms 20 200 Tc = ~-40C, Vp = 6 Vde, Ry = 3 Ohms Pe 4 125 To = +125C, Vp = 6 Vide, Ry = 3 Ohms DC Gate Trigger Voltage | Vor _ 1.25 3.0 Vde Te = -40C to +125C, Vp = 6 Vdc, Ry = 3 Ohms o - _ Te = +125C, Vp = 6 Vdc, Ry = 3 Ohms Peak On-State Voltage VIM _ 1.75 Volts | Tc = +4125C, Ipy = 1500 Amps. Peak. Duty Cycle < 0.01%. Circuit Commutated tg _ 200 sec (1) Te = +120C (2) Itm = 250 Amps. (3) Vp = 50 Volts Min. (4) Vprm (Reapplied) (5) Rate-of-Rise of Reapplied Off-State Voltage = 20 Volts/usec (Linear) (6) Gate Bias During Turn-Off Interval = 0 Volts, 100 Ohms. Duty Cycle < 0.01%. *Consult factory for maximum tg specifications. 918C380X500 @ 3 DOUBLE SIDE COOLIN x a, DCT Duty Cycle = 3 loot T angle 50~400Hz 100 @ fo] _N @ o 9 DC conduction gie MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CASE TEMPERATURE~C MAXIMUM ALLOWBALE CASE TEMPERATURE-C 50 40 30 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 AVERAGE ON- STATE CURRENT--AMPERES AVERAGE ON- STATE CURRENT AMPERES 1. MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CASE TEMPERATURE 2. MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CASE TEMPERATURE FOR SINUSOIDAL CURRENT WAVEFORM FOR RECTANGULAR CURRENT WAVEFORM 1000; 1000 800 b Oo oo oo PERCENT DUTY CYCLE# a @ Oo oO rs o AVERAGE FORWARD POWER DISSIPATION AVERAGE ON-STATE POWER DISSIPATION-WATTS. > Oo % o 10 20 40 60 80100 2 400 AVERAGE ON-STATE CURRENT -AMPERES AVERAGE ON-STATE CURRENT-AMPERES 3. MAXIMUM ON-STATE POWER DISSIPATION 4. MAXIMUM ON-STATE POWER DISSIPATION FOR SINUSOIDAL CURRENT WAVEFORM FOR RECTANGULAR CURRENT WAVEFORM 88 8 T; =1285C O oo a o INSTANTANEOUS ON-STATE CURREN 0 2 4 6 86 LO l2 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 INSTANTANEOUS ON- STATE VOLTAGE -VOLTS 5. MAXIMUM ON-STATE CHARACTERISTICS 919C380X500 3. Tp? P rade dh ie GATE CURRENT PULSE load tine at di/d1>100 2 omp/ss Tp*Sus min, O.Sps max. rise time. | 20V,652 is minimum] gate source di/dt<i00 aomp/us TeSys min.,.Ous max. rise 4 6 B10 2. 4 6 &10 20 40 6080 100 INSTANTANEOUS GATE CURRENT- AMPERES 100 80 60 e 3 40 NOTES: ; yt |. MAXIMUM wy &.\ ABLE GATE < 20 wr n__ DISSIPATION= 2 WATTS. | j > 2. THE LOCUS OF a POSSIBLE DC ee to oe 8 2 6 z 4 - 2 2 0. 2 NOTES: 1. Maximum allowable gate power dissipation = 2 watts. 2. The locus of possible DC trigger points lie outside the boundaries shown at various case temperatures. 3. Tp = Rectangular Gate Current Pulse Width. 6. GATE TRIGGER CHARACTERISTICS AND POWER RATING MS AMPERES) ECONDSX 1000 $3 1% RATINGS R wt HALF SINE WAVE ON- STATE PEAK CURREN T-AMPERES Xi [= 5 2 3 4 5 6 PULSE TIME ~ MILLISECONDS 7. SUB-CYCLE SURGE (NON-REPETITIVE) ON-STATE FOLLOWING RATED LOAD CONDITIONS 7 8 10 _R-DIA., S-OEEP ACCEPTS AMP. TERMINAL #60598-~i OR EQUIVALENT TYP. H- STRAIGHT LEAD LENGTH, TYP, 2 LEADS T -SURFACE CREEPAGE 920 TRANSIENT THERMAL IMPEDANCE (C/W) 1/2 PRESS PAK PACKAGE (h01.002 .008 .01 02 05 | 2 8 | 2 8 t0 20 50 100 TIME SECONDS 8. TRANSIENT THERMAL IMPEDANCE JUNCTION-TO-CASE OUTLINE DRAWING TABLE OF DIMENSIONS Conversion Table FOR MOUNTING HARDWARE SEE SELECTOR GUIDE