3. V
F
= 3.5V for devices of V(
BR
) < 200V and V
F
= 5.0 Volts max.for devices of V(
BR
) > 200V.
RECTRON
SEMICONDUCTOR
TECHNICAL SPECIFICA TION
FEATURES
* Plastic package has underwriters laboratory certificate
* Glass passivated chip construction
* 1500 watt surage capability at 1ms
* Excellent clamping capability
* Low zener impedance
* Fast response time
MAXIMUM RA TINGS AND ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS
Ratings at 25 oC ambient temperature unless otherwise specified.
Single phase, half wave, 60 Hz, resistive or inductive load,
For capacitive load, derate current by 20%.
TVS
1.5KE
SERIES
1.5KE
1500 WATT PEAK POWER 5.0 WATTS STEADY STATE
GPP TRANSIENT VOLTAGE SUPPRESSOR
Dimensions in inches and (millimeters)
MAXIMUM RATINGS
(At TA = 25oC unless otherwise noted)
DEVICES FOR BIPOLAR APPLICA TIONS
For Bidirectional use C or CA suffix for types 1.5KE 6.8 thru 1.5KE 450
Electrical characteristics apply in both direction
2002-12
Ratings at 25 oC ambient temperature unless otherwise specified.
NOTES :
2. Mounted on copper pad area of 0.8X0.8” ( 20X20mm ) per Fig.5.
1. Non-repetitive current pulse, per Fig.3 and derated above T
A
= 25
o
C per Fig.2.
RATINGS
Steady State Power Dissipation at T
L
= 75
o
C lead lengths,
.375” ( 9.5 mm ) ( Note 2 )
Peak Forward Surge Current, 8.3ms single half sine wave-
superimposed on rated load( JEDEC METHOD ) unidirectional only
Maximum Instantaneous Forward Current at 50.0A for
SYMBOL
I
FSM
V
F
T
J
, T
STG
Volts
-55 to + 150
0
C
UNITS
unidirectional only ( Note 3 )
Amps
Peak Power Dissipation at T
A
= 25
oC
, T
P
= 1mS ( Note 1 ) Minimum 1500
200
3.5/5.0
VALUE
Operating and Storage Temperature Range
P
PPM
Watts
P
M(AV)
Watts5.0
.210 (5.3)
.190 (4.8)DIA.
.042 (1.07)
.038 (0.96) DIA.
1.0 (25.4)
MIN.
.285 (7.2)
.375 (9.5)
1.0 (25.4)
MIN.
RECTRON
RATING AND CHARACTERISTIC CURVES ( 1.5KE6.8 THRU 1.5KE450CA )
FIG. 1 - PULSE POWER RATING CURVE
P
PPM
, PEAK PULSE POWER, KW
T
P
, PULSE WIDTH, sec
Non-Repetitive
Pulse Waveform
Shown in Fig.3
T
A
= 25
100
10
1.0
0.1
0.1uS 1.0uS 10uS 100uS 1.0mS 10mS
FIG. 2 - PULSE DERATING CURVE
PEAK PULSE POWER (PPP) OR CURRENT
T
A
, AMBIENT TEMPERATURE,( )
02550
75 100 125 150 175 200
100
75
50
25
0
(IPP) DERATING IN PERCENTAGE,%
Unidirectional-----
Bidirectional
V
R
= RATED
STAND-OFF
VOLTAGE
f = 1MH
Vsig = 50mVp-p
TJ = 25
V
R
= 0
FIG. 4 - TYPICAL JUNCTION CAPACITANCE
C
J
, CAPACITANCE, pF
V(
BR
), BREAKDOWN VOLTACE, VOLTS
5 10 100 500
10000
1000
100
10
AMPERES PEAK FORWARD
FIG. 6 - MAXIMUM NON-REPETITIVE FORWARD
NUMBER OF CYCLES AT 60 Hz
200
40
20
10
01 10 100
8.3ms Single Half Sine-Wave
(JEDED Method) TJ = TJ max.
SURGE CURRENT UNIDIRECTIONAL
SURGE CURRENT
Pulse Width (td) is Defined
as the Point Where the Peak
Current Decays to 50% of I
PPM
10/1000usec. Waveform
as Defined by R.E.A.
Peak Value
IPPM
tr = 10usec.
FIG. 3 - PULSE WAVEFORM
I
PPM
, PEAK PULSE CURRENT,%
t, TIME,mS
0
01.0 2.0 3.0 4.0
50
100
150
HALF VALUE -I
PPM
2
P
M
(AV), STEADY STATE POWER
FIG. 5 - STEADY STATE POWER DERATING CURVE
TL, LEAD TEMPERATURE ( )
1.00
0.75
0.50
0.25
00 25 50 75 100 125 150 175 200
60Hz
Resistive or Inductive Load
0.8X0.8X0.040"
(20X20X1mm)
Copper Heat Sinks
= 0.375"(9.5mm)
Lead Lengths
DISSIATION, WATTS
L
RECTRON
RATING AND CHARACTERISTIC CURVES ( 1.5KE6.8 THRU 1.5KE450CA )
FIG. 7 - INCREMENTAL CLAMPING VOLTAGE
CURVE UNIDIRECTIONAL
DVC, INCREMENTAL CLAMPING VOLTAGE
I
PP
, PEAK PULSE CURRENT, AMPS
Waveform
8X20 Impulse
DVc = Vc-V(BR)
100
10
20
1.0
2.0
0.2
0.10.5 1 2.0 10 20 50
1.5KE200
1.5KE130
1.5KE100
1.5KE75
1.5KE39
1.5KE33
1.5KE12
1.5KE18
1.5KE9.1
1.5KE6.8
FIG. 7 - INCREMENTAL CLAMPING VOLTAGE
CURVE UNIDIRECTIONAL
DVC, INCREMENTAL CLAMPING VOLTAGE
I
PP
, PEAK PULSE CURRENT, AMPS
Waveform
10X1000 Impulse
DVc = Vc-V(BR)
100
10
20
1.0
2.0
0.2
0.10.5 1 2.0 10 20 50
1.5KE200
1.5KE130
1.5KE75
1.5KE39
1.5KE33
1.5KE9.1
1.5KE6.8
FIG. 9 - INCREMENTAL CLAMPING VOLTAGE
CURVE UNIDIRECTIONAL
DVC, INCREMENTAL CLAMPING VOLTAGE
I
PP
, PEAK PULSE CURRENT, AMPS
Waveform
8X20 Impulse
DVc = Vc-V(BR)
100
10
20
1.0
2.0
0.2
0.10.5 1 2.0 10 20 50
1.5KE200C
1.5KE75C
1.5KE39C
1.5KE30C
1.5KE7.5C
1.5KE11C
1.5KE15C
1.5KE7.5C
FIG. 7 - INCREMENTAL CLAMPING VOLTAGE
CURVE UNIDIRECTIONAL
DVC, INCREMENTAL CLAMPING VOLTAGE
I
PP
, PEAK PULSE CURRENT, AMPS
Waveform
10X1000 Impulse
DVc = Vc-V(BR)
100
10
20
1.0
2.0
0.2
0.10.5 1 2.0 10 20 50
1.5KE200C
1.5KE75C
1.5KE39C
1.5KE30C
1.5KE11C
1.5KE15C
FORWARD CURRENT
FIG. 11 -INSTANTANEOUS FORWARD
INSTANTANEOUS FORWARD CURRENT, AMPERES
100
10
1
0.1 0 0.4 0.8 1.2 1.6 2.0
Pulse Width = 300uS
1% Duty Cycle TJ = 25
VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS CURVE
£KV-TEMPERATURE COEFFICIENT-mV/
FIG. 12 - BREAKDOWN VOLTAGE
V(
BR
), BREAKDOWN VOLTAGE, VOLTS
1000
100
10
15 100 500
Unidirectional
TEMPEATURE COEFFICIENT CURVE
20010 20 50
Bidirectional
RECTRON
TYPE
Breakdown Voltage
V
BR
(Volts)
MIN. MAX.
@I
T
(mA)
Reverse
Stand off
Voltage
V
WM
(Volts)
Maximum
Reverse
Leakage
at V
WM
I
D
(uA)
Maximum
Peak Pulse
Current
I
PPM
(Amps)
Maximum
Clamping
Voltage
at I
PPM
V
C
(Volts)
1.5KE6.8
1.5KE6.8A
1.5KE7.5
1.5KE7.5A
1.5KE8.2
1.5KE8.2A
1.5KE9.1
1.5KE9.1A
1.5KE10
1.5KE10A
1.5KE11
1.5KE11A
1.5KE12
1.5KE12A
1.5KE13
1.5KE13A
1.5KE15
1.5KE15A
1.5KE16
1.5KE16A
1.5KE18
1.5KE18A
1.5KE20
1.5KE20A
1.5KE22
1.5KE22A
1.5KE24
1.5KE24A
1.5KE27
1.5KE27A
1.5KE30
1.5KE30A
1.5KE33
1.5KE33A
1.5KE36
1.5KE36A
1.5KE39
1.5KE39A
1.5KE43
1.5KE43A
1.5KE47
1.5KE47A
1.5KE51
1.5KE51A
1.5KE56
1.5KE56A 53.2
6.12 7.48 10
10
10
10
10
10
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
5.50 1000 139 10.8
10.514310005.807.146.45
6.75 8.25 6.05 500 128 11.7
7.13 7.88 6.40 500 133 11.3
7.38 9.02 6.63 200 120 12.5
7.79 8.61 7.02 200 124 12.1
8.19 10.0 7.37 50 109 13.8
8.65 9.55 7.78 50 112 13.4
9.00 11.0 8.10 10 100 15.0
9.50 10.5 8.55 10 103 14.5
9.90 12.1 8.92 5.0 92.6 16.2
10.5 11.6 9.40 5.0
5.0
5.0
5.0
5.0
5.0
5.0
1.0
1.0 5.0
5.0
1.0
1.0 5.0
5.0
1.0
1.0 5.0
5.0
1.0
1.0 5.0
5.0
1.0
1.0 5.0
5.0
1.0
1.0 5.0
5.0
1.0
1.0 5.0
5.0
1.0
1.0 5.0
5.0
1.0
1.0 5.0
5.0
1.0
1.0 5.0
5.0
1.0
1.0 5.0
5.0
1.0
1.0 5.0
5.0
1.0
1.0 5.0
5.0
1.0
1.0 5.0
5.0
96.2 15.6
10.8 13.2 9.72 86.7 17.3
11.4 12.6 10.2 89.8 16.7
11.7 14.3 10.5 78.9 19.0
12.4 13.7 11.1 82.4 18.2
13.5 16.5 12.1 68.2 22.0
14.3 15.8 12.8 70.8 21.2
14.4 17.6 12.9 63.8 23.5
15.2 16.8 13.6 66.7 22.5
16.2 19.8 14.5 56.6 26.5
17.1 18.9 15.3 59.5 25.2
18.0 22.0 16.2 51.5 29.1
19.0 21.0 17.1 54.2 27.7
19.8 24.2 17.8 47 31.9
20.9 23.1 18.8 49 30.6
21.6 26.4 19.4 43.2 34.7
22.8 25.2 20.5 45.2 33.2
24.3 29.7 21.8 38.4 39.1
25.7 28.4 23.1 40 37.5
27.0 33.0 24.3 34.5 43.5
28.5 31.5 25.6 36.2 41.4
29.7 36.3 26.8 31.4 47.7
31.4 34.7 28.2 32.8 45.7
32.4 39.6 29.1 28.8 52.0
34.2 37.8 30.8 30.1 49.9
35.1 42.9 31.6 26.6 56.4
37.1 41.0 33.3 27.8
38.7 47.3 34.8 24.2
40.9 45.2 36.8 25.3
42.3 51.7 38.1 22.1
44.7 49.4 40.2 23.1
45.9 56.1 41.3 20.4
48.5 53.6 43.6 21.4
50.4 61.6 45.4
47.8 18.6
58.8 19.5
53.9
61.9
59.3
67.8
64.8
73.5
70.1
80.5
77.0
TRANSIENT VOLTAGE SUPPRESSORS
1500W SERIES TVS DIODES / 1.5KE ( CASE 10 ) 1500W
RECTRON
TYPE
Breakdown Voltage
V
BR
(Volts)
MIN. MAX.
@I
T
(mA)
Reverse
Stand off
Voltage
V
WM
(Volts)
Maximum
Reverse
Leakage
at V
WM
I
D
(uA)
Maximum
Peak Pulse
Current
I
PPM
(Amps)
Maximum
Clamping
Voltage
at I
PPM
V
C
(Volts)
1.5KE62
1.5KE62A
1.5KE68
1.5KE68A
1.5KE75
1.5KE75A
1.5KE82
1.5KE82A
1.5KE91
1.5KE91A
1.5KE100
1.5KE100A
1.5KE110
1.5KE110A
1.5KE120
1.5KE120A
1.5KE130
1.5KE130A
1.5KE150
1.5KE150A
1.5KE160
1.5KE160A
1.5KE170
1.5KE170A
1.5KE180
1.5KE180A
1.5KE200
1.5KE200A
1.5KE220
1.5KE220A
1.5KE250
1.5KE250A
1.5KE300
1.5KE300A
1.5KE350
1.5KE350A
1.5KE400
1.5KE400A
55.8 68.2 1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
50.2 5.0 16.9 89.0
85.017.65.053.065.158.9
61.2 74.8 55.1 5.0 15.3 98.0
64.6 71.4 58.1 5.0 16.3 92.0
67.5 82.5 60.7 5.0 13.9 109
71.3 78.8 64.1 5.0 14.6 104
73.8 90.2 66.4 5.0 12.7 118
77.9 86.1 70.1 5.0 13.3 113
81.9 100 73.7 5.0 11.5 131
86.5 95.5 77.8 5.0 12.0 125
90.0 110 81.0 5.0 10.4 144
95.0 105 85.5 5.0
5.0
5.0
5.0
5.0
5.0
5.0
1.0
1.0 5.0
5.0
1.0
1.0 5.0
5.0
1.0
1.0 5.0
5.0
1.0
1.0 5.0
5.0
1.0
1.0 5.0
5.0
1.0
1.0 5.0
5.0
1.0
1.0 5.0
5.0
1.0
1.0 5.0
5.0
1.0
1.0 5.0
5.0
1.0
1.0 5.0
5.0
10.9 137
99.0 121 89.2 9.5 158
105 116 94.0 9.9 152
108 132 97.2 8.7 173
114 126 102 9.1 165
117 143 105 8.0 187
124 137 111 8.4 179
135 165 121 7.0 215
143 158 128 7.2 207
144 176 130 6.5 230
152 168 136 6.8 219
153 187 138 6.1 244
162 179 145 6.4 234
162 198 146 5.8 258
171 189 154 6.1 246
180 220 162 5.2 287
190 210 171 5.5 274
198 242 175 4.4 344
209 231 185 4.6 328
225 275 202 4.2 360
237 263 214 4.4 344
270 330 243 3.5 430
285 315 256 3.6 414
315 385 284 3.0 504
333 368 300 3.1 482
360 440 324 2.6 574
380 420 342 2.7 548
Notes : 1. V
BR
measured after I
T
applied for 300ms. I
T
= square pulse or equivalent.
2. For bidirectional use C or CA suffixs for all types (ex. 1.5KE6.8C, 1.5KE450CA)
electrical characteristics apply in both directions.
3. For bidirectional types having V
WM
of 10 volts and less, the I
D
Iimit is doubled.
4. All devices UL listed file# E211196.
1.5KE440
1.5KE440A 1.0
1.0 5.0
5.0
396 484 356 2.4 631
418 462 376 2.5 602
TRANSIENT VOLTAGE SUPPRESSORS
1500W SERIES TVS DIODES / 1.5KE ( CASE 10 ) 1500W
1.5KE450 1.0 5.0405 495 364 2.2 682
1.5KE450A 1.0 5.0427.5 472.5 385 2.3 652
