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STMicroelectronics Boosts Bipolar Power Transistor Current Capability by 50 Percent
STMicroelectronics has introduced the first member in a new family of high-performance bipolar power transistors. The new transistors offer an outstanding combination of high current capability, collector-emitter blocking voltage and ultra-low collector-emitter saturation voltage, making them ideal for use in LED drives, motor and relay drives and DC-DC converters.
The In addition to increasing the current capability by about 50 percent for the same die size, the double-metal process enables transistors with Vceo ratings up to 100V, higher working switching frequencies, and a 40 percent reduction in Vce.
The first member of the new family, the 3STR1630, has a minimum BVCEO of 30V, offering the best compromise between a 28V blocking voltage capability and minimum Vce(sat), with an equivalent on-resistance of only 100 milliOhms at hFE figure of 50. In addition, it can handle a continuous current as high as 6A while being housed in a small outline SOT-23 package.
The 3STR1630 is now in full production and is available at $0.24 in quantities of 1000.