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CM600DU-24NF
Dual IGBTMOD™ NF-Series Module
600 Amperes/1200 Volts
Powerex, Inc., 200 E. Hillis Street, Youngwood, Pennsylvania 15697-1800 (724) 925-7272
Absolute Maximum Ratings, T
j
= 25 °C unless otherwise specified
Ratings Symbol CM600DU-24NF Units
Junction Temperature T
j
–40 to 150 °C
Storage Temperature T
stg
–40 to 125 °C
Collector-Emitter Voltage (G-E Short) V
CES
1200 Volts
Gate-Emitter Voltage (C-E Short) V
GES
±20 Volts
Collector Current*** (DC, T
C´
= 109°C) I
C
600 Amperes
Peak Collector Current I
CM
1200* Amperes
Emitter Current** (T
C
= 25°C) I
E
600 Amperes
Peak Emitter Current** I
EM
1200* Amperes
Maximum Collector Dissipation (T
C
= 25°C, T
j
≤ 150°C) P
C
2080 Watts
Mounting Torque, M8 Main Terminal — 95 in-lb
Mounting Torque, M6 Mounting — 40 in-lb
Gate Emitter Terminal Torque, M4 Mounting — 15 in-lb
Weight – 1200 Grams
Isolation Voltage (Main Terminal to Baseplate, AC 1 min.) V
ISO
2500 Volts
Static Electrical Characteristics, T
j
= 25 °C unless otherwise specified
Characteristics Symbol Test Conditions Min. Typ. Max. Units
Collector-Cutoff Current I
CES
V
CE
= V
CES
, V
GE
= 0V — — 1.0 mA
Gate Leakage Current I
GES
V
GE
= V
GES
, V
CE
= 0V — — 0.5 µA
Gate-Emitter Threshold Voltage V
GE(th)
I
C
= 60mA, V
CE
= 10V 6.0 7.0 8.0 Volts
Collector-Emitter Saturation Voltage V
CE(sat)
I
C
= 600A, V
GE
= 15V, T
j
= 25°C — 1.95 2.65 Volts
I
C
= 600A, V
GE
= 15V, T
j
= 125°C — 2.15 — Volts
Total Gate Charge Q
G
V
CC
= 600V, I
C
= 600A, V
GE
= 15V — 4000 — nC
Emitter-Collector Voltage** V
EC
I
E
= 600A, V
GE
= 0V — — 3.35 Volts
Dynamic Electrical Characteristics, T
j
= 25 °C unless otherwise specified
Characteristics Symbol Test Conditions Min. Typ. Max. Units
Input Capacitance C
ies
— — 140 nf
Output Capacitance C
oes
V
CE
= 10V, V
GE
= 0V — — 12 nf
Reverse Transfer Capacitance C
res
— — 2.7 nf
Inductive Turn-on Delay Time t
d(on)
— — 800 ns
Load Rise Time t
r
V
CC
= 600V, I
C
= 600A, — — 180 ns
Switch Turn-off Delay Time t
d(off)
V
GE1
= V
GE2
= 15V, R
G
= 1.0Ω, — — 900 ns
Time Fall Time t
f
Inductive Load — — 350 ns
Diode Reverse Recovery Time** t
rr
Switching Operation, — — 300 ns
Diode Reverse Recovery Charge** Q
rr
I
E
= 600A — 28 — µC
*Pulse width and repetition rate should be such that device junction temperature (T
j
) does not exceed T
j(max)
rating.
**Represents characteristics of the anti-parallel, emitter-to-collector free-wheel diode (FWDi).
***T
C´
measured point is just under the chips. If this value is used, R
th(f-a)
should be measured just under the chips.





