International Rectifier Corp. (IR, El Segundo, CA) announced the expansion of its portfolio of hermetically sealed, high-reliability (hi-rel) FRED products, with more than 12 new 200V ultra-fast recovery diodes with soft reverse-recovery characteristics.
The new devices are optimized for reverse-recovery time performance (35ns) and reverse-recovery softness. The soft-recovery characteristics can eliminate or reduce snubbing components in most design applications. Low forward-voltage drop reduces conduction losses and low reverse-recovery current reduces power-switching losses.
In addition to typical high-reliability space and military applications, the new diodes may be used in moisture-sensitive undersea fiber optic drivers, telecommunications routers, commercial avionics and oil-exploration instruments.
Richard Southwell, IR hi-rel components group marketing manager, said, "The new hermetic diodes have a 200V rating, making each diode family ideal for space and high-reliability applications using a 100V bus. The new devices come in a wide spectrum of surface-mount or through-hole packages for layout flexibility."
The diodes are available in single- and common-cathode configurations. Packages include TO-254, TO-257, TO-258 and TO-259, as well as surface-mount SMD-0.5 and SMD-1, and hermetic D2 and D3 packages.
The new diodes are now available. Pricing begins at $40.96 each in 5,000-unit quantities.
