# Standard Recovery Diode, 1.2 kV, 40 A, Single, 1.45 V, 475 A ![Product image](https://novapart.co/image/farnell:9099980/) **URL**: https://novapart.co/products/VS-40EPS12PBF/standard-recovery-diode-12-kv-40-a-single-145-v **SKU**: VS-40EPS12PBF **Manufacturer**: VISHAY **Category**: Semiconductors - Discretes || Diodes & Rectifiers || Standard Recovery Rectifier Diodes **Price**: €1.7000 **Stock**: 10+ ## Specifications | Parameter | Value | |---|---| | No. Of Pins | 2Pins | | Product Range | VS-40 | | Diode Case Style | TO-247AC | | Diode Configuration | Single | | Forward Voltage Max | 1.45V | | Forward Surge Current | 475A | | Average Forward Current | 40A | | Operating Temperature Max | 150°C | | Repetitive Peak Reverse Voltage | 1.2kV | ## Datasheet 📄 [Download PDF](https://novapart.co/datasheet/farnell:9099980/) ## **VS-40EPS..PbF Series, VS-40EPS..-M3 Series** www.vishay.com ## Vishay Semiconductors ## **High Voltage, Input Rectifier Diode, 40 A** **==> picture [190 x 105] intentionally omitted <==** **----- Start of picture text -----**
Base
cathode
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## **FEATURES** - Very low forward voltage drop - 150 °C max. operating junction temperature - Glass passivated pellet chip junction - Designed and qualified according to JEDEC[®] -JESD 47 - Material categorization: for definitions of compliance please see Available www.vishay.com/doc?99912 ## **APPLICATIONS** ## **PRODUCT SUMMARY** |**PRODUCT SUMMARY**|**PRODUCT SUMMARY**| |---|---| |Package|TO-247AC modified (2 pins)| |IF(AV)|40 A| |VR|800 V to 1200 V| |VFat IF|1.1 V| |IFSM|475 A| |TJmax.|150 °C| |Diode variation|Single die| - Input rectification - Vishay Semiconductors switches and output rectifiers which are available in identical package outlines ## **DESCRIPTION** High voltage rectifiers optimized for very low forward voltage drop with moderate leakage. These devices are intended for use in main rectification (single or three phase bridge). ## **MAJOR RATINGS AND CHARACTERISTICS** |**MAJOR RATINGS AND CHARACTERISTICS**|**MAJOR RATINGS AND CHARACTERISTICS**|**MAJOR RATINGS AND CHARACTERISTICS**|**MAJOR RATINGS AND CHARACTERISTICS**| |---|---|---|---| |**SYMBOL**|**CHARACTERISTICS**|**VALUES**|**UNITS**| |IF(AV)|Sinusoidal waveform|40|A| |VRRM|Range|800/1200|V| |IFSM||475|A| |VF|40 A, TJ= 25 °C|1.1|V| |TJ||-40 to +150|°C| ## **VOLTAGE RATINGS** |**VOLTAGE RATINGS**|**VOLTAGE RATINGS**|**VOLTAGE RATINGS**|**VOLTAGE RATINGS**| |---|---|---|---| |**PART NUMBER**|**VRRM, MAXIMUM**
**PEAK REVERSE VOLTAGE**
**V**|**VRSM, MAXIMUM NON-REPETITIVE**
**PEAK REVERSE VOLTAGE**
**V**|**IRRM**
**AT 150 °C**
**mA**| |VS-40EPS08PbF, VS-40EPS08-M3|800|900|1| |VS-40EPS12PbF, VS-40EPS12-M3|1200|1300|| ## **ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM RATINGS** |**ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM RATINGS**|**ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM RATINGS**|**ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM RATINGS**|**ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM RATINGS**|**ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM RATINGS**| |---|---|---|---|---| |**PARAMETER**|**SYMBOL**|**TEST CONDITIONS**|**VALUES**|**UNITS**| |Maximum average forward current|IF(AV)|TC= 105 °C, 180° conduction half sine wave|40|A| |Maximum peak one cycle
non-repetitive surge current|IFSM|10 ms sine pulse, rated VRRMapplied|400|| |||10 ms sine pulse, no voltage reapplied|475|| |Maximum I2t for fusing|I2t|10 ms sine pulse, rated VRRMapplied|800|A2s| |||10 ms sine pulse, no voltage reapplied|1131|| |Maximum I2t for fusing|I2t|t = 0.1 ms to 10 ms, no voltage reapplied|11 310|A2s| Revision: 12-Oct-16 Document Number: 94343 **1** For technical questions within your region: DiodesAmericas@vishay.com, DiodesAsia@vishay.com, DiodesEurope@vishay.com THIS DOCUMENT IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE. THE PRODUCTS DESCRIBED HEREIN AND THIS DOCUMENT ARE SUBJECT TO SPECIFIC DISCLAIMERS, SET FORTH AT www.vishay.com/doc?91000 **VS-40EPS..PbF Series, VS-40EPS..-M3 Series** Vishay Semiconductors **==> picture [59 x 48] intentionally omitted <==** www.vishay.com ## **ELECTRICAL SPECIFICATIONS** |**ELECTRICAL SPECIFICATIONS**|**ELECTRICAL SPECIFICATIONS**|**ELECTRICAL SPECIFICATIONS**|**ELECTRICAL SPECIFICATIONS**|**ELECTRICAL SPECIFICATIONS**|**ELECTRICAL SPECIFICATIONS**| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |**PARAMETER**|**SYMBOL**|**TEST CONDITIONS**||**VALUES**|**UNITS**| |Maximum forward voltage drop|VFM|20 A, TJ= 25 °C||1.0|V| |||40 A, TJ= 25 °C||1.1|| |Forward slope resistance|rt|TJ= 150 °C||7.16|m| |Threshold voltage|VF(TO)|||0.74|V| |Maximum reverse leakage current|IRM|TJ= 25 °C|VR= Rated VRRM|0.1|mA| |||TJ= 150 °C||1.0|| ## **THERMAL - MECHANICAL SPECIFICATIONS** |**THERMAL - MECHANICAL SPECIFICATIONS**|**THERMAL - MECHANICAL SPECIFICATIONS**|**THERMAL - MECHANICAL SPECIFICATIONS**|**THERMAL - MECHANICAL SPECIFICATIONS**|**THERMAL - MECHANICAL SPECIFICATIONS**|**THERMAL - MECHANICAL SPECIFICATIONS**| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |**PARAMETER**||**SYMBOL**|**TEST CONDITIONS**|**VALUES**|**UNITS**| |Maximum junction and storrage
temperature range||TJ, TStg||-40 to +150|°C| |Maximum thermal resistance,
junction to case||RthJC|DC operation|0.6|°C/W| |Maximum thermal resistance,
junction to ambient||RthJA||40|| |Typical thermal resistance,
case to heatsink||RthCS|Mounting surface, flat, smooth and greased|0.2|| |Approximate weight||||6|g| |||||0.21|oz.| |Mounting torque|minimum|||6 (5)|kgf · cm
(lbf · in)| ||maximum|||12 (10)|| |Marking device|||Case style TO-247AC modified (JEDEC)|40EPS08|| |||||40EPS12|| **==> picture [469 x 183] intentionally omitted <==** **----- Start of picture text -----**
VS-40EPS.. Series VS-40EPS.. Series
RthJC (DC) = 0.6 K/W R thJC (DC) = 0.6 K/W
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Fig. 1 - Current Rating Characteristics Fig. 2 - Current Rating Characteristics
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Revision: 12-Oct-16 Document Number: 94343 **2** For technical questions within your region: DiodesAmericas@vishay.com, DiodesAsia@vishay.com, DiodesEurope@vishay.com THIS DOCUMENT IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE. THE PRODUCTS DESCRIBED HEREIN AND THIS DOCUMENT ARE SUBJECT TO SPECIFIC DISCLAIMERS, SET FORTH AT www.vishay.com/doc?91000 **VS-40EPS..PbF Series, VS-40EPS..-M3 Series** **==> picture [59 x 48] intentionally omitted <==** www.vishay.com ## Vishay Semiconductors **==> picture [201 x 166] intentionally omitted <==** **----- Start of picture text -----**
180°
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VS-40EPS.. Series
T J = 150 °C
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T J = 25 °C
T J = 150 °C
VS-40EPS.. Series
0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0
Instantaneous Forward Voltage (V)
1000
100
10
Instantaneous Forward Current (A) 1
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Fig. 5 - Forward Voltage Drop Chacteristics **==> picture [202 x 165] intentionally omitted <==** **----- Start of picture text -----**
DC
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120°
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VS-40EPS.. Series
T J = 150°C
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Maximum non-repetitive surge current
versus pulse train duration.
Initial T J = 150 °C
No voltage reapplied
Rated V RRM reapplied
VS-40EPS.. Series
0.01 0.1 1.0
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D = 0.33
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0.01
0.001 0.01 0.1 1
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- Transient Thermal
Impedance (°C/W)
thJC
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Fig. 7 - Thermal Impedance ZthJC Characteristics Revision: 12-Oct-16 Document Number: 94343 **3** For technical questions within your region: DiodesAmericas@vishay.com, DiodesAsia@vishay.com, DiodesEurope@vishay.com THIS DOCUMENT IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE. THE PRODUCTS DESCRIBED HEREIN AND THIS DOCUMENT ARE SUBJECT TO SPECIFIC DISCLAIMERS, SET FORTH AT www.vishay.com/doc?91000 **VS-40EPS..PbF Series, VS-40EPS..-M3 Series** **==> picture [59 x 48] intentionally omitted <==** www.vishay.com ## Vishay Semiconductors ## **ORDERING INFORMATION TABLE** |**Device code**|**VS-**|**VS-**|||**40**
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Environmental digit:|||12 = 1200 V
08 = 800 V||||| ||||||PbF = lead (Pb)-free and RoHS-compliant|||||||| ||||||-M3 = halogen-free, RoHS-compliant, and terminations lead (Pb)-free|||||||| |**ORDERING INFORMATION** (Example)|**ORDERING INFORMATION** (Example)|**ORDERING INFORMATION** (Example)|**ORDERING INFORMATION** (Example)|**ORDERING INFORMATION** (Example)|**ORDERING INFORMATION** (Example)| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |**PREFERRED P/N**||**QUANTITY PER T/R**|**MINIMUM ORDER QUANTITY**||**PACKAGING DESCRIPTION**| |VS-40EPS08PbF||25|500||Antistatic plastic tubes| |VS-40EPS08-M3||25|500||Antistatic plastic tubes| |VS-40EPS12PbF||25|500||Antistatic plastic tubes| |VS-40EPS12-M3||25|500||Antistatic plastic tubes| ||||||| |||**LINKS TO RELATED DOCUMENTS**|||| |Dimensions||||www.vishay.com/doc?95541|| |Part marking information||TO-247AC modified PbF||www.vishay.com/doc?95255|| |||TO-247AC modified -M3||www.vishay.com/doc?95442|| |SPICE model||||www.vishay.com/doc?96047|| Revision: 12-Oct-16 Document Number: 94343 **4** For technical questions within your region: DiodesAmericas@vishay.com, DiodesAsia@vishay.com, DiodesEurope@vishay.com THIS DOCUMENT IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE. THE PRODUCTS DESCRIBED HEREIN AND THIS DOCUMENT ARE SUBJECT TO SPECIFIC DISCLAIMERS, SET FORTH AT www.vishay.com/doc?91000 **Outline Dimensions** www.vishay.com Vishay Semiconductors **==> picture [59 x 48] intentionally omitted <==** ## **TO-247 - 50 mils L/F modified** ## **DIMENSIONS** in millimeters and inches ||(2)
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4||**SYMBOL**|**MILLIMETERS**||||||||**INCHES**|||||**NOTES**| ||**MIN.**||||**MAX.**||**MIN.**||**MAX.**||||**MIN.**|||||**MAX.**|||**MIN.**||||**MAX.**|| |A|4.65||||5.31||0.183||0.209|||D2|0.51|||||1.35|||0.020||||0.053|| |A1|2.21||||2.59||0.087||0.102|||E|15.29|||||15.87|||0.602||||0.625|3| |A2|1.17||||1.37||0.046||0.054|||E1|13.46|||||-|||0.53||||-|| |b|0.99||||1.40||0.039||0.055|||e|5.46 BSC||||||||0.215 BSC|||||| |b1|0.99||||1.35||0.039||0.053|||Ø K|0.254||||||||0.010|||||| |b2|1.65||||2.39||0.065||0.094|||L|14.20|||||16.10|||0.559||||0.634|| |b3|1.65||||2.34||0.065||0.092|||L1|3.71|||||4.29|||0.146||||0.169|| |b4|2.59||||3.43||0.102||0.135|||N|7.62 BSC||||||||0.3|||||| |b5|2.59||||3.38||0.102||0.133|||Ø P|3.56|||||3.66|||0.14||||0.144|| |c|0.38||||0.89||0.015||0.035|||Ø P1|-|||||7.39|||-||||0.291|| |c1|0.38||||0.84||0.015||0.033|||Q|5.31|||||5.69|||0.209||||0.224|| |D|19.71||||20.70||0.776||0.815|||R|4.52|||||5.49|||0.178||||0.216|| |D1|13.08||||-||0.515||-|||S|5.51 BSC||||||||0.217 BSC|||||| **Notes** > (1) Dimensioning and tolerance per ASME Y14.5M-1994 - (2) Contour of slot optional > (3) Dimension D and E do not include mold flash. Mold flash shall not exceed 0.127 mm (0.005") per side. These dimensions are measured at the outermost extremes of the plastic body - (4) Thermal pad contour optional with dimensions D1 and E1 - (5) Lead finish uncontrolled in L1 > (6) Ø P to have a maximum draft angle of 1.5 to the top of the part with a maximum hole diameter of 3.91 mm (0.154") > (7) Outline conforms to JEDEC® outline TO-247 with exception of dimension c and Q Revision: 21-Apr-15 Document Number: 95541 **1** For technical questions within your region: DiodesAmericas@vishay.com, DiodesAsia@vishay.com, DiodesEurope@vishay.com THIS DOCUMENT IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE. 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