Sensitive Gate Triacs Silicon Bidirectional Thyristors

Designed for industrial and consumer applications for full wave control of ac loads such as appliance controls, heater controls, motor controls, and other power switching applications.

Features

• Sensitive Gate Allows Triggering by Microcontrollers and other Logic Circuits

• Uniform Gate Trigger Currents in Three Quadrants; Q1, Q2, and Q3

• High Immunity to dv/dt − 25 V/μs Minimum at 110°C

• High Commutating di/dt − 8.0 A/ms Minimum at 110°C

• Maximum Values of IGT, VGT and IH Specified for Ease of Design

• On-State Current Rating of 8 Amperes RMS at 70°C

• High Surge Current Capability − 70 Amperes

• Blocking Voltage to 800 Volts

• Rugged, Economical TO−220AB Package

• Pb−Free Packages are Available*