BTA16, BTB16 T1610, T1635

16 A Snubberless, logic level and standard Triacs

Features

A2

Medium current Triac

G

Low thermal resistance with clip bonding Low thermal resistance insulation ceramic for insulated BTA High commutation (4Q) or very high commutation (3Q) capability BTA series UL1557 certified (File ref: 81734) RoHS ( 2002/95/EC) compliant Insulated tab (BTA series, rated at 2500 VRMS)
A1 A2 G

A1

A2

D2PAK T1610G T1635G

A2

Applications

Snubberless versions (BTA/BTB...W and T1635) especially recommended for use on inductive loads, because of their high commutation performances On/off or phase angle function in applications such as static relays, light dimmers and appliance motor speed controllers

A1 A2 G

A1 A2 G

TO-220AB insulated BTA16

TO-220AB BTB16

Description
Available either in through-hole or surface-mount packages, the BTA16, BTB16, T1610 and T1635 Triacs series are suitable for general purpose mains power AC switching. Table 1.
Symbol IT(RMS) VDRM/VRRM

Device summary
Parameter On-state rms current Repetitive peak off-state voltage BTA16 (1) 16 600/800 35/50 10 25/50 BTB16 16 600/800 35/50 10 25/50 T1610 16 600/800 10 T1635 16 600/800 35 -

IGT (Snubberless) Triggering gate current IGT (logic level) IGT (standard)
1. Insulated

Triggering gate current Triggering gate current

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Table 2.
Symbol

Absolute maximum ratings

Parameter D2PAK / TO-220AB TO-220AB insulated F = 50 Hz F = 60 Hz tp = 10 ms Tj = 125 C Tj = 25 C Tj = 125 C Tj = 125 C Tc = 100 C 16 Tc = 86 C t = 20 ms t = 16.7 ms 160 A 168 144 50 VDRM/VRRM + 100 4 1
-40 to + 150 -40 to + 125

Value

Unit

IT(RMS)

On-state rms current (full sine wave)

ITSM It dI/dt VDSM/ VRSM IGM PG(AV) Tstg Tj

Non repetitive surge peak on-state current (full cycle, Tj initial = 25 C) It value for fusing

A s A/s V A W

Critical rate of rise of on-state current F = 120 Hz IG = 2 x IGT , tr 100 ns Non repetitive surge peak off-state voltage Peak gate current Average gate power dissipation Storage temperature range Maximum operating junction temperature tp = 10 ms tp = 20 s

Table 3.

Electrical characteristics (Tj = 25 C, unless otherwise specified) Snubberless and logic level (3 quadrants)
BTA16 / BTB16 Test conditions Quadrant I - II - III I - II - III I - II - III Max. Max. Min. Max. I - III Max. II Tj = 125 C Min. 30 40 8.5 Min. 3.0 60 500 8.5 30 40 8.5 3.0 60 500 8.5 80 1000 14 A/ms V/s 15 25 35 50 T1610 T1635 SW CW 35 BW 50 mA V V 35 50 50 70 mA mA 10 35 10 1.3 0.2 15 25 Unit

Symbol IGT (1) VGT VGD IH (2) IL dV/dt (2)

VD = 12 V RL = 33 VD = VDRM RL = 3.3 k Tj = 125 C IT = 500 mA IG = 1.2 IGT VD = 67 %VDRM gate open

(dV/dt)c = 0.1 V/s Tj = 125 C (dI/dt)c

(2)

(dV/dt)c = 10 V/s Without snubber

Tj = 125 C Tj = 125 C

1. Minimum IGT is guaranted at 5% of IGT max 2. For both polarities of A2 referenced to A1

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Electrical characteristics (Tj = 25 C, unless otherwise specified) standard (4 quadrants)

BTA16 / BTB16 Test conditions Quadrant C B 50 100 1.3 0.2 25 40 Max. II Tj = 125 C Tj = 125 C Min. Min. 80 200 5 120 400 10 V/s V/s 50 60 mA mA V V mA I - II - III IV ALL VD = VDRM RL = 3.3 k Tj = 125 C IT = 500 mA I - III - IV IG = 1.2 IGT ALL 25 50 Unit

Symbol

IGT (1) VGT VGD IH (2) IL

VD = 12 V

RL = 33

Max. Max. Min. Max.

dV/dt (2) VD = 67 %VDRM gate open (dV/dt)c

(2)

(dI/dt)c = 7 A/ms

1. Minimum IGT is guaranted at 5% of IGT max 2. For both polarities of A2 referenced to A1

Table 5.
Symbol VT (2) Vto (2) Rd (2) IDRM IRRM

Static characteristics
Test conditions ITM = 22.5 A tp = 380 s Tj = 25 C Tj = 125 C Tj = 125 C Tj = 25 C Tj = 125 C Max. Max. Max. Max. 2 mA Value 1.55 0.85 25 5 Unit V V m A

Threshold voltage Dynamic resistance VDRM = VRRM

Table 6.
Symbol Rth(j-c)

Thermal resistance
Parameter D2PAK / TO-220AB Junction to case (AC) TO-220AB insulated S(1) = 1 cm D2PAK 2.1 45 C/W 60 Value 1.2 C/W Unit

Rth(j-a)

Junction to ambient

TO-220AB / TO-220AB insulated

1. S = Copper surface under tab

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Figure 1.
P(W)
20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 0 0 2

Maximum power dissipation versus Figure 2. on-state rms current (full cycle)
IT(RMS)(A)
18 16 14

On-state rms current versus case temperature (full cycle)

BTB / T16

BTA

12 10 8 6 4

IT(RMS)(A)
4 6 8 10 12 14 16

2 0 0 25 50

TC(C)
75 100 125

Figure 3.
IT(RMS)(A)
4.0

On-state rms current versus ambient temperature (full cycle)

Figure 4.

Relative variation of thermal impedance versus pulse duration

K=[Zth/Rth]
1E+0
D PAK (S=1cm2)
2

printed circuit board FR4, copper thickness: 35 m

3.5 3.0 2.5 2.0 1.5 1.0 0.5 0.0 0 25 50

Zth(j-c)

Zth(j-a)

1E-1

TC(C)
75 100 125

1E-2 1E-3 1E-2 1E-1

tp(s)
1E+0 1E+1 1E+2 5E+2

Figure 5.
ITM(A)
200 100
Tj max. Vto = 0.85V Rd = 25 m

On-state characteristics (maximum values)

Figure 6.

Surge peak on-state current versus number of cycles

ITSM(A)
180 160 140
t=20ms

Tj = Tj max.

120 100
Tj = 25C.

Non repetitive Tj initial=25C

One cycle

10

80 60 40

Repetitive TC=85C

VTM(V)
1 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 4.0 4.5 5.0

20 0 1 10

Number of cycles
100 1000

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Figure 7.

Non-repetitive surge peak on-state Figure 8. current for a sinusoidal

2 2

Relative variation of gate trigger current

ITSM(A), I t (A s)
3000
Tj initial=25C dI/dt limitation: 50A/s

IGT,IH,IL[Tj] / IGT,IH,IL[Tj=25C]
2.5

holding current and latching current versus junction temperature (typical values)
2.0
IGT

1000
ITSM

1.5
IH & IL

1.0
I2t

0.5
2

100

pulse with width tp < 10 ms and corresponding value of I t

0.01 0.10 1.00

tp(ms)
10.00

Tj(C)
0.0 -40 -20 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140

Figure 9.

Relative variation of critical rate of decrease of main current versus (dV/dt)c (typical values)

Figure 10. Relative variation of critical rate of decrease of main current versus (dV/dt)c (typical values)
(dI/dt)c [Tj] / (dI/dt)c [Tj specified]
6
Standard types

(dI/dt)c [(dV/dt)c] / Specified (dI/dt)c

2.0
Snubberless and Logic level types

1.8 1.6
B C

SW

5 4 3 2 1

1.4 1.2 1.0 0.8 0.6

T1635/CW/BW

(dV/dt)c (V/s)
0.4 0.1 1.0 10.0 100.0
0 0 25 50

Tj(C)
75 100 125

Figure 11. D2PAK thermal resistance junction to ambient versus copper surface under tab (printed circuit board FR4, copper thickness: 35 m)
Rth(j-a)(C/W)
80 70 60 50
D2PAK

40 30 20 10

S(cm)
0 0 4 8 12 16 20 24 28 32 36 40

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Ordering information
Figure 12. Ordering information scheme (BTA16 and BTB16 series)
BT A 16 - 600 BW RG
TRIAC series Insulation A = insulated B = non insulated Current 16 = 16 A Voltage 600 = 600 V 800 = 800 V Sensitivity and type B = 50 mA Standard C = 25 mA Standard SW = 10 mA Logic Level Packing mode RG = Tube BW = 50 mA Snubberless CW = 35 mA Snubberless

Figure 13. Ordering information scheme (T16 series)

T 16 35 - 600 G (-TR)
TRIAC series Current 16 = 16 A Sensitivity 10 = 10 mA 35 = 35 mA Voltage 600 = 600 V 800 = 800 V Package 2 G = D PAK Packing mode Blank = Tube -TR = Tape and reel

Table 7.

Product selector
Device(1) Voltage (xxx) Sensitivity 600 V 800 V X X X X X X 50 mA 50 mA 25 mA 35 mA 10 mA 10 mA 35 mA Standard Snubberless Standard Snubberless Logic level Logic level Snubberless TO-220AB TO-220AB TO-220AB TO-220AB TO-220AB D2PAK D2PAK X X X X X X X Type Package

BTA/BTB16-xxxB BTA/BTB16-xxxBW BTA/BTB16-xxxC BTA/BTB16-xxxCW BTA/BTB16-xxxSW T1610-xxxG T1635-xxxG

1. BTB: non insulated TO-220AB package

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Package information

Package information

Epoxy meets UL94, V0 Recommended torque value: 0.4 to 0.6 Nm

In order to meet environmental requirements, ST offers these devices in different grades of ECOPACK packages, depending on their level of environmental compliance. ECOPACK specifications, grade definitions and product status are available at: www.st.com. ECOPACK is an ST trademark. Table 8. D2PAK dimensions
Dimensions Ref. Millimeters Min. A
A E L2

Inches Min. 0.169 0.098 0.001 0.027 0.048 0.055 Typ. Max. 0.181 0.106 0.009 0.037

Typ.

Max. 4.60 2.69 0.23 0.93

4.30 2.49 0.03 0.70 1.25 0.45 1.21 8.95 10.00 4.88 15.00 1.27 1.40 0.40 0 1.40

A1
C2

A2 B
D

L L3 A1

B2 C C2
B2 B G A2 2mm min. FLAT ZONE C R

0.60 1.36 9.35

0.017 0.047 0.352

0.024 0.054 0.368 0.405 0.208 0.624 0.055 0.069 0.016

D E G L

10.28 0.393 5.28 0.192

15.85 0.590 1.40 1.75 0.050 0.055

V2

L2 L3 R V2

Figure 14. Footprint (dimensions in mm)

16.90

10.30 1.30

5.08

8.90

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BTA16, BTB16, T1610, T1635 TO-220AB (non-insulated and insulated) dimensions

Dimensions Ref. Millimeters Min. A
B I L b2 C

Inches Min. Typ. Max. 0.625 0.147

Typ.

Max.

15.20 3.75 13.00 10.00 0.61 1.23 4.40 0.49 2.40 2.40 6.20 3.75

15.90 0.598

a1 a2 B b1

14.00 0.511 10.40 0.393 0.88 1.32 4.60 0.70 2.72 2.70 6.60 3.85 0.024 0.048 0.173 0.019 0.094 0.094 0.244 0.147

0.551 0.409 0.034 0.051 0.181 0.027 0.107 0.106 0.259 0.151

b2 C

l3 a1 l2 c2

c1 c2

a2

e F
M

b1 e

I I4 L l2 l3 M

15.80 16.40 16.80 0.622 0.646 0.661 2.65 1.14 1.14 2.60 2.95 1.70 1.70 0.104 0.044 0.044 0.102 0.116 0.066 0.066

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Ordering information
Table 10. Ordering information
Marking(1) BTA16xxxyz BTB16xxxyz T1610xxxG T1635xxxG T1635xxxG D2PAK 1.5 g Package TO-220AB TO-220AB Weight 2.3 g 2.3 g Base qty 50 50 1000 50 1000 Delivery mode Tube Tube Tape and reel Tube Tape and reel

Order code(1) BTA16-xxxyzRG BTB16-xxxyzRG T1610-xxxG-TR T1635-xxxG T1635-xxxG-TR

1. xxx = voltage, y = sensitivity, z = type

Revision history
Table 11.
Date Oct-2002 13-Feb-2006 03-Jul-2009 11-Mar-2010

Document revision history

Revision 6A 7 8 9 Last update. TO-220AB delivery mode changed from bulk to tube. ECOPACK statement added. Added part number T1610. Updated value for VDSM/VRSM in Table 2. Updated temperature in Table 2 from 15 C to 86 C. Changes

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