LITE-ON

SEMICONDUCTOR
MCR100-8

SCRs
Sensitive Gate
Sillicon Controlled Rectifiers 0.25 AMPERES RMS
Reverse Blocking Thyristors 600 VOLTS

SOT-23
FEATURES

Sensitive Gate Allows Triggering by Microcontrollers and Other
logic Circuits SOT-23

Blocking Voltage to 600 Volts DIM. MIN. MAX.

On–State Current Rating of 0.25 Amperes RMS at 80℃ A 0.89 1.20

B 0.30 0.51

High Surge Current Capability — 9 Amperes
C 0.085 0.18

Minimum and Maximum Values of IGT, VGT and IH Specified for
Ease of Design D 2.75 3.04

Immunity to dV/dt — 20 V/us Minimum at Tj=110℃ E 1.20 1.60

Glass-Passivated Surface for Reliability and Uniformity F 0.85 1.05

Autoclave test meets JESD22-A102-C, Condition B. G 1.70 2.10
H 2.10 2.75
I 0.0 0.1
MECHANICAL DATA L 0.60 typ.

Case: Molded plastic
S 0.35 0.65

Pb-Free Package All Dimensions in millimeter

Weight: 0.007 ounces, 0.2 grams

Pin diagram (top view)

MAXIMUM RATINGS (Tj= 25℃ unless otherwise noticed)

Rating Symbol Value Unit

Peak Repetitive Off–State Voltage VDRM

600 Volts
(TJ= -40 to 110℃, Sine Wave, 50 to 60 Hz; Gate Open) VRRM

On-State RMS Current (Tc = 80℃) 180° Conduction Angles IT(RMS) 0.25 Amps

Peak Non-Repetitive Surge Current (1/2 Cycle, Sine Wave, 60 Hz, TJ = 25℃) ITSM 9 Amps
2
Circuit Fusing Consideration (t = 8.3 ms) I t 0.336 A2 s

Forward Peak Gate Power (Ta = 25℃, Pulse Width ≦1.0 us) PGM 0.1 Watts

Forward Average Gate Power (Ta = 25℃, t = 8.3 ms) PG(AV) 0.1 Watts

Forward Peak Gate Current (Ta = 25℃, Pulse Width≦1.0 us) IGM 1 Amps

Reverse Peak Gate Voltage (Ta = 25℃, Pulse Width ≦1.0 ms) VGRM 5 Volts

Operating Junction Temperature Range @ Rate VRRM and VDRM TJ -40 to + 110 ℃

Storage Temperature Range Tstg -40 to + 150 ℃

REV. 1, May-2014, KSXE01

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MCR100-8

THERMAL CHARACTERISTICS
Characteristic Symbol Value Unit

Thermal Resistance – Junction to Case RthjC 50 ℃/W

Maximum Lead Temperature for Soldering Purposes 1/16" from Case for 10 Seconds TL 260 ℃

ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS (Tj= 25℃ unless otherwise noticed)

Characteristic Symbol Min Typ Max Unit

OFF CHARACTERSITICS
Peak Reptitive Forward or Reverse Blocking Current TJ=25℃ IDRM --- --- 10
IRRM --- --- 100 uA
(VD=Rated VDRM and VRRM; RGK =1K Ohms) TJ=110℃

ON CHARACTERISTICS
Peak Forward On-State Voltage
VTM --- --- 1.5 Volts
(ITM= ± 0.3A Peak, Pulse Width≦ 1.0ms, Duty Cycle≦ 1%)

Gate Trigger Current

IGT --- --- 50 uA
(VD= 7.0 Vdc, RL=100 Ohms)

Holding Current TJ= 25℃ --- --- 5

IH mA
(VD= 7.0 Vdc, Intitiating Current = 20mA, RGK=1K Ohms)
TJ= -40℃ --- --- 10

Gate Trigger Voltage TJ= 25℃ --- --- 0.8

VGT Volts
(VD= 7.0 Vdc, RL=100 Ohms) TJ= -40℃ --- --- 1.2

Latch Current TJ= 25℃ --- --- 10

IL mA
(VD= 7.0 Vdc, RL 100 Ohms) TJ= -40℃ --- --- 15

DYNAMIC CHARACTERISITCS
Critical Rate of Rise of Off-State Voltage
dv/dt 20 --- --- V/us
(VD=Rated VDRM, Exponential Waveform, RGK=1K Ohms, TJ=110℃

Critical Rate of Rise of On−State Current

di/dt ---- --- 50 A/us
(IPK = 50 A, Pw = 10usec, f=60Hz)
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MCR100-8

VTM - IT
10.0
IT(A), Instantaeous on-state
Current (A)

1.0

VT(25℃)
VT(110℃)
0.1
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
VT, Instantaneous on-state voltage(V)

Figure 1. On-State Characteristics

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MCR100-8
Typical gate trigger current V.S. Typical gate tigger voltage V.S.
Juction temperature Junction temperature

50 0.80

0.75
IGT,Gate tigger current (uA)

VGT,Gate tigger voltage (V)

40
0.70

0.65
30
0.60

20 0.55

0.50
10
0.45

0.40
0 -40 -25 -10 5 20 35 50 65 80 95 110
-40 -25 -10 5 20 35 50 65 80 95 110
Tj, Juction temperature (℃)
Tj, Juction temperature (℃)
Figure 3. VGT(TJ) / VGT(25℃) versus
Figure 2. IGT(TJ) / IGT(25℃) versus TJ

Typical holding current V.S. Typical latch current V.S. juction

Juction temperature temperature
0.50 0.50

0.45 0.45
IL,Latching current (mA)
IH,Holding current (mA)

0.40 0.40

0.35
0.35
0.30
0.30
0.25
0.25
0.20
0.20
0.15
0.15
0.10
0.10 -40 -25 -10 5 20 35 50 65 80 95 110
-40 -25 -10 5 20 35 50 65 80 95 110
Tj, Juction temperature (℃)
Tj, Juction temperature (℃)
Figure 5. IL versus TJ
Figure 4. IH versus TJ

0.3
IT(RMS), On-State Current(A)

0.25

0.2

0.15

0.1

0.05

0
0 20 40 60 80 100 120

Tc, Case Temperature (℃)

Figure 6. On-Stage Current Rating Curve

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