BU931 BU931P, BU931T

High voltage ignition coil driver NPN power Darlington transistors

Features

Very rugged Bipolar technology High operating junction temperature Wide range of packages
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Application

High ruggedness electronic ignitions TO-3 TO-247

Description
The devices are bipolar Darlington transistors manufactured using multi-epitaxial planar technology. They have been properly designed to be used in automotive environment as electronic ignition power actuators.

TO-220

Figure 1.

Internal schematic diagrams

for TO-3

for TO-220 and TO-247

Table 1.

Device summary
Marking BU931 BU931P BU931T Packages TO-3 TO-247 TO-220 Packaging Tray Tube Tube

Order codes BU931 BU931P BU931T

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1 2 Electrical ratings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Electrical characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2.1 Electrical characteristics (curves) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

3 4 5

Test circuits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Package mechanical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Revision history . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

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Electrical ratings

Electrical ratings
Table 2.
Symbol VCES VCEO VEBO IC ICM IB IBM PTOT TSTG TJ

Absolute maximum ratings

Value Parameter BU931 Collector-emitter voltage (VBE = 0) Collector-emitter voltage (IB = 0) Emitter-base voltage (IC = 0) Collector current Collector peak current Base current Base peak current Total dissipation at Tc = 25 C Storage temperature Max. operating junction temperature 175 -65 to 200 200 15 30 1 5 135 -65 to 175 C 175 125 BU931P 500 400 5 10 20 BU931T V V V A A A A W Unit

Table 3.
Symbol

Thermal data
Value Parameter BU931 BU931P 1.1 BU931T 1.2 C/W Thermal resistance junction-case max. Unit

RthJC

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Tcase = 25 C; unless otherwise specified. Table 4.
Symbol ICES ICEO IEBO

Electrical characteristics
Parameter Collector cut-off current (VBE = 0) Collector cut-off current (IB = 0) Emitter cut-off current (IC = 0) Test conditions VCE = 500 V VCE = 500 V VCE = 450 V VCE = 450 V VEB = 5 V L = 10 mH 400 IB = 70 mA IB = 100 mA IB = 250 mA IB = 70 mA IB = 100 mA IB = 250 mA VCE = 10 V 300 2.5 8 V A 1.6 1.8 1.8 2.2 2.4 2.5 V V V V V V V Min. Typ. Max. 100 0.5 100 0.5 20 Unit A mA A mA mA

TC = 125 C TC = 125 C

VCEO(sus)(1)

IC = 100 mA Collector-emitter Vclamp = 400 V sustaining voltage (IB = 0) see Figure 14 Collector-emitter saturation voltage IC = 7 A IC = 8 A IC = 10 A IC = 7 A IC = 8 A IC = 10 A IC = 5 A IF = 10 A

VCE(sat) (1)

VBE(sat)

(1)

Base-emitter saturation voltage DC current gain Diode forward voltage Functional test

hFE (1) VF

VCC = 24 V L = 7 mH Vclamp = 400 V see Figure 11 Vclamp = 300 V IC = 7 A L = 7 mH IB = 70 mA RBE = 47 VBE = 0 VCC = 12 V see Figure 13

ts tf

Inductive Load Storage time Fall time

15 0.5

s s

1. Pulse test: pulse duration 300 s, duty cycle 2 %

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2.1
Figure 2.

Electrical characteristics (curves)

Safe operating area for BU931 and BU931P Figure 3. Safe operating area for BU931T

Figure 4.

DC current gain

Figure 5.

Switching time inductive load

Figure 6.

Collector-emitter saturation voltage Figure 7. @ hFE = 50

Collector-emitter saturation voltage @ hFE = 100

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Electrical characteristics Figure 8. Collector-emitter saturation voltage Figure 9.

BU931, BU931P, BU931T Base-emitter saturation voltage @ hFE = 50

Figure 10. Base-emitter saturation voltage @ hFE = 100

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Test circuits

Test circuits
Figure 12. Functional test waveforms

Figure 11. Functional test circuit

Figure 13. Switching time test circuit

Figure 14. Sustaining voltage test circuit

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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.

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TO-3 mechanical data

mm. DIM. min. A B C D E G N P R U V 11.00 0.97 1.50 8.32 19.00 10.70 16.50 25.00 4.00 38.50 30.00 typ max. 13.10 1.15 1.65 8.92 20.00 11.10 17.20 26.00 4.09 39.30 30.30

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TO-247 Mechanical data

mm. Min. 4.85 2.20 1.0 2.0 3.0 0.40 19.85 15.45 5.45 14.20 3.70 18.50 3.55 4.50 5.50 3.65 5.50 14.80 4.30 Typ Max. 5.15 2.60 1.40 2.40 3.40 0.80 20.15 15.75

Dim. A A1 b b1 b2 c D E e L L1 L2 P R S

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TO-220 type A mechanical data

mm Dim Min A b b1 c D D1 E e e1 F H1 J1 L L1 L20 L30 P Q 4.40 0.61 1.14 0.48 15.25 1.27 10 2.40 4.95 1.23 6.20 2.40 13 3.50 16.40 28.90 3.75 2.65 3.85 2.95 10.40 2.70 5.15 1.32 6.60 2.72 14 3.93 Typ Max 4.60 0.88 1.70 0.70 15.75

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Revision history

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Revision history
Table 5.
Date 18-Nov-2008 02-Dec-2009

Document revision history

Revision 3 4 Changes Package changed from TO-218 to TO-247 for BU931P. Inserted type in TO-220 (BU931T). Modified IC test condition value of VCEO(sus) parameter Table 4 on page 4, updated TO-220 package mechanical data.

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