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Handling Precautions for IGBTs
Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistors are susceptible to gate-
insulation damage by the electrostatic discharge of energy
through the devices. When handling these devices, care
should be exercised to assure that the static charge built in
the handler’s body capacitance is not discharged through
the device. With proper handling and application procedures,
however, IGBTs are currently being extensively used in pro-
duction by numerous equipment manufacturers in military,
industrial and consumer applications, with virtually no dam-
age problems due to electrostatic discharge. IGBTs can be
handled safely if the following basic precautions are taken:
1. Prior to assembly into a circuit, all leads should be kept
shorted together either by the use of metal shorting
springs or by the insertion into conductive material such
as ECCOSORBD
LD26 or equivalent.
2. When devices are removed by hand from their carriers,
the hand being used should be grounded by any suitable
means - for example, with a metallic wristband.
ECCOSORBD
is a Trademark of Emerson and Cumming, Inc.
3. Tips of soldering irons should be grounded.
4. Devices should never be inserted into or removed from
circuits with power on.
5.
Gate Voltage Rating
- Never exceed the gate-voltage rat-
ing of V
GEM
. Exceeding the rated V
GE
can result in
permanent damage to the oxide layer in the gate region.
6.
Gate Termination
- The gates of these devices are essen-
tially capacitors. Circuits that leave the gate open-circuited
or floating should be avoided. These conditions can result
in turn-on of the device due to voltage buildup on the input
capacitor due to leakage currents or pickup.
7.
Gate Protection
- These devices do not have an internal
monolithic zener diode from gate to emitter. If gate pro-
tection is required an external zener is recommended.