DO-15X

Axial Lead

DO-214AA
Surface Mount

TO-202AB
Type 1
TO-92
Type 70
Do not use mounting tab
or center lead,
electrically connected

SIDAC
(95 - 330 Volts)

9
General Description
The Sidac is a silicon bilateral voltage triggered switch with
greater power-handling capabilities than standard diacs. Upon
application of a voltage exceeding the Sidac breakover voltage Applications
point, the Sidac switches on through a negative resistance region • High voltage lamp ignitors
to a low on-state voltage. Conduction will continue until the cur- • Natural gas ignitors
rent is interrupted or drops below the minimum holding current of
• Gas oil ignitors
the device.
• High voltage power supplies
Teccor offers the complete voltage range (95-330) over three dif- • Xenon ignitors
ferent packages:
• Over voltage protector
• TO-92 (95-280 volts) • Pulse generators
• Axial lead DO-15X (95-280 volts) • Fluorescent lighting ignitors
• Surface Mount DO-214AA (95-280 volts) • HID lighting ignitors
• TO-202AB (190-330 volts)
Teccor’s Sidacs feature glass passivated junctions to ensure a
rugged and dependable device capable of withstanding harsh
environments.
Features
• AC circuit oriented
Variations of devices covered in this data sheet are available for
• Glass-passivated junctions
custom design applications. Please consult the factory for more
information. • High surge current capability

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Part No. IT(RMS) VDRM VBO IDRM IBO

On-State Repetitive Breakover Voltage Repetitive Breakover
RMS Current Peak 50/60Hz Sine Wave Peak Current
TJ≤125°C Off-State (1) Off-State 50/60Hz
50/60Hz Voltage Current Sine Wave
Type Sine Wave 50/60Hz
(7) (8) Sine Wave
V=VDRM

TO-92 DO-15X TO-202AB DO-214AA

E Package G Package F Package S Package Amps Volts Volts µAmps µAmps
See “Package Dimensions” section for variations. MAX MIN MIN MAX MAX MAX
K1050E70 K1050G K1050S 1.0 ±90 95 113 5 10
K1100E70 K1100G K1100S 1.0 ±90 104 118 5 10
K1200E70 K1200G K1200S 1.0 ±90 110 125 5 10
K1300E70 K1300G K1300S 1.0 ±90 120 138 5 10
K1400E70 K1400G K1400S 1.0 ±90 130 146 5 10
K1500E70 K1500G K1500S 1.0 ±90 140 170 5 10
K2000E70 K2000G K2000F1 K2000S 1.0 ±180 190 215 5 10
K2200E70 K2200G K2200F1 K2200S 1.0 ±180 205 230 5 10
K2400E70 K2400G K2400F1 K2400S 1.0 ±190 220 250 5 10
K2401F1 1.0 (10) ±190 220 250 5 10
K2500E70 K2500G K2500F1 K2500S 1.0 ±190 240 280 5 10
K3000F1 1.0 ±190 270 330 5 10

General Notes Electrical Specification Notes

• All measurements are made at 60Hz with a resistive load at an (1) See Figure 9.6 for VBO change vs junction temperature.
ambient temperature of +25°C unless otherwise specified. (2) See Figure 9.7 for IBO vs junction temperature.
• Storage temperature range (TS) is -65°C to +150°C. (3) See Figure 9.2 for IH vs case temperature.
• The case (TC) or lead (TL) temperature is measured as shown on (4) See Figure 9.14 for test circuit.
(5) See Figure 9.1 for more than one full cycle rating.
the dimensional outline drawings. See “Package Dimensions” sec-
(6) RθJA for TO-202 Type 23 and Type 41 is 70°C/watt.
tion of this catalog.
(7) TC ≤ 90°C for TO-92 Sidac and TC ≤ 105°C for TO-202 Sidacs.
• Junction temperature range (TJ) is -40°C to +125°C. TL ≤ 100°C for DO-15X and TL ≤ 90°C for DO-214AA.
• Lead solder temperature is a maximum of +230°C for 10 seconds (8) See Figure 9.15 for clarification of Sidac operation.
maximum; ≥ 1/16" (1.59mm) from case. (9) For best Sidac operation, the load impedance should be near or
less than switching resistance.
(10) Teccor's new, improved series of sidacs is designed to ensure
goodcommutationathigherswitchingfrequencies asrequiredinignitor
circuits for high intensity discharge (HID) lighting. A typical circuit
for a metal halide lamp ignitor is shown in the schematic, Figure
9.3. With proper component selection this circuit will produce three
pulses for ignition of Osram lamp types such as HQI-T70W, HQI-
T150W, and HQI-T250W which require a minimum of three pulses
at 4kV magnitude and >1µs duration each at a minimum repetition
rate of 3.3kHz.

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IH VTM ITSM RS dVq/dt dv/dt di/dt

Dynamic Peak Peak One Switching Critical Critical Critical
Holding Current On-State Cycle Surge Resistance Rate-of-Rise Rate-of-Rise Rate-of-Rise
50/60Hz Voltage Current of Turn-off of Off-State of On-State
Sine Wave IT = 1 Amp 50/60Hz Sine Wave (V –V ) Voltage at Voltage at Current
BO S
(Non-Repetitive) R = --------------------------------
R = 100Ω S (I – I ) 8kHz Rated VDRM
(5) S BO
(3) (4) TJ ≤ 100°C
50/60Hz Sine Wave
Volts (9)
mAmps Max Amps
Package 60Hz 50Hz kΩ Volts/µSec Volts/µSec Amps/µSec
TYP MAX E G F S MIN MIN MIN TYP
60 150 1.5 1.5 1.5 20 16.7 0.1 20 1500 150
60 150 1.5 1.5 1.5 20 16.7 0.1 20 1500 150
60 150 1.5 1.5 1.5 20 16.7 0.1 20 1500 150
60 150 1.5 1.5 1.5 20 16.7 0.1 20 1500 150
60 150 1.5 1.5 1.5 20 16.7 0.1 20 1500 150
60 150 1.5 1.5 1.5 20 16.7 0.1 20 1500 150
60 150 1.5 1.5 3.0 1.5 20 16.7 0.1 20 1500 150
60 150 1.5 1.5 3.0 1.5 20 16.7 0.1 20 1500 150
60 150 1.5 1.5 3.0 1.5 20 16.7 0.1 20 1500 150
60 150 3.0 20 16.7 2.0 42 1500 150
60 150 1.5 1.5 3.0 1.5 20 16.7 0.1 20 1500 150
60 150 3.0 20 16.7 0.1 20 1500 150

100
SUPPLY FREQUENCY: 60 Hz Sinusoidal
LOAD: Resistive
On-State Current [I(TSM)] - Amps

RMS ON-STATE CURRENT: IT RMS Maximum Rated

Value at Specified Junction Temperature
Peak Surge (Non-Repetitive)

40

20

10
8.0
6.0
BLOCKING CAPABILITY MAY BE LOST
DURING AND IMMEDIATELY
4.0 FOLLOWING SURGE CURRENT
INTERVAL
OVERLOAD MAY NOT BE REPEATED
UNTIL JUNCTION TEMPERATURE
2.0 HAS RETURNED TO STEADY-STATE
RATED VALUE.

1.0
1.0 10 100 1000

Surge Current Duration - Full Cycles

V-I Characteristics Figure 9.1 Peak Surge Current vs Surge Current Duration

THERMAL RESISTANCE (STEADY STATE)

RθJC [RθJA] °C/W (TYPICAL)

E G F (6) S
35 [95] 18 [75] 7 [45] 30 [85]

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140

Maximum Allowable Ambient Temperature (TA) - ˚C

2.0
CURRENT WAVEFORM: Sinusoidal - 60 Hz
LOAD: Resistive or Inductive
120 FREE AIR RATING
IH(TC=25 C)

1.5
100
˚
IH

1.0 80
Ratio of

60
.5 TO TO TO
-9 -2 -2
2 02 02
an TY TY
40 d PE PE
DO 23 1
-2 &
14 41
0 -40 -15 +25 +65 +105 +125
25
20
Case Temperature (TC) - C ˚ 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0

RMS On-State Current [IT(RMS)] - Amps

Figure 9.2 Normalized DC Holding Current vs Case/Lead Temperature Figure 9.5 Maximum Allowable Ambient Temperature vs On-State
Current

+4

Percentage of VBO Change - %

H.V. +2
STEP-UP
TRANSFORMER
0
BALLAST

-2

0.1 - 0.15 µF K2401F1

-4
220V/240V
5 - 6µH METAL
50/60Hz -6
HALIDE
LAMP
-8

0.22 - 0.33 µF 5.6K - 8.2K -10

5W
-12
+25
-40 -20 0 +20 +40 +60 +80 +100 +120 +140
Typical Metal Halide Ignitor Circuit Junction Temperature (TJ) - ˚C

Figure 9.3 Typical Metal Halide Ignitor Circuit Figure 9.6 Normalized V BO Change vs Junction Temperature
Repetitive Peak On-State Current (ITRM) - Amps

di/dt Limit Line

600
400 ITRM
No
n-R
ep VBO Firing
200 ea
ted Current to
Re 9
pe Waveform
100 titi l/f 8
Repetitive Peak Breakover

on 7
Current (IBO) Multiplier

80 f=1 Fr
eq 6
0H ue
60 z nc 5
f=1 yf
40 00 =5 4
Hz Hz V=VBO
3
20 f=1 TJ=125ºC Max
kH 2
z
10
8
6 f=5
4 kH
f=1 z 1
0k
Hz 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 130
2
f=20
Junction Temperature (TJ) - C
1
kHz
˚
0.8
0.6
4 6 8 2 4 6 8 2 4 6 81
2 x 10-3 1 x 10-2 1 x 10-1
Pulse base width (to) - mSec.

Figure 9.4 Repetitive Peak On-State Current (I TRM) vs Pulse Width at Figure 9.7 Normalized Repetitive Peak Breakover Current vs Junction
Various Frequencies Temperature

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9
TL =25˚C
8 4.7 µF
- +
Positive or Negative Instantaneous

TO-92, DO-214AA & DO-15X

7 "E", "S" and "G" Packages 10 µF 100V 4.7 kΩ
On-State Current (iT) - Amps

6
- +
50V ½W K1200E
SIDAC
5 + 4.7 µF
100V 1.2 µF 200V
4
-
24 VAC
3 60 Hz
TO-202 "F" Package
2

0 H.V.
IGNITOR
0 0.8 1.0 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.8 2.0 2.2 2.4 2.6 2.8 3.0 3.2 3.4 3.6

Positive or Negative Instantaneous On-State Voltage (vT) - Volts

Figure 9.8 On-State Current vs On-State Voltage (Typical) Figure 9.11 Ignitor Circuit (Low Voltage Input)

2.2 CURRENT WAVEFORM: Sinusoidal

LOAD: Resistive or Inductive
CONDUCTION ANGLE: See Figure 9.15
BALLAST BALLAST
2.0
Average On-State Power Dissipation

1.8

1.6 TO-202 "F" Package

SIDAC 0.47µF SIDAC 0.22µF
[PD(AV)] - Watts

1.4 400V

3.3 KΩ LAMP 7.5 KΩ

1.2 LAMP

1.0

0.8
120 VAC 220 VAC
0.6 60 Hz 60 Hz
16 mH
0.4 "E", "S" & "G" Packages
TO-92, DO-214AA & DO-15X
0.2

0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0

120 VAC 220 VAC
RMS On-State Current [IT(RMS)] - Amps

Figure 9.9 Power Dissipation (Typical) vs On-State Current Figure 9.12 Typical High Pressure Sodium Lamp Firing Circuit

100Ω 10 µF XENON LAMP

SCR SIDAC - +
2w 250V
20 MΩ
K2200F1
100-250 100-250 + 10 µF 4KV
VAC VAC
60 Hz 60 Hz - 450V
120VAC SIDAC .01µF
60Hz 400V
200-
400V

TRIGGER
TRANSFORMER
20:1

Figure 9.10 Comparison of Sidac vs SCR Figure 9.13 Xenon Lamp Flashing Circuit

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PUSH
TO
TEST VBO
SWITCH TO TEST IN VBO
S1 EACH DIRECTION
IPK VBO
100-250
DEVICE TRACE STOPS 100-250
VAC
60 Hz 100 Ω UNDER VAC I
60 Hz H LOAD
1% TEST
IH IH

S1 IH
120-145
SCOPE SCOPE INDICATIONS CONDUCTION
˚
ANGLE LOAD CURRENT

Figure 9.14 Dynamic Holding Current Test Circuit for Sidacs Figure 9.15 Basic Sidac Circuit

(a) Circuit

VBO (b) Waveforms

R
SIDAC VC
VDC(IN) ≥ VB0 VC

t
C IL
RL
IL

VIN - VBO t
Rmax ≤
I
BO
V -V
Rmin ≥ IN TM
IH
(MIN)

Figure 9.16 Relaxation oscillator Using a Sidac

INPUT
tw ≈ 3 ms
VCE MONITOR VOLTAGE
(See Note A)
0V
(See Note B) tw
5V
RBB1 = 100 mH COLLECTOR 100 mS
2N6127
CURRENT
(or equivalent) 150Ω 0.63 A
INPUT TIP-47

0
50Ω SIDAC VBO
RBB2 = +
50Ω VCC = 20 V IC MONITOR
100Ω -
COLLECTOR
VOLTAGE
+ VBB2 =0 RS = 0.1 Ω
10 V
VBB1 =10 V -
VCE(sat)

TEST CIRCUIT
VOLTAGE AND CURRENT WAVEFORMS

NOTE A: Input pulse width is increased until ICM = 0.63A.

NOTE B: Sidac (or Diac or series of Diacs) chosen so that VBO is just below VCEO rating of transistor to be protected.
The Sidac (or Diac) eliminates a reverse breakdown of the transistor in inductive switching circuits where otherwise the
transistor could be destroyed.

Figure 9.17 Sidac Added to Protect Transistor for Typical Transistor Inductive Load Switching Requirements

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