® ACST4 Series

ASD™
AC Switch Family AC POWER SWITCH

MAIN APPLICATIONS
■AC static switching in appliance control systems OUT
■Drive of low power high inductive or resistive
loads like
- spray pump in dishwashers G
- fan in air-conditioners COM

DPAK
FEATURES ACST4-7SB/CB

■ Blocking voltage : VDRM / VRRM = +/-700V

■ Avalanche controlled : VCL typ = 1100 V
■ Nominal conducting current : IT(RMS) = 4A
■ High surge current capability: 30A for 20ms full
wave
■ Gate triggering current : IGT < 10 mA or 25mA G
■ Switch integrated driver OUT
COM
■ High noise immunity : static dV/dt >500V/µs
TO-220FPAB
BENEFITS ACST4-7SFP/CFP
■Enables equipment to meet IEC 61000-4-5
■High off-state reliability with planar technology
■No external overvoltage protection needed
■Reduces the power component factor
■Interfaces directly with the microcontroller
■Direct interface with the microcontroller for the FUNCTIONAL DIAGRAM
ACST4-7S (IGT < 10mA)
OUT

DESCRIPTION
The ACST4 belongs to the AC power switch family
built around the ASD™ technology. This high per-
formance device is adapted to home appliances or
inductrial systems and drives loads up to 4 A.
The ACS™ switch embeds a Triac structure with a
high voltage clamping device to absorb the induc-
tive turn-off energy and withstand line transients
such as those described in the IEC61000-4-5 stan-
dards.

COM G

January 2003 - Ed: 3A 1/9

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ABSOLUTE RATINGS (limiting values)

For either positive or negative polarity of pin OUT voltage in respect to pin COM voltage
Symbol Parameter Value Unit
VDRM / VRRM Repetitive peak off-state voltage Tj = -10 °C 700 V
IT(RMS) RMS on-state current full cycle sine DPAK Tc = 110 °C 4 A
wave 50 to 60 Hz TO-220FPAB Tc = 100 °C
ITSM Non repetitive surge peak on-state current F =50 Hz 30 A
Tj initial = 25°C, full cycle sine wave F =60 Hz 33 A
I2t Fusing capability tp = 10ms 6.4 A²s
dI/dt Repetitive on-state current critical rate Tj = 125°C F = 120 Hz 50 A/µs
of rise IG = 10mA (tr < 100ns)
VPP Non repetitive line peak pulse voltage note 1 2 kV
Tstg Storage temperature range - 40 to + 150 °C
Tj Operating junction temperature range - 30 to + 125 °C
Tl Maximum lead soldering temperature during 10s 260 °C
Note 1: according to test described by IEC61000-4-5 standard & Figure B.

GATE CHARACTERISTICS (maximum values)

Symbol Parameter Value Unit
PG (AV) Average gate power dissipation 0.1 W
PGM Peak gate power dissipation (tp = 20µs) 10 A
IGM Peak gate current (tp = 20µs) 1 V

THERMAL RESISTANCES
Symbol Parameter Value Unit
Rth (j-a) Junction to ambient S = 0.5cm² DPAK 70 °C/W
TO-220FPAB 60 °C/W
Rth (j-l) Junction to case for full cycle sine wave DPAK 2.6 °C/W
conduction TO-220FPAB 4.6 °C/W
S = Copper surface under Tab

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PARAMETER DESCRIPTION
Parameter Symbol Parameter description
IGT Triggering gate current

VGT Triggering gate voltage

VGD Non-triggering gate voltage

IH Holding current

IL Latching current

VTM Peak on-state voltage drop

VTO On state threshold voltage

Rd On state dynamic resistance

IDRM / IRRM Maximum forward or reverse leakage current

dV/dt Critical rate of rise of off-state voltage

(dV/dt)c Critical rate of rise of commutating off-state voltage

(dI/dt)c Critical rate of decrease of commutating on-state current

VCL Clamping voltage

ICL Clamping current

ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS
For either positive or negative polarity of pin OUT voltage in respect to pin COM voltage.

Symbol Test Conditions ACST4-7S ACST4-7C Unit

IGT VOUT=12V (DC) QI - QII - QIII Tj=25°C MAX 10 25 mA
RL=33Ω
VGT VOUT=12V (DC) QI - QII - QIII Tj=25°C MAX 1 1.1 V
RL=33Ω
VGD VOUT=VDRM RL=3.3kΩ Tj=125°C MIN 0.2 V
IH IOUT= 100mA gate open Tj=25°C MAX 20 35 mA
IL IG= 2 x IGtmax Tj=25°C MAX 40 60 mA
VTM IOUT = 5.6A tp=380µs Tj=25°C MAX 1.5 V
VTO Tj=125°C MAX 0.90 V
Rd Tj=125°C MAX 100 mΩ
IDRM / VOUT = 700V Tj=25°C MAX 10 µA
IRRM
Tj=125°C MAX 500
dV/dt VOUT=460V gate open Tj=110°C MIN 200 500 V/µs
(dI/dt)c (dV/dt)c = 15V/µs Tj=125°C MIN 2.0 2.5 A/ms
VCL ICL = 1mA tp=1ms Tj=25°C TYP 1100 V

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AC LINE SWITCH BASIC APPLICATION

The ACST4 device has been designed to switch on & off low power, but highly inductive or resistive loads
such as dishwashers spray pumps, and air-conditioners fan.

Pin COM: Common drive reference to connect to the power line neutral
Pin G: Switch Gate input to connect to the digital controller
Pin OUT: Switch Output to connect to the load

ACST4-7S triggering current has to be sunk from the gate pin G. The switch can then be driven directly by
logic level circuits through a resistor as shown on the typical application diagram ( Fig A ).
Thanks to its thermal and turn off commutation performances, the ACST4 switch is able to drive with no
turn off additional snubber an inductive load up to 4 A.

TYPICAL APPLICATION DIAGRAM (Fig. A)

LOAD
L

L
AC
M
MAINS
R

N
OUT
OUT

ACST4

COM G

ST72 MCU

- Vcc

AC LINE TRANSIENT VOLTAGE RUGGEDNESS

The ACST4 switch is able to sustain safely the AC line transient voltages either by clamping the low energy
spikes or by breaking over under high energy shocks, even with high turn-on current rises.
The test circuit of the figure 2 is representative of the final ACST application and is also used to stress the
ACST switch according to the IEC 61000-4-5 standard conditions. Thanks to the load, the ACST switch
sustains the voltage spikes up to 2 kV above the peak line voltage. It will break over safely even on resistive
load where the turn on current rate of rise, is as high as shown on figure 3. Such non-repetitive test can be
done 10 times on each AC line voltage polarity.

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Fig. B: Overvoltage ruggedness test circuit for re- Fig. C: Current and Voltage of the ACST4 dur-
sistive and inductive loads according to ing IEC61000-4-5 standard test with R, L & VPP .
IEC61000-4-5 standards.
R = 150Ω, L = 10µH, VPP = 2kV.

R L
OUT
ACST4

SURGE VOLTAGE
VAC + V PP
AC LINE & GENERATOR

COM G

RG = 220Ω

Fig. 1: Maximum power dissipation versus RMS Fig. 2-1: RMS on-state current versus case
on-state current. temperature.

P(W) IT(RMS)(A)
5.0 4.5
α=180° DPAK
4.5 4.0
4.0 3.5
TO-220FPAB
3.5 3.0
3.0
2.5
2.5
2.0
2.0
1.5
1.5
180° 1.0
1.0 α
α 0.5
0.5 α=180° Tc(°C)
IT(RMS)(A)
0.0
0.0
0 25 50 75 100 125
0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 4.0

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Fig. 2-2: RMS on-state current versus ambient Fig. 3: Relative variation of thermal impedance
temperature. versus pulse duration.
IT(RMS)(A) K = [Zth/Rth]
2.0 1.00
α=180° DPAK
1.8 Printed circuit board FR4
Natural convection Zth(j-c)
1.6 S=0.5cm²
TO-220FPAB
1.4

1.2
DPAK
Zth(j-a)
1.0
0.10 TO-220FPAB
0.8

0.6

0.4
0.2 Tamb(°C) tp(s)
0.0
0 25 50 75 100 125 0.01
1.E-02 1.E-01 1.E+00 1.E+01 1.E+02 1.E+03

Fig. 4: Relative variation of gate trigger current, Fig. 5: Relative variation of static dV/dt versus
holding current and latching versus junction junction temperature.
temperature (typical values).

IGT, IH, IL [Tj] / IGT, IH, IL [Tj = 25°C] dV/dt [Tj] / dV/dt [Tj = 125°C]
3.0 8
Vout=460V
7
2.5
IGT 6

2.0
5

1.5 4

3
1.0 IL & I H
2
0.5
1
Tj(°C) Tj(°C)
0.0 0
-40 -30 -20 -10 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 130 25 50 75 100 125

Fig. 6-1: Relative variation of critical rate of de- Fig. 6-2: Relative variation of critical rate of de-
crease of main current versus reapplied dV/dt crease of main current versus reapplied dV/dt
(typical values). (typical values).
(dI/dt)c [(dV/dt)c] / Specified (dI/dt)c (dI/dt)c [(dV/dt)c] / Specified (dI/dt)c
1.2 1.2
Vout=300V Vout=300V

1.0 1.0

0.8 0.8

0.6 0.6

0.4 0.4

0.2 ACST4-7C 0.2 ACST4-7S

(dV/dt)c(V/µs) (dV/dt)c(V/µs)
0.0 0.0
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50

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Fig. 7: Relative variation of critical rate of decrease Fig. 8: Surge peak on-state current versus number
of main current versus junction temperature. of cycles.

(dI/dt)c [Tj] / (dI/dt)c [Tj = 125°C] ITSM(A)

6 35
Vout=300V

5 30
Non repetitive t=20ms
Tj initial=25°C
25
4

20
3
15
Repetitive
2 TC=100°C
10

1 5
Tj(°C) Number of cycles
0 0
25 50 75 100 125 1 10 100 1000

Fig. 9: Non repetitive surge peak on-state current Fig. 10: On-state characteristics (maximum
for a sinusoidal pulse with width tp < 10ms, and values).
corresponding value of I²t.

ITSM(A), I²t (A²s) ITM(A)

1000 100.00
Tj initial=25°C Tj max. :
dI/dt limitation: Vto= 0.90 V
50A/µs Rd= 100 mΩ

100 10.00
ITSM

Tj=125°C

10 I²t
1.00 Tj=25°C

tp(ms) VTM(V)
1 0.10
0.01 0.10 1.00 10.00 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 4.0 4.5 5.0

Fig. 11: Thermal resistance junction to ambient

versus copper surface under tab (printed circuit
board FR4, copper thickness: 35µm)

Rth(j-a)(°C/W)
100
DPAK
90

80

70

60

50

40

30

20

10
S(cm²)
0
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40

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ORDERING INFORMATION

ACST 4 - 7 X X

AC Switch Package
B = DPAK
IT(RMS) FP = TO-220FPAB
4 = 4A Gate Sensitivity
VDRM
7 = 700V S= 10mA
C = 25mA

PACKAGE OUTLINE MECHANICAL DATA

DPAK

DIMENSIONS
REF. Millimeters Inches
Min. Max Min. Max.
A 2.20 2.40 0.086 0.094
A1 0.90 1.10 0.035 0.043
A2 0.03 0.23 0.001 0.009
B 0.64 0.90 0.025 0.035
B2 5.20 5.40 0.204 0.212
C 0.45 0.60 0.017 0.023
C2 0.48 0.60 0.018 0.023
D 6.00 6.20 0.236 0.244
E 6.40 6.60 0.251 0.259
G 4.40 4.60 0.173 0.181
H 9.35 10.10 0.368 0.397
L2 0.80 typ. 0.031 typ.
L4 0.60 1.00 0.023 0.039
V2 0° 8° 0° 8°

FOOT PRINT
DPAK
6.7

6.7

1.6 1.6

2.3 2.3

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PACKAGE OUTLINE MECHANICAL DATA
TO-220FPAB

DIMENSIONS
REF. Millimeters Inches
A Min. Max. Min. Max.
H B A 4.4 4.6 0.173 0.181
B 2.5 2.7 0.098 0.106
D 2.5 2.75 0.098 0.108
Dia
E 0.45 0.70 0.018 0.027

L6
F 0.75 1 0.030 0.039
F1 1.15 1.70 0.045 0.067
L2 L7
F2 1.15 1.70 0.045 0.067
L3
G 4.95 5.20 0.195 0.205
L5
G1 2.4 2.7 0.094 0.106
D
F1 H 10 10.4 0.393 0.409
L4
F2
L2 16 Typ. 0.63 Typ.
L3 28.6 30.6 1.126 1.205

F E
L4 9.8 10.6 0.386 0.417
G1
L5 2.9 3.6 0.114 0.142

G L6 15.9 16.4 0.626 0.646

L7 9.00 9.30 0.354 0.366

OTHER INFORMATION
Ordering type Marking Package Weight Base qty Delivery mode
ACST4-7SB ACST47S DPAK 0.3 g 75 Tube
ACST4-7SB-TR ACST47S DPAK 0.3 g 2500 Tape & reel
ACST4-7SFP ACST47S TO-220FPAB 2.4 g 50 Tube
ACST4-7CB ACST47C DPAK 0.3 g 75 Tube
ACST4-7CB-TR ACST47C DPAK 0.3 g 2500 Tape & reel
ACST4-7CFP ACST47C TO-220FPAB 2.4 g 50 Tube
■ Epoxy meets UL94,V0

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