MECHANICAL DATA
TYPICAL APPLICATIONS
Used in general purpose rectification of power supplies, inverters,
converters and freewheeling diodes application
FEATURES
Solder dip 260ºC, 10s
Component in accordance to RoHS 2002/95/EC
and WEEE 2002/96/EC
Maximun Ratings and Electrical Characteristics at 25°C
16.0 Amp. Glass Passivated Rectifier
Electrical Characteristics at Tamb = 25 °C
Current
16.0 A
Voltage
600V to 1000 V
Cavity-free glass-passivated junction
Low leakage current, typical IR less than 0.1 µA
High forward surge current capability
Low forward voltage drop
Peak recurrent reverse voltage (V)
Maximum RMS voltage (V)
Maximum DC blocking voltage (V)
Maximum average Forward current
V
RRM
V
RMS
V
DC
I
F (AV)
Tj
T
stg
Operating temperature range
Storage temperature range
 65 to + 150 °C
I
FSM
8.3 ms. peak forward surge current
(Jedec Method)
16 A
250 A
 65 to + 150 °C
600 1000
420 700
600 1000
C
j
Typical Junction Capacitance at 1 MHz
and reverse voltaje of 4V
DC
100 pF
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at T
C
= 100 °C
V
F
Max. forward voltage drop
I
R
Max. Instantaneous reverse
current at V
R
= V
RRMax
R
thj-C
Typical Thermal Resistance
2.0 °C/W
Tj = 125 ºC
1.1 V
Tj = 25 ºC
T
j
= 25 °C
10 µA
250 µA
at I
F
= 16 A
Marking Code
GPA1605 GPA1607
TO-220AC
11
22
Case Positive
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
Case: TO-220AC Epoxy meets UL 94V-0
flammability rating.

Polarity: Color band denotes cathode end

Terminals:
Matte tin plated leads, solderable per
MIL-STD-750 Method 2026, J-STD-002 and JESD22-B102.
Consumer grade, meets JESD 201 class 1A whisker test.
1
2Case

Mounting Torque: 5 in-lbs maximum.
16.0 Amp. Glass Passivated Rectifier
Ordering information
TU TUBE 2,000 2.24
GPA1605 00TUC
Package Outline Dimensions
:
(mm)
TO-220AC
REF.
DIMENSIONS
Milimeters
Min. Max.
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
L2
L4
DIA
L3
L7
L5
L6
-
4.44
2.54
0.35
0.68
4.95
13.46
2.62
3.74
1.14
14.90
5.84
3.56
-
4.76
2.80
0.64
10.50
0.94
5.20
14.22
3.44
3.91
1.40
16.00
6.86
4.20
1.60
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PREFERRED P/N PACKAGE CODE DELIVERY MODE BASE QUANTITY UNIT WEIGHT (g)
DIA EB
A
L7
C
D
L2
L3
G
L4
L5 L6
F
PIN1 2
Marking code
MC
Year code
WWY
Week code
Ratings and Characteristics (Ta 25 ºC unless otherwise noted)
16.0 Amp. Glass Passivated Rectifier
VF, instantaneous forward voltage (V)
IF, instantaneous forward current (A)
100 1000
IFSM, peak forward surge current (A)
MAXIMUM NON-REPETITIVE
PEAK FORWARD SURGE CURRENT TYPICAL JUNCTION CAPACITANCE
VR, reverse voltage (V)
Cj, junction capacitance (pF)
Number of cycles at 60 Hz.
TYPICAL FORWARD CHARACTERISTIC
101
60
80
40
120
20
100
0 25 50 75 100 125 175150
TC, case temperature (°C)
FORWARD CURRENT DERATING CURVE
IF(AV), average forward rectified current (A)
22
20
18
16
14
12
10
8
Tj = 25 °C
Tj = 25 °C
f = 1.0 MHz
Vsig = 50mVp-p
RESISTIVE OR INDUCTIVE LOAD
0
0.6 0.8 1.8 2.0
400
10
100
1
0.1
1.0 1.2 1.4 1.6
200
0.2
0.4
2
4
20
40
PULSE WIDTH = 300 µs
1% DUTY CYCLE
Tj = 25 °C
250
300
200
150
350
100
10 1001
0
50
2 5 20 50
Tj = 25 °C
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