Supertex inc.
Supertex inc. ● 1235 Bordeaux Drive, Sunnyvale, CA 94089 ● Tel: 408-222-8888 ● www.supertex.com
VP0808
Features
►Free from secondary breakdown
►Low power drive requirement
►Ease of paralleling
►Low CISS and fast switching speeds
►High input impedance and high gain
►Excellent thermal stability
►Integral source-to-drain diode
Applications
►Motor controls
►Converters
►Ampliers
►Switches
►Power supply circuits
►Drivers (relays, hammers, solenoids, lamps,
memories, displays, bipolar transistors, etc.)
General Description
The Supertex VP0808 is an enhancement-mode (normally-
off) transistor that utilizes a vertical DMOS structure
and Supertex’s well-proven silicon-gate manufacturing
process. This combination produces a device with the
power handling capabilities of bipolar transistors, and the
high input impedance and positive temperature coefcient
inherent in MOS devices. Characteristic of all MOS
structures, this device is free from thermal runaway and
thermally-induced secondary breakdown.
Supertex’s vertical DMOS FETs are ideally suited to a
wide range of switching and amplifying applications where
very low threshold voltage, high breakdown voltage, high
input impedance, low input capacitance, and fast switching
speeds are desired.
Ordering Information
Device Package BVDSS/BVDGS
(V)
RDS(ON)
(max)
(Ω)
ID(ON)
(min)
(A)
TO-92
VP0808 VP0808L-G -80 5.0 -1.1
Pin Conguration
P-Channel Enhancement-Mode
Vertical DMOS FETs
GATE
SOURCE
DRAIN
Product Marking
YY = Year Sealed
WW = Week Sealed
= “Green” Packaging
Si VP
0808L
YYWW
TO-92 (L)
TO-92 (L)
Package may or may not include the following marks: Si or
Parameter Value
Drain-to-source voltage BVDSS
Drain-to-gate voltage BVDGS
Gate-to-source voltage ±30V
Operating and storage temperature -55OC to +150OC
Absolute Maximum Ratings are those values beyond which damage to the device
may occur. Functional operation under these conditions is not implied. Continuous
operation of the device at the absolute rating level may affect device reliability. All
voltages are referenced to device ground.
Absolute Maximum Ratings
For packaged products, -G indicates package is RoHS compliant (‘Green’).
Consult factory for die / wafer form part numbers.
Refer to Die Specication VF25 for layout and dimensions.