The IPA50R500CEXKSA2 is an N-Channel CoolMOS™ CE MOSFET with 500 V drain-source voltage and 5.4 A continuous drain current, in a TO-220-3 Full-Pack through-hole package.
Conduction and switching — what the numbers tell the designer
Maximum on-resistance is 500 mOhm at 2.3 A drain current with 13 V gate drive. Gate charge is 18.7 nC at 10 V. Input capacitance is 433 pF at 100 V drain-source — a low value that contributes to fast switching edges and low capacitive turn-on loss. The gate threshold voltage maximum is 3.5 V at 200 µA drain current, which gives good noise margin against spurious turn-on in high-dV/dt environments like PFC inductors.
Temperature range and mounting reality
The TO-220 Full-Pack isolates the backside tab electrically — no mica washer or sil-pad needed, which simplifies the assembly step and improves thermal transfer to the heatsink. The through-hole leads are easy to hand-solder or wave-solder on a single-sided board, and the part is easy to swap on site if a field failure occurs.
It is ROHS3 compliant.
