600 V CoolMOS in a full-pack TO-220 — what this means for the power stage
63 nC gate charge — sizing the gate driver
With a typical gate charge of 63 nC at 10 V, this MOSFET needs a driver that can source and sink that charge fast enough to hit your switching frequency target. At 100 kHz the average gate-drive current works out to about 6.3 mA, but the peak current the driver must deliver during the Miller plateau is what sets the switching loss.
The 34 W power dissipation at the case (Tc) is the thermal ceiling; with the full-pack's junction-to-case thermal resistance, a real-world design derates that to about 15 W to 20 W continuous in a 50°C ambient with a reasonable heatsink. The 3.5 V maximum gate threshold at 630 µA drain current is a standard logic-level threshold — the part is fully enhanced at 10 V drive as specified.
