Gate charge and switching speed
Total gate charge is 117 nC at 10 V, with an input capacitance of 8410 pF at 50 V drain. For a 100 kHz hard-switched converter, the gate driver must deliver an average 11.7 mA just to charge the gate — a standard 1 A driver handles it easily, but the 8410 pF input capacitance means the driver's peak current determines the rise and fall times. The 6 V and 10 V drive voltage ratings let you optimise between Rds(on) and switching loss; at 6 V the on-resistance is higher but the gate charge drawn per cycle drops.
Thermal headroom in a TO-220
The junction is rated to 175 °C, 25 °C above the typical 150 °C ceiling — useful for fault hold-up or high-ambient enclosures where the heatsink is already sized for the steady-state 214 W dissipation limit. The PG-TO220-3 package is through-hole, so it bolts to a chassis or heatsink with a single screw. No lab bench needed for the swap; a socketed TO-220 in a field-kit is a five-minute replacement if you have the thermal compound.
Sourcing and lifecycle
ROHS3 compliant.