Gate drive and switching behaviour
The gate is driven with 10 V for the rated Rds(on) — the ±20 V Vgs(max) gives headroom for gate-drive transients. Total gate charge is 200 nC at 10 V, so the driver must supply about 2 A peak to switch at 100 kHz; a lower gate-drive voltage like 5 V will not fully enhance the channel and the on-resistance rises significantly. Input capacitance Ciss is 2400 pF at 25 V drain-source, which is moderate for a 150 V device — the gate-drive loop inductance and resistance need careful layout to avoid ringing at turn-on.
Thermal budget and package
The D2PAK (TO-263) surface-mount package dissipates 3.8 W in still air at 25°C ambient, but with a proper copper pad and vias to a heatsink plane, the junction-to-case rating of 200 W at 25°C case temperature is the real limit.
Lifecycle and sourcing
It is ROHS3 compliant.
