560 V CoolMOS in a full-pack TO-220 — what you are working with
Housed in a TO-220-3 Full Pack, the plastic body isolates the mounting tab electrically — a practical advantage when you are bolting it to a grounded heatsink without an insulating pad.
Obsolete — sourcing the SPA08N50C3XKSA1 now
Infineon lists the SPA08N50C3XKSA1 as Obsolete. That means availability is opportunistic: you cannot place a factory order or book a last-time buy.
Gate charge and capacitance — switching budget
The total gate charge is 32 nC at a 10 V gate drive, with an input capacitance of 750 pF measured at 25 V Vds. For a 100 kHz hard-switched converter, the gate-drive power loss is roughly Qg × Vgs × fsw — about 32 mW per switch at 10 V drive — which is manageable with a standard driver. The 750 pF input capacitance also means the driver sees a moderate capacitive load; rise and fall times will be clean with a 1 A to 2 A gate-drive stage.
