No factory orders or last-time-buy windows are active. Any stock you find today is new-old-stock or surplus held by independent distributors. For a production BOM line, this part is no longer a viable long-term fit unless you have a secured inventory buffer. The base product number STD30N may share a die but the specific 'LT4' tape-and-reel variant is end-of-life.
At 15 A load, dissipation from channel resistance alone needs the DPAK tab soldered to a copper plane for thermal relief.
The 175°C maximum junction allows operation in high-ambient enclosures, but the 50 W power dissipation ceiling means thermal management – a good via stitch under the DPAK tab – is non-negotiable above 5 A continuous.
