200 V, 40 A N-channel switch in an isolated-tab TO-220
The STF40NF20 is a 200 V, 40 A N-channel power MOSFET from ST's STripFET trench-gate family, housed in the TO-220 Full Pack (TO-220FP) through-hole package. The full-pack moulding isolates the metal tab from the drain, so the device can be bolted directly to a heatsink or chassis without an insulating washer — a real time-saver on the assembly line and a BOM simplification for offline power supplies, motor drives, and DC-DC converters where the heatsink is grounded.
That number sets the conduction loss at full load: at 20 A the I²R dissipation hits about 18 W, which is manageable inside the 40 W package limit (Tc) if the heatsink is sized right.
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