600 V, 60 A — the power-stage workhorse in a TO-247
The STMicroelectronics STGW30V60DF is a Trench Field Stop IGBT rated at 600 V collector-emitter breakdown and 60 A continuous collector current, with a 120 A pulsed capability.
Switching losses and thermal budget
At the test condition of 400 V, 30 A, 10 Ohm gate resistor, and 15 V gate drive, the STGW30V60DF switches with 383 µJ turn-on energy and 233 µJ turn-off energy. That puts it in the sweet spot for hard-switching converters running 10–30 kHz — think welding inverters, UPS, and motor drives where the switching loss is manageable with a standard aluminium extruded heatsink. The 258 W power dissipation ceiling in the TO-247 means you size the heatsink for the sum of conduction and switching losses at the target junction temperature.
Temperature grade and on-state voltage
Gate charge and drive requirements
Total gate charge is 163 nC. That is a moderate load — a standard IGBT driver like the TLP350 or HCPL-3120 can drive it at 20 kHz without excessive dissipation in the driver output stage. The 45 ns turn-on delay and 189 ns turn-off delay at 25 °C give the control loop predictable timing for dead-time insertion in half-bridge topologies.
The TO-247-3 package ships in tube.