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. It lives in a TO-247-3 through-hole package — the same footprint as the industry-standard IRGP406x and FGA60N60 families, so it swaps into existing heatsink layouts without reworking the mounting hole pattern.
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
The typical Vce(on) is 2.3 V at 15 V gate drive and 30 A collector current — a low saturation voltage that keeps conduction losses down at full load.
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.
Sourcing and compliance
The TO-247-3 package ships in tube.