200 V, 18 A N-channel in a TO-220 — a mid-voltage power switch
Typical applications include switched-mode power supplies, motor drives, and DC-DC converters where a 200 V blocking voltage and moderate current handling are required.
On-resistance and gate drive — what 125 mOhm and 39 nC mean for your design
The drive voltage for rated Rds(on) is 10 V, so a standard 12 V gate-drive rail or a dedicated gate-driver IC is expected; logic-level 5 V drive will not achieve the specified on-resistance. Gate charge is 39 nC at 10 V, and input capacitance is 940 pF at 25 V drain bias — this combination means a modest gate-driver output stage (1 A to 2 A peak) can switch the device in the tens-of-kilohertz range without excessive crossover loss.
