600 V, 10 A N-channel in a TO-251 — right-sized for offline flyback and PFC
Thermal and mechanical — the TO-251 package reality
The TO-251 (IPAK) package dissipates up to 70 W at the case, but that assumes the tab is soldered to a copper island on the PCB or clamped to a heatsink. In a typical through-hole layout with no added heatsink, the effective power dissipation drops to roughly 2-3 W before the junction hits 150 °C.
