100V, 100A in a TO-220-3 — the switching MOSFET for 48V rails and motor drives
It targets high-efficiency switching applications where conduction loss and thermal management are the primary constraints — 48V intermediate bus converters, DC motor drives, battery protection circuits, and power OR-ing stages.
16.5 mOhm at 10V — what the on-resistance means for the thermal budget
Rds(on) is specified at 16.5 mOhm maximum with a 30A drain current and 10V gate drive. At 100A load, the conduction loss calculates to 165W — well above the 118W package dissipation limit at the case, so the designer must derate current or add heatsinking. The 6V minimum drive voltage for rated Rds(on) allows operation from a standard 12V gate drive rail without a boost stage.
22.2 nC gate charge — switching efficiency without a monster driver
Total gate charge at 10V is 22.2 nC, and input capacitance Ciss is 1670 pF at 50V Vds. This combination keeps switching losses manageable at frequencies up to several hundred kilohertz — a 100 kHz hard-switched converter needs only about 2.2 mA average gate drive current, well within the capability of a standard half-bridge driver.