TO-252
{{Short description|Semiconductor package for surface mounting on circuit boards}}
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TO-252, also known as DPAK{{cite book |last=Prasad |first=Ray |title=Surface Mount Technology: Principles and Practice |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cVHtBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA113 |accessdate=23 June 2017 |date=2013-11-27 |publisher=Springer Science & Business Media |isbn=9781461540847 |pages=113–}} or Decawatt Package, is a semiconductor package developed by Motorola{{Cite web|url=http://eesemi.com/dpak.htm|title=DPAK - Discrete or Decawatt Package|website=eesemi.com|access-date=2019-10-24}} for surface mounting on circuit boards.{{cite web |title=DPAK – Discrete or Decawatt Package |url=http://eesemi.com/dpak.htm |website=eesemi.com |accessdate=15 May 2017}} It represents a surface-mount{{cite book |last=Hinch |first=Stephen W. |title=Handbook of Surface Mount Technology |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y3QeAQAAIAAJ |accessdate=23 June 2017 |date=1988-01-01 |publisher=Longman Scientific & Technical |isbn=9780470210949}} variant of TO-251 package, and smaller variant of the D2PAK package. It is often used for high-power MOSFETs and voltage regulators.
Variants
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Package can have 3 pins with {{convert|90|mil|lk=in}} pitch or 5 pins with {{convert|45|mil}} pitch. The middle pin is usually connected to the tab. The middle pin is sometimes omitted.
See also
References
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External links
- [https://www.jedec.org/document_search?search_api_views_fulltext=to-252 TO-252 standard] from JEDEC
- [http://www.onsemi.com/pub/Collateral/369A-13.PDF TO-252 drawings] from ON Semiconductor
- [https://www.centralsemi.com/PDFs/case/DPAKPD.PDF TO-252 package details] from Central Semiconductor Corp.
- [https://amkor.com/packaging/power-discrete/to-252/ TO-252 (DPAK) package information] from Amkor Technology
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