1. Product profile
1.1 General description
Passivated, sensitive gate thyristor in a SOT223 plastic package.
1.2 Features
a73 Designed to be interfaced directly to microcontrollers, logic integrated circuits and
other low power gate trigger circuits.
1.3 Applications
a73 For use in Residual Current Devices (RCD), Ground Fault Interrupters (GFI) and
Leakage Current Circuit Breakers (LCCB) applications where a minimum I
GT
limit is
needed.
1.4 Quick reference data
2. Pinning information
3. Ordering information
BT168GW
Thyristors; logic level for RCD/GFI/LCCB applications
Rev. 04 — 12 November 2004 Product data sheet
a73 V
DRM
≤ 600 V a73 I
T(RMS)
≤ 1 A
a73 V
RRM
≤ 600 V a73 I
TSM
≤ 8 A
a73 I
T(AV)
≤ 0.6 A a73 I
GT
= 50 µA (typical).
Table 1: Pinning
Pin Description Simplified outline Symbol
1 cathode
SOT223
2 anode
3 gate
4 anode
132
4
sym037
Table 2: Ordering information
Type number Package
Name Description Version
BT168GW SC-73 plastic surface mounted package with increased heatsink; 4 leads SOT223