MCT2, MCT2E

OPTOCOUPLERS

SOES023 – MARCH 1983 – REVISED OCTOBER 1995

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TYPICAL CHARACTERISTICS

0.04

0.01

0.1

0.1

0.4

1

4

10

40

100

COLLECTOR CURRENT

vs

INPUT-DIODE FORWARD CURRENT

0.4

1

4

10

40

100

IF – Input-Diode Forward Current – mA

VCE = 10 V

IB = 0

TA = 25°C

Figure 2

Figure 3

30

20

10

0

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

40

50

COLLECTOR CURRENT

vs

COLLECTOR-EMITTER VOLTAGE

60

14

16

18

20

VCE – Collector-Emitter Voltage – V

Max Continuous

Power Dissipation

IF = 40 mA

IF = 30 mA

IF = 20 mA

IF = 20 mA

IB = 0

TA = 25°C

See Note A

NOTE A: Pulse operation of input diode is required for operation

beyond limits shown by dotted lines.

0.8

0.4

0.2

0

1.2

1.4

1.6

1

0.6

– 75

– 50

– 25

0

25

50

75

100

125

TA – Free-Air Temperature – °C

VCE = 0.4 V to 10 V

IB = 0

IF = 10 mA

See Note B

NOTE B: These parameters were measured using pulse

techniques, tw = 1 ms, duty cycle ≤ 2 %.

ON-STATE COLLECTOR CURRENT

(RELATIVE TO VALUE AT 25

°C)

vs

FREE-AIR TEMPERATURE

Figure 4