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HU3PAK Component Package

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Overview

3D render of the HU3PAK component package[^bib-st-micro-sthu32n65dm6ag-ds].

3D render of the HU3PAK component package1.

The HU3PAK component package is a package design used solely by ST Microelectronics. It has 7 leads plus a tab (which has two PCB contact points). It has a pitch of 1.27mm2. It’s designed attached to a heatsink on it’s top surface, but unusually does not have any provision for thermally coupling to the PCB (the recommended footprint only has a small amount of soldering points for the 7 pins and two tab locations).

The only use I could find for this package is for MOSFETs1.

Dimensions

The HU3PACK is 14mm wide, 18.58 long (including leads) and 3.50mm high2.

Thermal Resistance

  • \(R_{JC} = 0.51^{\circ}C/W\)1
  • \(R_{JA} = 30^{\circ}C/W\)1 (when mounted on 2oz. 1inch^2 PCB) (note that this thermal resistance hides the fact that the thermal resistance to ambient can be much lower if a top-side heatsink is added as intended)

References

  1. ST Microelectronics (2021, Nov). STHU32N65DM6AG: Automotive-grade N-channel 650 V, 83 mΩ typ., 37 A MDmesh DM6 Power MOSFET in an HU3PAK package (datasheet). Retrieved 2022-11-07, from https://www.st.com/resource/en/datasheet/sthu32n65dm6ag.pdf. ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎

  2. ST Microelectronics (2021, Nov). TN1378: HU3PAK package mounting and thermal behavior. Retrieved 2022-11-07, from https://www.st.com/resource/en/technical_note/tn1378-hu3pak-package-mounting-and-thermal-behavior-stmicroelectronics.pdf. ↩︎ ↩︎

Authors

Geoffrey Hunter

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