
TO-252, also known as DPAK
or Decawatt Package, is a
semiconductor package developed by
Motorola
Motorola, Inc. () was an American multinational telecommunications company based in Schaumburg, Illinois. It was founded by brothers Paul and Joseph Galvin in 1928 and had been named Motorola since 1947. Many of Motorola's products had been ...
for
surface mounting on
circuit boards.
It represents a surface-mount
variant of
TO-251 package, and smaller variant of the
D2PAK
The Double Decawatt Package, D2PAK, SOT404 or DDPAK, standardized as TO-263, is a semiconductor package type intended for surface mounting on circuit boards. The TO-263 is designed by Motorola. They are similar to the earlier TO-220-style package ...
package. It is often used for high-power
MOSFET
upright=1.3, Two power MOSFETs in amperes">A in the ''on'' state, dissipating up to about 100 watt">W and controlling a load of over 2000 W. A matchstick is pictured for scale.
In electronics, the metal–oxide–semiconductor field- ...
s and voltage regulators.
Variants

Package can have 3 pins with pitch or 5 pins with pitch. The middle pin is usually connected to the tab. The middle pin is sometimes omitted.
See also
*
TO-263
References
External links
TO-252 standardfrom
JEDEC
The Joint Electron Device Engineering Council (JEDEC) Solid State Technology Association is a consortium of the semiconductor industry headquartered in Arlington County, Virginia, Arlington, United States. It has over 300 members and is focused ...
TO-252 drawingsfrom
ON Semiconductor
ON Semiconductor Corporation (stylized and doing business as onsemi) is an American semiconductor supplier company, based in Scottsdale, Arizona. Products include power and signal management, logic, discrete, and custom devices for automotive, c ...
TO-252 package detailsfrom Central Semiconductor Corp.
TO-252 (DPAK) package informationfrom
Amkor Technology
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