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Motorola Small–Signal Transistors, FETs and Diodes Device Data
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MAXIMUM RATINGS
Rating Symbol Value Unit
Collector–Emitter Voltage VCEO 40 Vdc
Collector–Base Voltage VCBO 75 Vdc
Emitter–Base Voltage VEBO 6.0 Vdc
Collector Current — Continuous IC600 mAdc
Total Device Dissipation @ TA = 25°C
Derate above 25°CPD625
5.0 mW
mW/°C
Total Device Dissipation @ TC = 25°C
Derate above 25°CPD1.5
12 Watts
mW/°C
Operating and Storage Junction
Temperature Range TJ, Tstg –55 to +150 °C
THERMAL CHARACTERISTICS
Characteristic Symbol Max Unit
Thermal Resistance, Junction to Ambient R
q
JA 200 °C/W
Thermal Resistance, Junction to Case R
q
JC 83.3 °C/W
ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS (TA = 25°C unless otherwise noted)
Characteristic Symbol Min Max Unit
OFF CHARACTERISTICS
Collector–Emitter Breakdown Voltage
(IC = 10 mAdc, IB = 0) V(BR)CEO 40 — Vdc
Collector–Base Breakdown Voltage
(IC = 10
m
Adc, IE = 0) V(BR)CBO 75 — Vdc
Emitter–Base Breakdown Voltage
(IE = 10
m
Adc, IC = 0) V(BR)EBO 6.0 — Vdc
Collector Cutoff Current
(VCE = 60 Vdc, VEB(off) = 3.0 Vdc) ICEX — 10 nAdc
Collector Cutoff Current
(VCB = 60 Vdc, IE = 0)
(VCB = 60 Vdc, IE = 0, TA = 150°C)
ICBO —
—0.01
10
µAdc
Emitter Cutoff Current
(VEB = 3.0 Vdc, IC = 0) IEBO — 10 nAdc
Collector Cutoff Current
(VCE = 10 V) ICEO — 10 nAdc
Base Cutoff Current
(VCE = 60 Vdc, VEB(off) = 3.0 Vdc) IBEX — 20 nAdc
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TO–92 (TO–226AA)
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COLLECTOR
1
2
BASE
3
EMITTER
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ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS (TA = 25°C unless otherwise noted) (Continued)
Characteristic Symbol Min Max Unit
ON CHARACTERISTICS
DC Current Gain
(IC = 0.1 mAdc, VCE = 10 Vdc)
(IC = 1.0 mAdc, VCE = 10 Vdc)
(IC = 10 mAdc, VCE = 10 Vdc)
(IC = 10 mAdc, VCE = 10 Vdc, TA = –55°C)
(IC = 150 mAdc, VCE = 10 Vdc)(1)
(IC = 150 mAdc, VCE = 1.0 Vdc)(1)
(IC = 500 mAdc, VCE = 10 Vdc)(1)
hFE 35
50
75
35
100
50
40
—
—
—
—
300
—
—
—
Collector–Emitter Saturation Voltage(1)
(IC = 150 mAdc, IB = 15 mAdc)
(IC = 500 mAdc, IB = 50 mAdc)
VCE(sat) —
—0.3
1.0
Vdc
Base–Emitter Saturation Voltage(1)
(IC = 150 mAdc, IB = 15 mAdc)
(IC = 500 mAdc, IB = 50 mAdc)
VBE(sat) 0.6
—1.2
2.0
Vdc
SMALL–SIGNAL CHARACTERISTICS
Current–Gain — Bandwidth Product(2)
(IC = 20 mAdc, VCE = 20 Vdc, f = 100 MHz) fT300 — MHz
Output Capacitance
(VCB = 10 Vdc, IE = 0, f = 1.0 MHz) Cobo — 8.0 pF
Input Capacitance
(VEB = 0.5 Vdc, IC = 0, f = 1.0 MHz) Cibo — 25 pF
Input Impedance
(IC = 1.0 mAdc, VCE = 10 Vdc, f = 1.0 kHz)
(IC = 10 mAdc, VCE = 10 Vdc, f = 1.0 kHz)
hie 2.0
0.25 8.0
1.25
kΩ
Voltage Feedback Ratio
(IC = 1.0 mAdc, VCE = 10 Vdc, f = 1.0 kHz)
(IC = 10 mAdc, VCE = 10 Vdc, f = 1.0 kHz)
hre —
—8.0
4.0
X 10–4
Small–Signal Current Gain
(IC = 1.0 mAdc, VCE = 10 Vdc, f = 1.0 kHz)
(IC = 10 mAdc, VCE = 10 Vdc, f = 1.0 kHz)
hfe 50
75 300
375
—
Output Admittance
(IC = 1.0 mAdc, VCE = 10 Vdc, f = 1.0 kHz)
(IC = 10 mAdc, VCE = 10 Vdc, f = 1.0 kHz)
hoe 5.0
25 35
200
m
mhos
Collector Base Time Constant
(IE = 20 mAdc, VCB = 20 Vdc, f = 31.8 MHz) rb′Cc— 150 ps
Noise Figure
(IC = 100
m
Adc, VCE = 10 Vdc, RS = 1.0 kΩ, f = 1.0 kHz) NF— 4.0 dB
SWITCHING CHARACTERISTICS
Delay Time
(V
CC = 30 Vdc, VBE(off) = –2.0 Vdc,
IC = 150 mAdc, IB1 = 15 mAdc) (Figure 1)
td— 10 ns
Rise Time
(VCC = 30 Vdc, VBE(off) = –2.0 Vdc,
IC = 150 mAdc, IB1 = 15 mAdc) (Figure 1)
tr— 25 ns
Storage Time
(VCC = 30 Vdc, IC = 150 mAdc,
IB1 = IB2 = 15 mAdc) (Figure 2)
ts— 225 ns
Fall Time
IB1 = IB2 = 15 mAdc) (Figure 2)
tf— 60 ns
1. Pulse Test: Pulse Width
v
300
m
s, Duty Cycle
v
2.0%.
2. fT is defined as the frequency at which |hfe| extrapolates to unity.
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Motorola Small–Signal Transistors, FETs and Diodes Device Data
Figure 1. Turn–On Time Figure 2. Turn–Off Time
SWITCHING TIME EQUIVALENT TEST CIRCUITS
Scope rise time < 4 ns
*Total shunt capacitance of test jig,
connectors, and oscilloscope.
+16 V
–2 V < 2 ns
0
1.0 to 100
µ
s,
DUTY CYCLE
≈
2.0%
1 k
Ω
+30 V
200
CS* < 10 pF
+16 V
–14 V
0
< 20 ns
1.0 to 100
µ
s,
DUTY CYCLE
≈
2.0%
1 k
+30 V
200
CS* < 10 pF
–4 V
1N914
1000
10
20
30
50
70
100
200
300
500
700
1.0 k0.1 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.7 1.0 2.0 3.0 5.0 7.0 10 20 30 50 70 100 200 300 500 700
IC, COLLECTOR CURRENT (mA)
Figure 3. DC Current Gain
hFE, DC CURRENT GAINVCE, COLLECTOR–EMITTER VOLTAGE (VOLTS)
1.0
0.8
0.6
0.4
0.2
0
0.005 0.01 0.02 0.03 0.05 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.5 1.0 2.0 3.0 5.0 10 20 30 50
IB, BASE CURRENT (mA)
Figure 4. Collector Saturation Region
TJ = 125
°
C
TJ = 25
°
C
25
°
C
–55
°
C
IC = 1.0 mA 10 mA 150 mA 500 mA
VCE = 1.0 V
VCE = 10 V
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Figure 5. Turn–On Time
IC, COLLECTOR CURRENT (mA)
70
100
200
50
t, TIME (ns)
10 20 70
5.0
100
5.0 7.0 30 50 200
10
30
7.0
20
IC/IB = 10
TJ = 25
°
C
tr @ VCC = 30 V
td @ VEB(off) = 2.0 V
td @ VEB(off) = 0
3.0
2.0 300 500
500
t, TIME (ns)
5.0
7.0
10
20
30
50
70
100
200
300
Figure 6. Turn–Off Time
IC, COLLECTOR CURRENT (mA)
10 20 70 1005.0 7.0 30 50 200 300 500
VCC = 30 V
IC/IB = 10
IB1 = IB2
TJ = 25
°
C
t
′
s = ts – 1/8 tf
tf
Figure 7. Frequency Effects
f, FREQUENCY (kHz)
4.0
6.0
8.0
10
2.0
0.1
Figure 8. Source Resistance Effects
RS, SOURCE RESISTANCE (OHMS)
NF, NOISE FIGURE (dB)
1.0 2.0 5.0 10 20 50
0.2 0.5
0100
NF, NOISE FIGURE (dB)
0.01 0.02 0.05
RS = OPTIMUM
RS = SOURCE
RS = RESISTANCE
IC = 1.0 mA, RS = 150
Ω
500
µ
A, RS = 200
Ω
100
µ
A, RS = 2.0 k
Ω
50
µ
A, RS = 4.0 k
Ω
f = 1.0 kHz
IC = 50
µ
A
100
µ
A
500
µ
A
1.0 mA
4.0
6.0
8.0
10
2.0
050 100 200 500 1.0 k 2.0 k 5.0 k 10 k 20 k 50 k 100 k
Figure 9. Capacitances
REVERSE VOLTAGE (VOLTS)
3.0
5.0
7.0
10
2.00.1
CAPACITANCE (pF)
1.0 2.0 3.0 5.0 7.0 10 20 30 50
0.2 0.3 0.5 0.7
Ccb
20
30
Ceb
Figure 10. Current–Gain Bandwidth Product
IC, COLLECTOR CURRENT (mA)
70
100
200
300
50
500
fT, CURRENT–GAIN BANDWIDTH PRODUCT (MHz)
1.0 2.0 3.0 5.0 7.0 10 20 30 50 70 100
VCE = 20 V
TJ = 25
°
C
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Figure 11. “On” Voltages
IC, COLLECTOR CURRENT (mA)
0.4
0.6
0.8
1.0
0.2
V, VOLTAGE (VOLTS)
0
TJ = 25
°
C
VBE(sat) @ IC/IB = 10
VCE(sat) @ IC/IB = 10
VBE(on) @ VCE = 10 V
Figure 12. Temperature Coefficients
IC, COLLECTOR CURRENT (mA)
–0.5
0
+0.5
COEFFICIENT (mV/ C)
–1.0
–1.5
–2.5
°
R
q
VC for VCE(sat)
R
q
VB for VBE
0.1 1.0 2.0 5.0 10 20 50
0.2 0.5 100 200 500 1.0 k
1.0 V
–2.0
0.1 1.0 2.0 5.0 10 20 500.2 0.5 100 200 500
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PACKAGE DIMENSIONS
NOTES:
1. DIMENSIONING AND TOLERANCING PER ANSI
Y14.5M, 1982.
2. CONTROLLING DIMENSION: INCH.
3. CONTOUR OF PACKAGE BEYOND DIMENSION R
IS UNCONTROLLED.
4. DIMENSION F APPLIES BETWEEN P AND L.
DIMENSION D AND J APPLY BETWEEN L AND K
MINIMUM. LEAD DIMENSION IS UNCONTROLLED
IN P AND BEYOND DIMENSION K MINIMUM.
R
A
P
J
L
F
B
K
G
HSECTION X–X
C
V
D
N
N
X X
SEATING
PLANE DIM MIN MAX MIN MAX
MILLIMETERSINCHES
A0.175 0.205 4.45 5.20
B0.170 0.210 4.32 5.33
C0.125 0.165 3.18 4.19
D0.016 0.022 0.41 0.55
F0.016 0.019 0.41 0.48
G0.045 0.055 1.15 1.39
H0.095 0.105 2.42 2.66
J0.015 0.020 0.39 0.50
K0.500 ––– 12.70 –––
L0.250 ––– 6.35 –––
N0.080 0.105 2.04 2.66
P––– 0.100 ––– 2.54
R0.115 ––– 2.93 –––
V0.135 ––– 3.43 –––
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STYLE 17:
PIN 1. COLLECTOR
2. BASE
3. EMITTER
CASE 029–04
(TO–226AA)
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