PART
NUMBER
Embossed tape 8 mm wide.
2SC4959–T1 3 Kpcs/Reel. Pin3 (Collector) face to perfora-
tion side of the tape.
Embossed tape 8 mm wide.
2SC4959–T2 3 Kpcs/Reel. Pin1 (Emitter), Pin2 (Base) face
to perforation side of the tape.
©
1992
DATA SHEET
The mark ★ shows revised points.
SILICON TRANSISTOR
2SC4959
Caution; Electrostatic sensitive Device.
HIGH FREQUENCY LOW NOISE AMPLIFIER
NPN SILICON EPITAXIAL TRANSISTOR
SUPER MINI MOLD
FEATURES
•Low Noise, High Gain
•Low Voltage Operation
•Low Feedback Capacitance
Cre = 0.4 pF TYP.
ORDERING INFORMATION
QUANTITY PACKING STYLE
Document No. P10382EJ2V0DS00 (2nd edition)
(Previous No. TD-2410)
Date Published July 1995 P
Printed in Japan 1995
1.25 ± 0.1
2.1 ± 0.1
2.0 ± 0.2
0.3
–0
+0.1
0.65 0.65
0.3
–0
+0.1
2
13
0.9 ± 0.1 0.3
0.15
–0.05
+0.1
0 to 0.1
Marking
PACKAGE DIMENSIONS
in millimeters
PIN CONNECTIONS
1.
2.
3.
Emitter
Base
Collector
Collector to Base Voltage VCBO 9V
Collector to Emitter Voltage VCEO 6V
Emitter to Base Voltage VEBO 2V
Collector Current IC30 mA
Total Power Dissipation PT150 mW
Junction Temperature Tj150 °C
Storage Temperature Tstg –65 to +150 °C
ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM RATINGS (TA = 25 °C)
* Please contact with responsible NEC person, if you require evaluation
sample.
Unit sample quantity shall be 50 pcs. (Part No.: 2SC4959)
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ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS (TA = 25 °C)
CHARACTERISTIC SYMBOL MIN. TYP. MAX. UNIT TEST CONDITION
Collector Cutoff Current ICBO 0.1
µ
AV
CB = 5 V, IE = 0
Emitter Cutoff Current IEBO 0.1
µ
AV
EB = 1 V, IC = 0
DC Current Gain hFE 75 150 VCE = 3 V, IC = 10 mA*1
Gain Bandwidth Product fT12 GHz VCE = 3 V, IC = 10 mA, f = 2.0 GHz
Feed back Capacitance Cre 0.4 0.7 pF VCB = 3 V, IE = 0, f = 1 MHz*2
Insertion Power Gain |S21e|27 8.5 dB VCE = 3 V, IC = 10 mA, f = 2.0 GHz
Noise Figure NF 1.5 2.5 dB VCE = 3 V, IC = 3 mA, f = 2.0 GHz
*1 Pulse Measurement ; PW ≤ 350
µ
s, Duty Cycle ≤ 2 % Pulsed.
*2 Measured with 3 terminals bridge, Emitter and Case should be grounded.
hFE Classification
Rank T83
Marking T83
hFE 75 to 150
TYPICAL CHARACTERISTICS (TA = 25 °C)
50
200
100
0 50 100 150
40
30
20
10
00.5 1.0
V
CE
= 3 V
TOTAL POWER DISSIPATION
vs.AMBIENT TEMPERATURE COLLECTOR CURRENT vs.
BASE TO EMITTER VOLTAGE
Free Air
P
T
– Total Power Dissipation – mW
I
C
– Collector Current – mA
T
A
– Ambient Temperature – °C V
BE
– Base to Emitter Voltage – V
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60
01
500 A
400 A
300 A
200 A
I
B
= 100 A
50
40
30
20
10
23456 0.1
200
100
00.2 0.5 1 2 5 10 20 50 100
5 V
V
CE
= 3 V
14
0.5
12
10
8
6
4
212 51020 50
5 V
3 V
V
CE
= 1 V
10
1
8
6
4
22 5 10 50
20
5 V
3 V
V
CE
= 1 V
COLLECTOR CURRENT vs.
COLLECTOR TO EMITTER VOLTAGE DC CURRENT GAIN vs.
COLLECTOR CURRENT
GAIN BANDWIDTH PRODUCT
vs. COLLECTOR CURRENT INSERTION POWER GAIN vs.
COLLECTOR CURRENT
f = 2 GHz f = 2 GHz
V
CE
– Collector to Emitter Voltage – V I
C
– Collector Current – mA
I
C
– Collector Current – mA I
C
– Collector Current – mA
I
C
– Collector Current – mA
h
FE
– DC Current Gain
f
T
– Gain Bandwidth Product – GHz
S
21e
2
– Insertion Power Gain – dB
m
m
m
m
m
4
0.5
3
2
1
012 51020 50 0.2
0.5 1 2 5 10 20
0.3
0.4
0.5
0.6
f = 2 GHz
V
CE
= 3 V
NOISE FIGURE vs.
COLLECTOR CURRENT FEED-BACK CAPACITANCE vs.
COLLECTOR TO BASE VOLTAGE
f = 1 MHz
NF – Noise Figure – dB
I
C
– Collector Current – mA V
CB
– Collector to Base Voltage – V
C
re
– Feed-back Capacitance – pF
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S–PARAMETER
(VCE = 3 V, IC = 1 mA, ZO = 50 Ω)
fS
11 S21 S12 S22
(GHz) MAG ANG MAG ANG MAG ANG MAG ANG
0.200 0.9340 –15.7 3.5100 164.8 0.0450 82.6 0.9850 –8.7
0.400 0.9040 –29.4 3.3520 150.7 0.0780 68.0 0.9410 –17.1
0.600 0.8150 –43.4 3.1060 138.0 0.1140 62.8 0.8960 –23.6
0.800 0.7530 –56.6 2.8840 126.3 0.1370 58.0 0.8260 –29.9
1.000 0.6540 –68.9 2.6050 115.1 0.1490 55.2 0.7830 –34.7
1.200 0.5900 –79.8 2.4490 105.4 0.1660 45.4 0.7220 –38.0
1.400 0.5160 –90.1 2.2610 96.8 0.1770 44.8 0.6790 –42.0
1.600 0.4590 –101.5 2.0780 89.4 0.1780 45.1 0.6430 –45.2
1.800 0.4230 –110.8 1.9250 83.7 0.1880 42.5 0.6290 –46.8
2.000 0.3670 –123.9 1.8700 76.3 0.1900 41.9 0.5880 –51.4
2.200 0.3370 –136.7 1.7790 69.9 0.2110 43.9 0.5630 –54.3
2.400 0.3150 –145.5 1.6600 64.1 0.2140 41.9 0.5520 –57.0
2.600 0.3080 –159.1 1.5690 59.4 0.2070 42.8 0.5450 –59.2
2.800 0.2930 –164.8 1.5190 55.3 0.2140 45.8 0.5220 –64.5
3.000 0.2950 –179.6 1.4610 50.7 0.2260 45.4 0.4960 –61.3
(VCE = 3 V, IC = 3 mA, ZO = 50 Ω)
fS
11 S21 S12 S22
(GHz) MAG ANG MAG ANG MAG ANG MAG ANG
0.200 0.8020 –25.9 8.8990 154.2 0.0370 67.2 0.9420 –15.7
0.400 0.6780 –45.8 7.4880 134.4 0.0760 65.6 0.8040 –26.6
0.600 0.5440 –62.8 6.1260 119.6 0.0860 60.9 0.7060 –33.2
0.800 0.4430 –75.7 5.1230 108.1 0.1050 58.4 0.6250 –36.6
1.000 0.3540 –87.3 4.3050 99.1 0.1210 55.9 0.5660 –38.3
1.200 0.2930 –99.7 3.7880 91.3 0.1330 61.2 0.5190 –41.4
1.400 0.2360 –108.4 3.3560 84.8 0.1440 55.4 0.4950 –43.9
1.600 0.2000 –121.0 3.0100 79.1 0.1570 56.2 0.4660 –44.5
1.800 0.1820 –129.5 2.6960 74.4 0.1760 58.0 0.4560 –44.5
2.000 0.1480 –151.7 2.5340 69.4 0.1940 56.1 0.4310 –48.8
2.200 0.1370 –166.1 2.3820 64.0 0.2150 56.3 0.4050 –51.9
2.400 0.1340 175.2 2.1870 60.0 0.2130 57.8 0.3990 –52.8
2.600 0.1640 169.7 2.0530 55.8 0.2410 57.6 0.3950 –52.9
2.800 0.1500 170.9 1.9660 53.0 0.2490 55.2 0.3750 –59.2
3.000 0.1780 147.7 1.8710 49.6 0.2750 56.6 0.3740 –60.8
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S–PARAMETER
(VCE = 3 V, IC = 5 mA, ZO = 50 Ω)
fS
11 S21 S12 S22
(GHz) MAG ANG MAG ANG MAG ANG MAG ANG
0.200 0.6900 –33.3 12.2960 147.1 0.0320 74.8 0.8850 –19.7
0.400 0.5360 –54.7 9.4300 125.5 0.0610 66.3 0.7210 –30.3
0.600 0.4010 –70.0 7.2390 111.3 0.0700 59.6 0.6030 –34.5
0.800 0.3150 –82.4 5.8220 101.1 0.0950 63.8 0.5230 –36.7
1.000 0.2360 –93.8 4.7830 93.4 0.1090 62.3 0.4870 –38.0
1.200 0.1850 –105.4 4.1700 86.4 0.1260 61.9 0.4600 –38.8
1.400 0.1440 –115.8 3.6410 80.7 0.1350 65.9 0.4360 –40.4
1.600 0.1230 –134.4 3.2380 76.1 0.1560 61.2 0.4170 –42.6
1.800 0.1040 –144.6 2.8910 71.4 0.1770 62.4 0.4020 –43.9
2.000 0.1000 –170.6 2.7040 67.3 0.1930 60.7 0.3940 –45.8
2.200 0.1110 167.4 2.5330 62.6 0.2080 60.6 0.3710 –50.3
2.400 0.1040 158.2 2.3270 58.7 0.2260 61.6 0.3500 –50.2
2.600 0.1180 156.3 2.1850 54.9 0.2560 58.2 0.3560 –51.2
2.800 0.1190 150.0 2.0910 52.6 0.2560 56.8 0.3520 –58.1
3.000 0.1490 142.4 1.9760 49.0 0.2860 56.6 0.3410 –56.9
(VCE = 3 V, IC = 10 mA, ZO = 50 Ω)
fS
11 S21 S12 S22
(GHz) MAG ANG MAG ANG MAG ANG MAG ANG
0.200 0.5080 –43.6 17.0900 135.9 0.0330 63.8 0.7930 –26.2
0.400 0.3410 –65.3 11.3980 114.2 0.0520 68.5 0.5910 –32.9
0.600 0.2320 –80.7 8.2250 102.0 0.0690 69.0 0.5130 –32.9
0.800 0.1770 –90.8 6.3950 93.8 0.0880 71.6 0.4480 –32.8
1.000 0.1220 –108.2 5.1870 87.2 0.1060 69.3 0.4180 –35.9
1.200 0.1010 –121.8 4.4390 81.6 0.1260 70.1 0.4030 –33.3
1.400 0.0670 –138.2 3.8770 76.9 0.1450 70.5 0.3930 –36.5
1.600 0.0620 –167.6 3.4350 72.4 0.1590 65.5 0.3680 –36.2
1.800 0.0660 –171.3 3.0650 68.8 0.1790 65.0 0.3610 –39.5
2.000 0.0770 146.7 2.8540 65.0 0.2060 63.9 0.3480 –42.3
2.200 0.0990 146.5 2.6590 60.5 0.2220 62.8 0.3360 –46.6
2.400 0.1140 128.1 2.4400 57.0 0.2420 60.9 0.3370 –48.8
2.600 0.1260 136.8 2.2790 53.5 0.2660 59.9 0.3170 –47.2
2.800 0.1020 129.6 2.1950 50.9 0.2770 59.6 0.3280 –55.1
3.000 0.1370 123.5 2.0800 47.9 0.2860 58.3 0.3100 –51.2
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