OL DE W3a750el OObesse 2 i 3875081 GE SOLID STATE O1 17352 D i 33-73 General-Purpose Power Transistors , 2N3055 File Number 1699 General-Purpose Power Transistor Broadly Applicable Devices for Industrial and Commercial Use Features: High gain at high current = Low Saturation Voltage: Vce(sat) < 1.1 V, @ ic=4 A, la=0.4 A = Excellent sate operating area TERMINAL DESIGNATIONS The RCA-2N3055 silicon n-p-n transistor intended for a wide variety of medium-voltage, high-current applications. Typical applications for this transistor include power- switching circuits, audio amplifiers, series and shunt regulator driver and output stages, de-to-de converters, inverters, and solenold (hammer) relay driver service. This device employs the popular JEDEC TO-204AA/TO-3 e2cs-27516 package. JEDEC TO-204AA/TO-3 (FLANGE) MAXIMUM RATINGS, Absolute-Maximum Values: COLLECTOR-TO-BASE VOLTAGE, Vceo....+ Lb b eee eeeseereeeeerenas eee cece teen eee e ree neeee renee tees nesses seeseeees 100 *COLLECTOR-EMITTER SUSTAINING VOLTAGE, Veea(sus) (Rac=100 )......0cce eee enesenae seaeeeeenes vere ene eeeeeenenene 70V *COLLECTOR-EMITTER SUSTAINING VOLTAGE, Veeo(SUS) wieseeesccercencccnenennscerseastenarersrrecrte ses sr ees sessees GOV "EMITTER-BASE VOLTAGE, Veno cerscsecernre nec ccer terre esr eer ees seernrenawenaeeaees sea nes Seccecuneceeneceenenceeuseecesad V "COLLECTOR CURRENT, fc 0... eer e erence tert ener nce en cn enes veeeees eer n en eeeeeanecteneen een eeeneees Leseeeeteewenceace 15A BASE CURRENT, la.scecacecececeneseeeenuceneenreersererscrestesereeseseeasecessaasees eb eeeeenenene seneee ceeeeetene TA "COLLECTOR POWER DISSIPATION, Pe .....eeeecr cee ener enennne sete eceeeeee sent veneertaaee pee ence ren teeneeenenees 115 W (Tc=25 C) Derate Linearly above 25C 20... cece cece eee r eee e tree rere ene cnnsearenneen ans bese er eevnenes Dae e ence rte enee nes eenae 0.66 WiC JUNCTION TEMPERATURE, Tj...- : 200C STORAGE TEMPERATURE, Tay - ++ "In accordance with JEDEC registration data. 356_.-_ Ol ODE pj2a7soay 0017353 y i { 3875081 GE SOLID STATE O1E 17353 dp! T-33-/3 General-Purpose Power Transistors 2N3055 ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS, At Case Temperature (Tc) = 25C Untess Otherwise Specified CHARACTERISTIC VOLTAGE CURRENT LIMITS UNITS Vcen(sus) ** | hee Ty | Vee(sat) f=10 kHz 20 . f=1 MHz 0.8 Iso, 21s 1.95 In accordance with JEDEC registration data. **The sustaining voltages Vcea(sus) and Vceo(sus) MUST NOT be measured on a curve tracer. Pome "rele 1000 COMMON EMITTER 500 Voge 2 4V cE 300 To* to0C 25 8 DC CURRENT GAIN hee 8 s 6 COLLECTOR POWER DISSIPATION 5 3 0 oO 20 120 780 300 oor 003 O4 . 03 1 VASE TEMPERATURE To (*) COLLECTOR CURAENT I, tA} Fig. 1 - Power dissipation vs. temperature derating Fig, 2 - Typical dc-beta characteristics for 2N3055. curve for 2N3058. 2 357 Ol DE pse7so61 courasy c ~ ae 3875081 G E SOLID STATE oie 17354 dD? SS 13 General-Purpose Power Transistors , 2N3055 Vegteay ~'c Veeiay ~'c COMMON EMITTER COMMON EMITTER 2 \ Igfig 10 z lolly = 10 9 5 = 08 < gE os E 03 Bs gt qs be u 2 To = 55C ae oe Ww Cc ce oO 4 + = > 5 Bor eu Ss =o Os wo We c> 005 we 5 9 3 03 5 3 003 o> ud 345 a1 88 oo oor oo38 Ql 03 1 3 10-20 001 603 a1 03 1 3 10 20 COLLECTOR CURRENT I, (A) COLLECTOA CURRENT I, (A) Fig. 3 - Typical collector-to-emitter saturation Fig. 4 - Typical base-to-emitter saturation voltage characteristics for type 2N3055. voltage as a function of collector current for type 2N3055. 'o-Yoe o> Vee COMMON EMITTER Tg = 26C 16 16 ; > COMMON EMITTER : Vogt 4 12 z% = LY o 5 & w wee c c c 8 c 2? 2 oO QO 5 5 e 54 oO oO ww w a 4 - 3 s 8 6 oO 0 0 0 08 16 24 40 0 2 4 6 8 10 BASE-EMITTER VOLTAGE Vag () COLLECTOR-EMITTER VOLTAGE Veg (V) Fig. 5 - Typical output characteristics for 2N30S55. Fig. 6 - Typical transfer characteristics for 2N3055. 358 _.