BC337/338 NPN EPITAXIAL SILICON TRANSISTOR SWITCHING AND AMPLIFIER APPLICATIONS Suitable for AF-Driver stages and low power output stages TO-92 Complement to BC337/BC328 ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM RATINGS (Ta=25C) Characteristic Symbol Rating Unit Collector-Emitter Voltage Voces : BC337 50 Vv : BC338 30 Vv Collector-Emitter Voltage VecEo : BC337 45 Vv : BC338 25 Vv Emitter-Base Voltage Veso 5 Vv Collector Current (DC) le 800 mA Collector Dissipation Po 625 mw Junction Temperature Ty 150 C Storage Temperature Tste -55 ~ 150 C 1. Collector 2. Base 3. Emitter ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS (Ta=25C) Characteristic Symbol Test Conditions Min Typ Max Unit Collector Emitter Breakdown Voltage BV ceo lc=10mA, Ip=0 : BC337 45 Vv : BC338 25 Vv Collector Emitter Breakdown Voltage BVces lc=0.1mA, Ip=0 : BC337 50 Vv : BC338 30 Vv Emitter Base Breakdown Voltage BVeso le=0.1mA, Ico=0 5 Vv Collector Cut-off Current Ices : BC337 Vor=45V, lg=0 2 400 | nA : BC338 Vce=25V, Ip=O 2 100 nA DC Current Gain heet Voe=1V, lo=100MA 100 630 ree Voe=1V, Io=300mA 60 Collector-Emitter Saturation Voltage Vce (sat) lo=500mMA, Ip=50MA 0.7 Vv Base Emitter On Voltage Vee (on) Voe=1V, Io=300MA 1.2 Vv Current Gain Bandwidth Product i Voe=5V, Io=10mA 100 MHz Collector Base Capacitance Ccoso Vop=10V, f1MHz 12 pF hre CLASSIFICATION Classification 16 25 40 hee 100-250 160-400 250-630 hee 60- 100- 170- es Rev. B FAIRCHILD SEMICONDUCTOR m 1999 Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation TRADEMARKS The following are registered and unregistered trademarks Fairchild Semiconductor owns or is authorized to use and is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all such trademarks. ACEx ISOPLANAR CoolFET MICROWIRE CROSSVOLT POP E?CMOS PowerTrench FACT qs FACT Quiet Series Quiet Series FAST SuperSOT-3 FASTr SuperSOT-6 GTo SuperSOT-8 HiSeC TinyLogic DISCLAIMER FAIRCHILD SEMICONDUCTOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO MAKE CHANGES WITHOUT FURTHER NOTICE TO ANY PRODUCTS HEREIN TO IMPROVE RELIABILITY, FUNCTION OR DESIGN. FAIRCHILD DOES NOT ASSUME ANY LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF THE APPLICATION OR USE OF ANY PRODUCT OR CIRCUIT DESCRIBED HEREIN; NEITHER DOES IT CONVEY ANY LICENSE UNDER ITS PATENT RIGHTS, NOR THE RIGHTS OF OTHERS. LIFE SUPPORT POLICY FAIRCHILDS PRODUCTS ARE NOT AUTHORIZED FOR USE AS CRITICAL COMPONENTS IN LIFE SUPPORT DEVICES OR SYSTEMS WITHOUT THE EXPRESS WRITTEN APPROVAL OF FAIRCHILD SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION. As used herein: 1. Life support devices or systems are devices or 2. A critical component is any component of a life systems which, (a) are intended for surgical implant into support device or system whose failure to perform can the body, or (b) support or sustain life, or (c) whose be reasonably expected to cause the failure of the life failure to perform when properly used in accordance support device or system, or to affect its safety or with instructions for use provided in the labeling, can be effectiveness. reasonably expected to result in significant injury to the user. PRODUCT STATUS DEFINITIONS Definition of Terms Datasheet Identification Product Status Definition Advance Information Formative or This datasheet contains the design specifications for In Design product development. Specifications may change in any manner without notice. Preliminary First Production This datasheet contains preliminary data, and supplementary data will be published at a later date. Fairchild Semiconductor reserves the right to make changes at any time without notice in order to improve design. No Identification Needed Full Production This datasheet contains final specifications. Fairchild Semiconductor reserves the right to make changes at any time without notice in order to improve design. Obsolete Not In Production This datasheet contains specifications on a product that has been discontinued by Fairchild semiconductor. The datasheet is printed for reference information only.