2N3055 NPN POWER TRANSISTORS 60 VOLTS 15 AMP, 115 WATTS General purpose power transistor designed for power regu- lator, switching and solenoid drive applications. conten Features: High gain at high current w e Low saturation voltage: VCE(sat) <<1.1V, @IC= 4A, EMITTER Ip =0.4A CASE STYLE TO-204AA (TO-3) DIMENSIONS ARE IN INCHES AND (MILLIMETERS) e Excellent safe area of operation. 0.845(21.47) 065(1.65) + Oia - r .358(9.09} MAX MAX tL a7 joonpeae SEATING PLANE a DIA |e oe 426(10.82) MIN 1.050(26.68) MAX 0.675(17.15) 0.650(16.51} 1.197(30.40) 1.177(29,90} 1.573(39.96) MAX. CASE TEMP. REFERENCE POINT 20(5.00) EMITTER Y, 5 aresion om [4 Pomsteay tae 0.15(3.84) 2 HOLES 0.440(11.18) 0.420/10.67) maximum ratings (T, = 25 C) (unless otherwise specified) RATING SYMBOL 2N3055 UNITS Collector-Emitter Voltage VCEO 60 Volts Collector-Base Voltage VcBo 100 Volts Emitter Base Voltage VeEBO 7 Volts Collector Current Continuous Io 15 A Base Current Continuous lg 7 A Total Power Dissipation @ To = 25C Pp 115 Watts Derate Linearly Above 25C 0.66 W/C Operating and Storage Junction Temperature Range Ty, Tsta -65 to +200 C thermal characteristics Thermal Resistance, Junction to Ambient Rea _ C/W Thermal Resistance, Junction to Case Rec 1.52 C/W Maximum Lead Temperature for Soldering Purposes: % from Case for 5 Seconds TL 260 C 795 electrical characteristics (Tc = 25C) (unless otherwise specified) | CHARACTERISTIC [SYMBOL | MIN | TYP MAX | UNIT | off characteristics Collector-Emitter Sustaining Voltage _ _ (Ic = 200mA) VCEO(sus) 60 Volts Collector-Emitter Sustaining Voltage (Ig = 200mA, Ree = 1000)" g VCER(sus) 70 _ _ Volts Collector Cutoff Current (VE = 30V) IcEO 0.7 mA Collector Cutoff Current (Voce = 100V, VeBioffy = -1.5V) ICEX _ _ 5 mA (VcE = 100V, VgE(oft) =-1.5V, To = 150C) _ - 30 Emitter Cutoff Current (Ve = 7V) lEBO _ 5 mA second breakdown | Second Breakdown with Base Forward Biased FBSOA SEE FIGURE 5 | on characteristics DC Current Gain NFE (Ic = 4A, Voge = 4V) 20 _ 70 _ (I = 10A, Vce = 4V) 5 = = = Collector-Emitter Saturation Voltage VcE(sat) (Io = 4A, Ip = .4A) _ 1.1 V (I = 10A, Ip = 3.3A) _ 8 Vv Base-Emitter Voltage VBE(on) (Io = 4A, Voce = 4V) 1.8 Vv 500 300 z < 100 e a 50 COMMON EMITTER Te = 25C s 30 oO 15 a COMMON EMITTER 10 Voge = 4V 5 0.01 0.03 01 0.3 1 3 10 COLLECTOR CURRENT Ic (A) FIG.2 hrge-ic COLLECTOR CURRENT Ic (A) Q 2 4 6 8 10 COLLECTOR-EMITTER VOLTAGE Vig (V) FIG.1 Ic-VcE 796 COMMON EMITTER lo/lg = 10 = 9 a 2S & = VOLTAGE Vogisat) (V) g COLLECTOR-EMITTER SATURATION 8 0.01 0.03 0.1 03 1 3 10 0.01 COLLECTOR CURRENT I (A) FIG.3 VcE(sat) - '!c BASE-EMITTER SATURATION VOLTAGE Vegisat (V) COLLECTOR CURRENT Ic (A) 10 a 0.2 0.01 0.03 08 COMMON EMITTER Ic/lg = 10 25 100 COLLECTOR CURRENT Ic (A} 0.1 03 1 3 10 COLLECTOR CURRENT Ic (A) FIG. 4 VBE(sat) - !c COLLECTOR POWER DISSIPATION Pg (W) COMMON EMITTER Voge = 4V 16 2.4 3.2 40 48 BASE-EMITTER VOLTAGE Vege (V) FIG.6 Ic- VBE 797 10 0.5 Ig MAX. (PULSED) a | | | rT r . Ig MAX. N S \ p A P 3 F (CONTINUOUS) SS" x 3\ * we *\ aN 2A ee \ _ i \ Tr Tr % SINGLE NONREPETITIVE PULSE W Te = 26C CURVES MUST BE DERATED LINEARLY WITH INCREASE IN TEMPERATURE. a ppemassbemeainmnsedinlal. 1 he escent VoEo MAX. 10 30 100 COLLECTOR-EMITTER VOLTAGE Voce (V) FIG.5 SAFE OPERATING AREA 80 120 160 200 240 CASE TEMPERATURE To (C) FIG.7 Pc-Tc