BC546/547/548/549/550 BC546/547/548/549/550 Switching and Applications * High Voltage: BC546, VCEO=65V * Low Noise: BC549, BC550 * Complement to BC556 ... BC560 TO-92 1 1. Collector 2. Base 3. Emitter NPN Epitaxial Silicon Transistor Absolute Maximum Ratings Ta=25C unless otherwise noted Symbol VCBO Collector-Base Voltage Parameter : BC546 : BC547/550 : BC548/549 Value 80 50 30 Units V V V VCEO Collector-Emitter Voltage : BC546 : BC547/550 : BC548/549 65 45 30 V V V VEBO Emitter-Base Voltage 6 5 V V IC Collector Current (DC) 100 mA PC Collector Power Dissipation 500 mW TJ Junction Temperature 150 C TSTG Storage Temperature -65 ~ 150 C : BC546/547 : BC548/549/550 Electrical Characteristics Ta=25C unless otherwise noted Symbol ICBO Parameter Collector Cut-off Current Test Condition VCB=30V, IE=0 Min. 110 Typ. hFE DC Current Gain VCE=5V, IC=2mA VCE (sat) Collector-Emitter Saturation Voltage IC=10mA, IB=0.5mA IC=100mA, IB=5mA 90 200 VBE (sat) Base-Emitter Saturation Voltage IC=10mA, IB=0.5mA IC=100mA, IB=5mA 700 900 VBE (on) Base-Emitter On Voltage VCE=5V, IC=2mA VCE=5V, IC=10mA 580 Units nA 800 660 fT Current Gain Bandwidth Product VCE=5V, IC=10mA, f=100MHz 300 Cob Output Capacitance VCB=10V, IE=0, f=1MHz 3.5 Cib Input Capacitance VEB=0.5V, IC=0, f=1MHz 9 NF Noise Figure VCE=5V, IC=200A f=1KHz, RG=2K VCE=5V, IC=200A RG=2K, f=30~15000MHz : BC546/547/548 : BC549/550 : BC549 : BC550 Max. 15 2 1.2 1.4 1.4 250 600 mV mV mV mV 700 720 mV mV MHz 6 pF 10 4 4 3 dB dB dB dB pF hFE Classification Classification A B C hFE 110 ~ 220 200 ~ 450 420 ~ 800 (c)2002 Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation Rev. A2, August 2002 BC546/547/548/549/550 Typical Characteristics 100 IB = 400A VCE = 5V IC[mA], COLLECTOR CURRENT IC[mA], COLLECTOR CURRENT 100 IB = 350A IB = 300A 80 IB = 250A 60 IB = 200A IB = 150A 40 IB = 100A 20 10 1 IB = 50A 0.1 0.0 0 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 VCE = 5V hFE, DC CURRENT GAIN 1000 100 10 1 100 0.8 1.0 1.2 10000 IC = 10 IB V BE(sat) 1000 100 V CE(sat) 10 1000 1 10 IC[mA], COLLECTOR CURRENT 100 1000 IC[A], COLLECTOR CURRENT Figure 3. DC current Gain Figure 4. Base-Emitter Saturation Voltage Collector-Emitter Saturation Voltage 1000 f=1MHz IE = 0 10 1 0.1 1 10 100 V CB[V], COLLECTOR-BASE VOLTAGE Figure 5. Output Capacitance (c)2002 Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation 1000 fT, CURRENT GAIN-BANDWIDTH PRODUCT 100 Cob[pF], CAPACITANCE 0.6 Figure 2. Transfer Characteristic VBE(sat), VCE(sat)[mV], SATURATION VOLTAGE Figure 1. Static Characteristic 10 0.4 VBE[V], BASE-EMITTER VOLTAGE VCE[V], COLLECTOR-EMITTER VOLTAGE 1 0.2 VCE = 5V 100 10 1 0.1 1 10 100 IC[mA], COLLECTOR CURRENT Figure 6. Current Gain Bandwidth Product Rev. A2, August 2002 BC546/547/548/549/550 Package Dimensions TO-92 +0.25 4.58 0.20 4.58 -0.15 0.10 14.47 0.40 0.46 1.27TYP [1.27 0.20] 1.27TYP [1.27 0.20] 0.20 (0.25) +0.10 0.38 -0.05 1.02 0.10 3.86MAX 3.60 +0.10 0.38 -0.05 (R2.29) Dimensions in Millimeters (c)2002 Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation Rev. A2, August 2002 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. ACExTM FACTTM ActiveArrayTM FACT Quiet seriesTM BottomlessTM FAST(R) FASTrTM CoolFETTM CROSSVOLTTM FRFETTM GlobalOptoisolatorTM DOMETM EcoSPARKTM GTOTM E2CMOSTM HiSeCTM EnSignaTM I2CTM Across the board. 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