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BFR360L3
Low Noise Silicon Bipolar RF Transistor
• Low voltage/ Low current operation
• For low noise amplifiers
• For Oscillators up to 3.5 GHz and Pout > 10 dBm
• Low noise figure: 1.0 dB at 1.8 GHz
• Pb-free (RoHS compliant) and halogen-free thin small
leadless package
• Qualification report according to AEC-Q101 available
ESD (Electrostatic discharge) sensitive device, observe handling precaution!
Type Marking Pin Configuration Package
BFR360L3 FB 1 = B 2 = E 3 = C TSLP-3-1
Maximum Ratings at T
A
= 25 °C, unless otherwise specified
Parameter Symbol Value Unit
Collector-emitter voltage VCEO 6 V
Collector-emitter voltage VCES 15
Collector-base voltage VCBO 15
Emitter-base voltage VEBO 2
Collector current IC35 mA
Base current IB4
Total power dissipation1)
TS ≤ 104°C
Ptot 210 mW
Junction temperature TJ150 °C
Storage temperature TSt
g
-55 ... 150
Thermal Resistance
Parameter Symbol Value Unit
Junction - soldering point2) RthJS 220 K/W
1TS is measured on the collector lead at the soldering point to the pcb
2For the definition of RthJS please refer to Application Note AN077 (Thermal Resistance Calculation)
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Electrical Characteristics at TA = 25 °C, unless otherwise specified
Parameter Symbol Values Unit
min. typ. max.
DC Characteristics
Collector-emitter breakdown voltage
IC = 1 mA, IB = 0
V(BR)CEO 6 9 - V
Collector-emitter cutoff current
VCE = 15 V, VBE = 0
ICES - - 10 µA
Collector-base cutoff current
VCB = 5 V, IE = 0
ICBO - - 100 nA
Emitter-base cutoff current
VEB = 1 V, IC = 0
IEBO - - 1 µA
DC current gain
IC = 15 mA, VCE = 3 V, pulse measured
hFE 90 120 160 -
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Electrical Characteristics at T
A
= 25 °C, unless otherwise specified
Parameter Symbol Values Unit
min. typ. max.
AC Characteristics (verified by random sampling)
Transition frequency
IC = 15 mA, VCE = 3 V, f = 1 GHz
fT11 14 - GHz
Collector-base capacitance
VCB = 5 V, f = 1 MHz, VBE = 0 ,
emitter grounded
Ccb - 0.26 0.4 pF
Collector emitter capacitance
VCE = 5 V, f = 1 MHz, VBE = 0 ,
base grounded
Cce - 0.15 -
Emitter-base capacitance
VEB = 0.5 V, f = 1 MHz, VCB = 0 ,
collector grounded
Ceb - 0.42 -
Minimum noise figure
IC = 3 mA, VCE = 3 V, ZS = ZSopt, f = 1.8 GHz
IC = 3 mA, VCE = 3 V, ZS = ZSopt, f = 3 GHz
NFmin
-
-
1
1.3
-
-
dB
Power gain, maximum available1)
IC = 15 mA, VCE = 3 V, ZS = ZSopt ,
ZL = ZLopt , f = 1.8 GHz
IC = 15 mA, VCE = 3 V, ZS = ZSopt ,
ZL = ZLopt , f = 3 GHz
Gma
-
-
16
11.5
-
-
Transducer gain
IC = 15 mA, VCE = 3 V, ZS = ZL = 50Ω ,
f = 1.8 GHz
f = 3 GHz
|S21e|2
-
-
13.5
9
-
-
dB
Third order intercept point at output2)
VCE = 3 V, IC = 15 mA, ZS=ZL=50 Ω, f = 1.8 GHz
IP3 - 24 - dBm
1dB compression point at output
IC = 15 mA, VCE = 3 V, ZS=ZL=50 Ω, f = 1.8 GHz
P-1dB - 9 -
1Gma = |S21e / S12e| (k-(k²-1)1/2)
2IP3 value depends on termination of all intermodulation frequency components.
Termination used for this measurement is 50Ω from 0.1 MHz to 6 GHz
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Total power dissipation Ptot = ƒ(TS)
0 15 30 45 60 75 90 105 120 °C 150
TS
0
30
60
90
120
150
180
mW
240
Ptot
Permissible Pulse Load RthJS = ƒ(tp)
10 -7 10 -6 10 -5 10 -4 10 -3 10 -2 10 0
s
tp
1
10
2
10
3
10
k/W
RthJS
D = 0,5
0,2
0,1
0,05
0,02
0,01
0,005
0
Permissible Pulse Load
Ptotmax/PtotDC = ƒ(tp)
10 -7 10 -6 10 -5 10 -4 10 -3 10 -2 10 0
s
tp
0
10
1
10
Ptotmax/PtotDC
D=0
0.005
0.01
0.02
0.05
0.1
0.2
0.5
Collector-base capacitance Ccb= ƒ(VCB)
f = 1MHz
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 V16
VCB
0
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.5
0.6
pF
0.8
Ccb
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Third order Intercept Point IP3=ƒ(IC)
(Output, ZS=ZL=50Ω)
VCE = parameter, f = 1.8 GHz
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 mA 40
IC
-5
0
5
10
15
20
dBm
30
IP3
6V
4V
3V
2V
1V
Transition frequency fT= ƒ(IC)
f = 1 GHz
VCE = parameter
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 A40
IC
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
GHz
18
fT
5V
3V
2V
1V
0.7V
Power gain Gma, Gms = ƒ(IC)
VCE = 3 V
f = parameter in GHz
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 dB 45
IC
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
20
dB
24
G
0.9GHz
1.8GHz
2.4GHz
3GHz
4GHz
Power gain Gma, Gms = ƒ(IC)
f = 1.8GHz
VCE = parameter
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 mA 40
IC
8
10
12
14
dB
18
G
5V
3V
2V
1V
0.7V
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Power Gain Gma, Gms = ƒ(f)
VCE = parameter
01234GHz 6
f
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
dB
50
G
Ic=15mA
5V
2V
1V
0.7V
Power Gain |S21|² = ƒ(f)
VCE = parameter
01234GHz 6
f
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
dB
40
|S21| -
2
Ic = 15mA
5V
2V
1V
0.7V
Power Gain Gma, Gms = ƒ(VCE):
f = parameter
01234V6
VCE
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
20
dB
24
G
0.9GHz
1.8GHz
2.4GHz
3GHz
4GHz
Ic = 15mA
Valid up to 6GHz
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Package TSLP-3-1
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Edition 2009-11-16
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