
ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS (TA = 25°C unless otherwise noted)
Characteristic Symbol Min Max Unit
OFF CHARACTERISTICS
Collector–Emitter Breakdown Voltage(1)
(IC = 1.0 mAdc, IB = 0) MPSA42
MPSA43
V(BR)CEO 300
200 —
—
Vdc
Collector–Base Breakdown Voltage
(IC = 100 Adc, IE = 0) MPSA42
MPSA43
V(BR)CBO 300
200 —
—
Vdc
Emitter–Base Breakdown Voltage
(IE = 10 Adc, IC = 0) V(BR)EBO 5.0 — Vdc
Collector Cutoff Current
(VCB = 200 Vdc, IE = 0) MPSA42
(VCB = 160 Vdc, IE = 0) MPSA43
ICBO —
—0.25
0.1
µAdc
Emitter Cutoff Current
(VEB = 3.0 Vdc, IC = 0) MPSA42
(VEB = 4.0 Vdc, IC = 0) MPSA43
IEBO —
—0.25
0.1
µAdc
ON CHARACTERISTICS(1)
DC Current Gain
(IC = 1.0 mAdc, VCE = 10 Vdc)
(IC = 10 mAdc, VCE = 10 Vdc)
(IC = 50 mAdc, VCE = 10 Vdc)
hFE 25
80
25
—
250
—
Collector–Emitter Saturation Voltage
(IC = 20 mAdc, IB = 2.0 mAdc) MPSA42
MPSA43
VCE(sat) —
—0.5
0.4
Vdc
Base–Emitter Saturation Voltage
(IC = 20 mAdc, IB = 2.0 mAdc) VBE(sat) — 0.9 Vdc
SMALL–SIGNAL CHARACTERISTICS
Current–Gain — Bandwidth Product
(IC = 10 mAdc, VCE = 5 Vdc, f = 30MHz) fT50 — MHz
Collector–Base Capacitance
(VCB = 20 Vdc, IE = 0, f = 1.0 MHz) MPSA42
MPSA43
Ccb —
—3.0
4.0
pF
1. Pulse Test: Pulse Width 300 s, Duty Cycle 2.0%.
MCC
MPSA42 thru MPSA43
Revision: D 2013/01/01
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