NPN SILICON PLANAR MEDIUM POWER DARLINGTON TRANSISTORS

ISSUE 1 MARCH 94 FEATURES * 60 Volt VCEO * Gain of 10K at IC=0.5 Amp * Ptot=1 Watt

BCX38A/B/C

C B E

ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM RATINGS.

PARAMETER Collector-Base Voltage Collector-Emitter Voltage Emitter-Base Voltage Peak Pulse Current Continuous Collector Current Power Dissipation at Tamb=25C Operating and Storage Temperature Range SYMBOL VCBO VCEO VEBO ICM IC Ptot Tj:Tstg 80 60 10 2

E-Line TO92 Compatible VALUE UNIT V V V A mA W C

800 1 -55 to +200

ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS (at Tamb = 25C).

PARAMETER Collector-Base Breakdown Voltage Collector-Emitter Sustaining Voltage Emitter-Base Breakdown Voltage Collector Cut-Off Current Emitter Cut-Off Current Collector-Emitter Saturation Voltage Base-Emitter Turn-on Voltage Static Forward Current Transfer Ratio BCX38A BCX38B BCX38C SYMBOL V(BR)CBO VCEO(sus) V(BR)EBO ICBO IEBO VCE(sat) VBE(on) hFE 500 1000 2000 4000 5000 10000 3-20 MIN. 80 60 10 100 100 1.25 1.8 TYP. MAX. V V V nA nA V V UNIT CONDITIONS. IC=10 A, IE=0 IC=10mA, IB=0 IE=10 A, IC=0 VCB=60V, IE=0 VEB=8V, IC=0 IC=800mA, IB=8mA* IC=800mA, VCE=5V* IC=100mA, VCE=5V* IC=500mA, VCE=5V* IC=100mA, VCE=5V* IC=500mA, VCE=5V* IC=100mA, VCE=5V* IC=500mA, VCE=5V*

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TYPICAL CHARACTERISTICS
IC/IB=100 1.0 1.6 -55C +25C 0.6 +100C 0.4 +175C +100C VCE=5V

0.8

hFE - Normalised Gain

1.4 1.2 1.0 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.2 0 0.001 0.01 0.1 1 10 -55C +25C

VCE(sat) - (Volts)

0.2 0.001

0.01

0.1

10

IC - Collector Current (Amps)

IC - Collector Current (Amps)

VCE(sat) v IC

hFE v IC

IC/IB=100 2.0 2.0

VCE=5V

VBE(sat) - (Volts)

VBE - (Volts)

-55C 1.5 +25C 1.0 +100C +175C 0.5 0.001 0.01 0.1 1 10

-55C 1.5 +25C 1.0 +100C +175C 0.01 0.1 1 10

0.5 0.001

IC - Collector Current (Amps)

IC - Collector Current (Amps)

VBE(sat) v IC
10

VBE(on) v IC
Single Pulse Test at Tamb=25C

D=1 (D.C.)

Thermal Resistance (C/W)

IC - Collector Current (Amps)

150

100
D=0.5

50
D=0.2 D=0.1 D=0.05 Single Pulse

0.1

0 0.0001

D.C. 1s 100ms 10ms 1.0ms 0.1ms

0.001

0.01

0.1

10

100 0.01 1 10 100 1000

Pulse Width (seconds)

Maximum transient thermal impedance

VCE - Collector Voltage (Volts)

Safe Operating Area

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The maximum permissable operational temperature can be obtained using the equation:
1.0 0.8 RS10k RS=47k RS=1M 0.6 RS=

Maximum Power Dissipation - (W)

T amb (max ) =

Power (max ) Power (actual ) + 25 C 0.0057

Tamb(max)= Maximum operating ambient temperature Power (max) = Maximum power dissipation figure, for a given VCE and source resistance (RS)

0.4 0.2 1 10

100

Power (actual) = Actual power dissipation in users circuit

VCE - Collector-Emitter Voltage - (V)

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