PNP EPITAXIAL SILICON TRANSISTOR BC556/557/558/559/560 SWITCHING AND AMPLIFIER • HIGH VOLTAGE: BC556, VCEO= -65V • LOW NOISE: BC559, BC560 • Complement to BC546 ... BC 550 TO-92 ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM RATINGS (TA=25°°C) Characteristic Symbol Collector-Base Capacitance : BC556 : BC557/560 : BC558/559 Collector-Emitter Voltage : BC556 : BC557/560 : BC558/559 Emitter-Base Voltage Collector Current (DC) Collector Dissipation Junction Temperature Storage Temperature Rating Unit -80 -50 -30 V V V -65 -45 -30 -5 -100 500 150 -65 ~ 150 V V V V mA mW °C °C VCBO VCEO VEBO IC PC TJ T STG 1. Collector 2. Base 3. Emitter ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS (TA=25°°C) Characteristic Symbol Collector Cut-off Current DC Current Gain Collector Emitter Saturation Voltage ICBO hFE VCE (sat) Collector Base Saturation Voltage VBE (on) Base Emitter On Voltage VBE (on) Current Gain Bandwidth Product fT Collector Base Capacitance Noise Figure : BC556/557/558 : BC559/560 CCBO NF : BC559 : BC560 NF Test Conditions VCB= -30V, IE=0 VCE= -5V, IC=2mA IC= -10mA, IB= -0.5mA IC= -100mA, IB= -5mA IC= -10mA, IB= -0.5mA IC= -100mA, IB= -5mA VCE= -5V, IC= -2mA VCE= -5V, IC= -10mA VCE= -5V, IC= -10mA VCB= -10V, f=1MHz VCE= -5V, IC= -200µA f=1KHz, RG=2KΩ VCE= -5V, IC= -200µA RG=2KΩ f=30~15000MHz Min Typ 110 -600 -90 -250 -700 -900 -660 Max Unit -15 800 -300 -650 nA -750 -800 150 2 1 1.2 1.2 6 10 4 4 2 mV mV mV mV mV mV MHz pF dB dB dB dB hFE CLASSIFICATION Classification A B C hFE 110-220 200-450 420-800 Rev. B 1999 Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation BC556/557/558/559/560 PNP EPITAXIAL SILICON TRANSISTOR 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. ACEx™ CoolFET™ CROSSVOLT™ E2CMOSTM FACT™ FACT Quiet Series™ FAST® FASTr™ GTO™ HiSeC™ ISOPLANAR™ MICROWIRE™ POP™ PowerTrench™ QS™ Quiet Series™ SuperSOT™-3 SuperSOT™-6 SuperSOT™-8 TinyLogic™ DISCLAIMER FAIRCHILD SEMICONDUCTOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO MAKE CHANGES WITHOUT FURTHER NOTICE TO ANY PRODUCTS HEREIN TO IMPROVE RELIABILITY, FUNCTION OR DESIGN. FAIRCHILD DOES NOT ASSUME ANY LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF THE APPLICATION OR USE OF ANY PRODUCT OR CIRCUIT DESCRIBED HEREIN; NEITHER DOES IT CONVEY ANY LICENSE UNDER ITS PATENT RIGHTS, NOR THE RIGHTS OF OTHERS. LIFE SUPPORT POLICY FAIRCHILD’S PRODUCTS ARE NOT AUTHORIZED FOR USE AS CRITICAL COMPONENTS IN LIFE SUPPORT DEVICES OR SYSTEMS WITHOUT THE EXPRESS WRITTEN APPROVAL OF FAIRCHILD SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION. As used herein: 1. Life support devices or systems are devices or 2. A critical component is any component of a life support device or system whose failure to perform can systems which, (a) are intended for surgical implant into be reasonably expected to cause the failure of the life the body, or (b) support or sustain life, or (c) whose support device or system, or to affect its safety or failure to perform when properly used in accordance with instructions for use provided in the labeling, can be effectiveness. reasonably expected to result in significant injury to the user. PRODUCT STATUS DEFINITIONS Definition of Terms Datasheet Identification Product Status Definition Advance Information Formative or In Design This datasheet contains the design specifications for product development. Specifications may change in any manner without notice. Preliminary First Production This datasheet contains preliminary data, and supplementary data will be published at a later date. Fairchild Semiconductor reserves the right to make changes at any time without notice in order to improve design. No Identification Needed Full Production This datasheet contains final specifications. Fairchild Semiconductor reserves the right to make changes at any time without notice in order to improve design. Obsolete Not In Production This datasheet contains specifications on a product that has been discontinued by Fairchild semiconductor. The datasheet is printed for reference information only.