START499 NPN Silicon RF Transistor • HIGH EFFICIENCY • HIGH GAIN • LINEAR AND NON LINEAR OPERATION • TRANSITION FREQUENCY 42GHz • ULTRA MINIATURE SOT343 (SC70) PACKAGE SOT343 (SC70) ORDER CODE START499TR DESCRIPTION START499 is a product of the START family that provide the market with a Si state-of-art RF process. Manufactured in St 3rd generation bipolar process, it offers the highest power, gain and efficiency in SOT343 for given breakdown voltage (BVceo). Suitable for a wide range of applications up to 5GHz, it shows a performance level achieved before with GaAs products only. BRANDING 499 APPLICATIONS • PA FOR DECT OR PHS • PA STAGE FOR WIRELESS LAN AND BLUETOOTH @ 2.5GHz • UHF-VHF PRE POWER AMPLIFIER ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM RATINGS Symbol Value Unit Vceo Collector emitter voltage Parameter 4.5 V Vcbo Collector base voltage 15 V Vebo Emitter base voltage 1.5 V Ic Collector current 600 mA Ib Base current 32 mA 600 mW o Ptot Total dissipation at TS = 60 C Tstg Storage temperature Tj Max. operating junction temperature -65 to 150 o 150 o C C ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM RATINGS Rthjs July, 3 2002 Thermal Resistance Junction soldering point 150 oC/W 1/7 START499 ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS (Tj=25 oC,unless otherwise specified) Symbol Parameter Test Conditions Max. Unit Icbo Collector cutoff current Vcb = 5V, Ie = 0A Min. Typ. 1.2 µA Iebo Emitter-base cutoff current Veb = 1.5V, Ic = 0A 120 µA Hfe DC current gain Ic = 160mA, Vce = 4V G Power gain Ic =200mA, Vce = 3V, f = 1.8GHz 15 dB P-1dB 1dB compression point Ic = 200mA,Vce = 3V, f = 1.8GHz 23.5 dBm IP3 Ouput third order intercept point Ic = 200mA,Vce = 3V, f = 1.8GHz 33.5 dBm NF Noise Figure Ic = 200mA,Vce = 3V, f = 1.8GHz 3.3 dB 160 QUICK REFERENCE DATA MODE OF OPERATION Class-AB (Icq = 5mA) f (GHz) VCE (V) PL (dBm) GP (dB) η (%) 1.9 3.6 26 ≥12 typ. 68 PIN CONNECTION PINOUT 4 3 Top view 1 2 SOT343 2/7 Pin No. Description 1 BASE 3 COLLECTOR 2,4 EMITTER START499 SPICE PARAMETERS (Gummel-Poon Model, Berkley-SPICE 2G.6 Syntax) TRANSISTOR CHIP DATA Symbol Value Symbol Value Symbol Value TMEAS 27.0 FC 0.81 XJBC 0.51 IS 3.27E-16 EG 1.12 XTI 3.68 ISE 13.08E-12 NF 1 BF 332 NR 1 NE 3.2 VAF 70 ISC 7.89E-15 BR 9.75 VAR 2.1 IKF {3.948*((T(oC)+273.15)/ 300.15)^(-1.7)} NC 1.5 TF 3.4E-12 TR 7E-10 PTF 38 VTF 29.7 XTF 16.3 ITF 5.01 MJE 0.341 RB 2.58 RBM 0.83 MJC 0.312 RC 0.597 RE 0.066 MJS 0.297 CJE 3048E-15 VJE 1.09 IKR 57.3E-3 CJC 930E-15 VJC 0.695 XTB -0.82 CJS 510E-15 VJS 0.507 PACKAGE EQUIVALENT CIRCUIT C2 C=30 fF B . L4 L=0.5 nH . L3 B’ L=0.1 nH Transistor Chip C’ L5 L=0.1 nH . L6 L=0.5 nH . C E’ L=0.15 nH L1 . C1 C=640 fF L2 C3 C=780 fF L=0.05 nH . E In order to avoid high complexity of the package equivalent circuit, the two emitter leads of SOT-343 package are combined in one electrical connection. FOR MORE ACCURACY SIMULATION IN SATURATION REGION : Adding the 5 Spice parameters showed in Table A and using ST Spice Library (available on request) you can achieve a more accuracy simulation in the saturation region. ST Spice library is compatible with following simulators: ELDO MENTOR (any version), SPECTRE CADENCE (any version), ADS (version 2001 only). Table A (Spice Parameters extracted in saturation region) RW Vjj ENP VRP RP 1.034 0.755 2.235 {7.2*((TEMPER+273.15)/300.15)^(0.125)} 0.33E-6 3/7 START499 COMMON EMITTER S-PARAMETERS ( VCE = 2V, IC = 200mA ) 4/7 FREQ IS11I S11∠Φ (MHz) 0.1 0.5 0.9 1 1.5 1.8 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 0.669 0.778 0.781 0.780 0.782 0.764 0.765 0.725 0.687 0.662 0.677 -158 -179 174 173 167 162 159 153 148 142 139 IS21I 65.164 15.773 8.622 7.535 5.203 4.229 3.896 3.150 2.364 1.806 1.558 S21∠Φ IS12I S12∠Φ IS22I S22∠Φ 124 105 107 109 120 122 125 131 138 152 165 0.008 0.013 0.021 0.021 0.061 0.062 0.090 0.132 0.152 0.211 0.263 47 81 119 134 160 171 173 179 170 161 154 0.635 0.589 0.600 0.598 0.600 0.605 0.600 0.590 0.575 0.569 0.586 -107 -164 -174 -176 180 177 176 174 171 167 162 START499 TAPE & REEL DIMENSIONS mm MIN. TYP. MAX A 178.5 179 179.5 C 12.8 13.0 13.5 D 20.2 N 54.5 55 55.5 T 14.4 Ao 2.25 Bo 2.7 Ko 1.2 Po 3.8 (cumulative 10 Po) P 4.0 4.2 (cumulative 10 Po) 4.0 DEVICE ORIENTATION TOP VIEW 499 499 499 END VIEW 499 5/7 START499 PACKAGE DIMENSIONS SOT343 (SC-70 4 leads) 1.30 1.15-1.35 2.00-2.20 1.15 0.55-0.65 1.90-2.10 1.15-1.35 0.80-1.00 0.25-0.35 6/7 0.00-0.10 0.45 0.10-0.20 START499 Information furnished is believed to be accurate and reliable. However, STMicroelectronics assumes no responsibility for the consequences of use of such information nor for any infringement of patents or other rights of third parties which may result from its use. No license is granted by implication or otherwise under any patent or patent rights of STMicroelectronics. Specifications mentioned in this publication are subject to change without notice. This publication supersedes and replaces all information previously supplied. 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