Electrical Characteristics
Characteristic Symbol Min Typ Max Unit Test Condition
Collector-Base Breakdown Voltage (Note 3) BC856
BC857
BC858
V(BR)CBO
-80
-50
-30
—
—
—
—
—
—
VIC= 10mA, IB= 0
Collector-Emitter Breakdown Voltage (Note 3) BC856
BC857
BC858
V(BR)CEO
-65
-45
-30
—
—
—
—
—
—
VIC= 10mA, IB= 0
Emitter-Base Breakdown Voltage (Note 3) V(BR)EBO -5 — — V IE= 1mA, IC= 0
H-Parameters
Small Signal Current Gain Current Gain Group A
B
C
Input Impedance Current Gain Group A
B
C
Output Admittance Current Gain Group A
B
C
Reverse Voltage Transfer Ratio Current Gain Group A
B
C
hfe
hfe
hfe
hie
hie
hie
hoe
hoe
hoe
hre
hre
hre
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
200
330
600
2.7
4.5
8.7
18
30
60
1.5x10-4
2x10-4
3x10-4
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
kW
kW
kW
µS
µS
µS
—
—
—
VCE = -5.0V, IC= -2.0mA,
f = 1.0kHz
DC Current Gain (Note 3) Current Gain Group A
B
C
hFE
125
220
420
180
290
520
250
475
800
—VCE = -5.0V, IC= -2.0mA
RqJS — — 320 °C/W Note 1
Thermal Resistance, Junction to Solder-point
Thermal Resistance, Junction to AmbientRqJA——403 °C/WNote 1
Collector-Emitter Saturation Voltage (Note 3) VCE(SAT) —-75
-250
-300
-650 mV IC= -10mA, IB= -0.5mA
IC= -100mA, IB= -5.0mA
Base-Emitter Saturation Voltage (Note 3) VBE(SAT) —
—
-700
-850 —mV
IC= -10mA, IB= -0.5mA
IC= -100mA, IB= -5.0mA
Base-Emitter Voltage (Note 3) VBE(ON) -600
—
-650
—
-750
-820 mV VCE = -5.0V, IC= -2.0mA
VCE = -5.0V, IC= -10mA
Collector-Cutoff Current (Note 3) BC856
BC857
BC858
ICES
ICES
ICES
ICBO
ICBO
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
-15
-15
-15
-15
-4.0
nA
nA
nA
nA
µA
VCE = -80V
VCE = -50V
VCE = -30V
VCB = -30V
VCB = -30V, TA= 150°C
Gain Bandwidth Product fT100 200 — MHz VCE = -5.0V, IC= -10mA,
f = 100MHz
Collector-Base Capacitance CCBO —3 —pF
VCB = -10V, f = 1.0MHz
Noise Figure NF — 2 10 dB
VCE = -5.0V, IC= 200µA,
RS= 2kW, f = 1kHz,
Df = 200Hz
Notes: 1. Package mounted on 1.0*1.0mm pad layout 1oz copper that is on a single-sided FR4 PCB.
2. Current gain subgroup “C” is not available for BC856.
3. Short duration pulse test to minimize self-heating effect.
@ TA=25°C unless otherwise specified
BC856A thru BC858C
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