BC556 thru BC558B
ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS
(TA = 25°C unless otherwise noted)
Characteristic
Symbol
Min
MCC
Micro Commercial Components
Typ
Max
Unit
TM
OFF CHARACTERISTICS
Collector Cut-off Current
(VCB = –70 V, IE = 0)
Collector – Emitter Breakdown Voltage
(IC = –2.0 mAdc, IB = 0)
BC556
BC557
BC558
V(BR)CBO
BC556
BC557
BC558
V(BR)EBO
BC556
BC557
BC558
–5.0
–5.0
–5.0
—
—
—
—
—
—
–80
–50
–30
—
—
—
—
—
—
V
I
CBO
V(BR)CEO
–65
–45
–30
—
—
—
—
—
—
V
—
—
-100
nA
V
Collector – Base Breakdown Voltage
(IC = –100
µAdc)
Emitter – Base Breakdown Voltage
(IE = –100 Adc, IC = 0)
ON CHARACTERISTICS
DC Current Gain
(IC = –10
µAdc,
VCE = –5.0 V)
hFE
BC557A
BC556B/557B/558B
BC557C
BC556
BC557
BC558
BC557A
BC556B/557B/558B
BC557C
BC557A
BC556B/557B/558B
BC557C
VCE(sat)
—
VBE(sat)
—
VBE(on)
–0.55
—
–0.62
–0.7
–0.7
–0.82
—
–1.0
V
---
–0.3
V
—
—
—
120
120
120
120
180
420
—
—
—
90
150
270
—
—
—
170
290
500
120
180
300
—
—
—
500
800
800
220
460
800
—
—
—
V
—
(IC = –2.0 mAdc, VCE = –5.0 V)
(IC = –100 mAdc, VCE = –5.0 V)
Collector – Emitter Saturation Voltage
(IC = –100mAdc, IB = –5.0 mAdc)
Base – Emitter Saturation Voltage
(IC = –100 mAdc, IB = –5.0mAdc)
Base–Emitter On Voltage
(IC = –2.0 mAdc, VCE = –5.0 Vdc)
(IC = –10 mAdc, VCE = –5.0 Vdc)
SMALL–SIGNAL CHARACTERISTICS
Current – Gain — Bandwidth Product
(IC = –10 mA, VCE = –5.0 V, f = 100 MHz)
fT
BC556
BC557
BC558
Cob
150
150
150
—
280
320
360
3.0
—
—
—
6.0
pF
MHz
Output Capacitance
(VCB = –10 V, IC = 0, f = 1.0 MHz)
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