
■ SGS-THOMSONPREFERRED SALESTYPE
■ NPNTRANSISTOR
APPLICATION
■ GENERALPURPOSESWITCHING
DESCRIPTION
The BD179 is a silicon epitaxial planar NPN
transistor in Jedec SOT-32 plastic package,
designed for medium power linear and switching
applications.
BD179
NPN SILICON TRANSISTOR
1
2
3
SOT-32
INTERNAL SCHEMATIC DIAGRAM
ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM RATINGS
Symb o l Parameter Val u e Uni t
V
V
V
P
T
Collect or- B as e Volt age (IE=0) 80 V
CBO
Collector-Emitter Voltage ( IB=0) 80 V
CEO
Emitter-Base Voltage ( IC=0) 5 V
EBO
Collect or Current 3 A
I
C
Base Current 7 A
I
B
Tot al Dissipa t ion at Tc≤ 25oC30W
tot
Storage Temperature -65 t o 1 50
stg
Max. O perating Junct i on Temperat ure 150
T
j
o
C
o
C
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THERMAL DATA
R
thj-case
Ther mal Resistance Junct io n-c ase Max 4.16
o
C/W
ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS (T
=25oC unlessotherwisespecified)
case
Symbol Parameter Test C ondition s Min. Typ. Max. Unit
I
CBO
I
EBO
V
CEO(sus)
Collector Cut -off
Current (I
E
=0)
Emit ter Cut -off Curr ent
=0)
(I
C
∗ Co llec tor-Emitter
V
=80V 100 µA
CB
V
=5V 1 mA
EB
IC=100mA 80 V
Sust aining Volt ag e
V
CE(sat)
∗ Collector-Emitter
IC=1A IB= 0.1 A 0.8 V
Saturation Voltage
∗ Base-Emitt er V oltage IC=1A VCE=2V 1.3 V
V
BE
h
∗ DC Current Gain IC=150mA VCE=2V
FE
h
f
∗
Pulsed: Pulse duration = 300 µs, duty cycle 1.5 %
hFEGroups IC=150mA VCE= 2 V group 16 100 250
FE
Tr ansition Frequency IC=250mA VCE=10V 3 MHz
T
=1A VCE=2V
I
C
40
15
Safe Operating Area DeratingCurves
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DCCurrent Gain
Base-EmitterSaturation Voltage
Collector-EmitterSaturationVoltage
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SOT-32(TO-126)MECHANICAL DATA
DIM.
MIN. TYP. MAX. MIN. TYP. MAX.
A 7.4 7.8 0.291 0.307
B 10.5 10.8 0.413 0.445
b 0.7 0.9 0.028 0.035
b1 0.49 0.75 0.019 0.030
C 2.4 2.7 0.040 0.106
c1 1.0 1.3 0.039 0.050
D 15.4 16.0 0.606 0.629
e 2.2 0.087
e3 4.15 4.65 0.163 0.183
F 3.8 0.150
G 3 3.2 0.118 0.126
H 2.54 0.100
H2 2.15 0.084
mm inch
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BD179
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