Active Bias Controller
Characteristics
Supplies stable bias current even at low battery voltage
•
and extreme ambient temperature variation
Low voltage drop of 0.7V
•
Application notes
Stabilizing bias current of NPN transistors and FETs from
•
from less than 0.2mA up to more than 200mA
Ideal supplement for SIEGET and other RF transistors
•
also usable as current source up to 5mA
•
BCR 400R
Type Marking Ordering Code Pin Configuration Package
BCR 400R W4s Q62702-C2479 1
(E
NPN,BNPN,CNPN
GND/E
are electrodes of a stabilized NPN transistor)
NPN
Contr/B
2
NPN
3
V
Rext/C
4
S
SOT-143R
NPN
Maximum Ratings
Parameter Symbol Values Unit
Supply voltage
Control current
Control voltage
Reverse voltage between all terminals
Total power dissipation,
T
S
= 83°C
Junction temperature
Storage temperature
V
S
I
Contr.
V
Contr.
V
R
P
tot
T
j
T
stg
18 V
10 mA
16 V
0.5
330 mW
150 °C
- 65 ... + 150
Thermal Resistance
Junction ambient
Junction - soldering point
1) Package mounted on pcb 40mm x 40mm x 1.5mm / 6cm2 Cu
1)
R
R
thJA
thJS
≤ 280 K/W
≤
190
Semiconductor Group
1 Nov-27-1996
BCR 400R
Electrical Characteristics at
T
=25°C, unless otherwise specified
A
Parameter Symbol Values Unit
min. typ. max.
DC Characteristics
Additional current consumption
V
= 3 V
S
Lowest stabilizing current
V
= 3 V
S
I
0
I
min
µA
- 20 40
mA
- 0.1 -
DC Characteristics with stabilized NPN-Transistors
Lowest sufficient battery voltage
I
(NPN)
B
Voltage drop
I
= 25 mA
C
< 0.5 mA
(V
S
-
V
CE
)
V
V
Smin
drop
V
- 1.6 -
- 0.65 -
Change of
h
> 50
FE
Change of
V
> 3 V
S
Change of
I
versus
C
I
versus
C
I
versus
C
h
V
T
FE
S
A
∆
I
/
I
C
C
∆hFE/hFE
- 0.08 -
∆
I
/
I
C
C
VS/VS
∆
- 0.15 -
∆
I
/
I
C
C
- 0.2 - %/K
Semiconductor Group
2 Nov-27-1996
BCR 400R
Collector current
I
and
h
C
Parameter
10
mA
I
C
10
10
10
refer to stabilized NPN Transistor
FE
R
(Ω)
ext.
3
2
1
0
I
C
= f(
h
FE
)
Collector Current
I
C
= f(
V
)
S
of stabilized NPN Transistor
5.9
67
760
Parameter
10
mA
I
C
10
10
10
R
(Ω)
ext.
3
2.1
2
1
0
5.9
12.4
67
760
4.3k
-1
10
0 50 100 150 200 250 - 350
Voltage drop
1.0
drop
V
0.8
0.7
0.6
V
V
drop
= f(
-1
10
h
FE
I
)
C
Collector current
0 2 4 6 8 V 11
I
= f(
R
C
ext.
)
V
S
of stabilized NPN Transistor
3
10
mA
I
C
10
10
10
2
1
0
0.5
10
-2
10
-1
Semiconductor Group
10
-1
0
10
1
10
2
I
C
mA
10
3
10
10
0
10
1
10
2
10 3 Ohm
R
ext.
3 Nov-27-1996