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Revision Date: 1/5/2012
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Electrical Characteristics -con’t
ON Characteristics (3) Symbol Minimum Maximum Unit
Forward Current Transfer Ratio
IC= 1.0 Adc, VCE = 2.0 Vdc 50 150
IC= 3.0 Adc, VCE = 2.0 Vdc HFE 30 120
IC= 5.0 Adc, VCE = 2.0 Vdc 10 - - -
IC= 10.0 Adc, VCE = 4.0 Vdc 5 - - -
Collector - Emitter Saturation Voltage
IC= 5.0 Adc, IB = 0.5 Adc VCE(sat) - - - 1.0 Vdc
IC= 10.0 Adc, IB= 2.0 Adc - - - 2.5
Base - Emitter Saturation Voltage
IC= 5.0 Adc, IB= 0.5 Adc VBE(sat) - - - 1.5 Vdc
IC= 10.0 Adc, IB= 2.0 Adc 3.0
DYNAMIC Characteristics
Magnitude of Common Emitter Small-Signal Short-Circuit
Forward Current Transfer Ratio
IC = 0.5 A, VCE = 10.0 Vdc, f = 1 MHz | hfe | 4 20
Small-Signal Short-Circuit Forward Current Transfer Ratio
IC= 0.5 Adc, VCE = 10.0 Vdc, f = 1.0 kHz hfe 30 300
Output Capacitance
VCB = 10 Vdc, IE= 0, 100 kHz ≤f ≤1.0 MHz Cobo - - - 500 pF
SAFE OPERATING AREA
DC Tests: TC= +25 °C, 1 Cycle, t = 1.0 s
Test 1: VCE = 15.0 Vdc, IC= 10.0 Adc
Test 2: VCE = 40 Vdc, IC= 3.75 Adc
Test 3: VCE = 55 Vdc, IC= 0.9 mAdc 2N3791
VCE = 65 Vdc, IC= 0.9 mAdc 2N3792
(3) Pulse Test: Pulse Width = 300 μs, Duty Cycle ≤2.0%.
2N3791 & 2N3792