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