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STN790A
Medium current, high performance, low voltage PNP transistor
Features
■ Very low collector to emitter saturation voltage
■ DC current gain, h
FE
>100
■ 3 A continuous collector current
■ 40 V breakdown voltage V
(BR)CER
■
SOT-223 plastic package for surface mounting
circuits in tape and reel packing
Applications
■ Power management in portable equipment
■ Voltage regulation in bias supply circuits
■ Switching regulator in battery charger
applications
■ Heavy load driver
Description
The device in manufactured in low voltage PNP
planar technology by using a “Base Island” layout.
The resulting transistor shows exceptional high
gain performance coupled with very low
saturation voltage.
Figure 1. Internal schematic diagram
SOT-223
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Table 1. Device summary
Order code Marking Package Packaging
STN790A N790A SOT-223 Tape and reel
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