STN790A

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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
1
2
4
3
Table 1. Device summary
Order code Marking Package Packaging
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Electrical ratings STN790A
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1 Electrical ratings
Table 2. Absolute maximum rating
Symbol Parameter Value Unit
V
CBO
Collector-base voltage (I
E
= 0) -40 V
V
CER
Collector-emitter voltage (R
BE
= 47 Ω)
-40 V
V
CEO
Collector-emitter voltage (I
B
= 0) -30 V
V
EBO
Emitter-base voltage (I
C
= 0) -5 V
I
C
Collector current -3 A
I
CM
Collector peak current (t
P
< 5 ms) -6 A
P
tot
Total dissipation at T
amb
= 25 °C 1.6 W
T
stg
Storage temperature -65 to 150 °C
T
J
Max. operating junction temperature 150 °C
Table 3. Thermal data
Symbol Parameter Value Unit
R
thj-amb
Thermal resistance junction-ambient
(1)
__max
1. Device mounted on PCB area of 1 cm
2
.
78 °C/W
STN790A Electrical characteristics
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2 Electrical characteristics
(T
case
= 25 °C unless otherwise specified)
Table 4. Electrical characteristics
Symbol Parameter Test conditions Min. Typ. Max. Unit
I
CBO
Collector cut-off current
(I
E
= 0)
V
CB
= -30 V
V
CB
= -30 V; T
C
= 100 °C
-10
-100
µA
µA
I
EBO
Emitter cut-off current
(I
C
= 0)
V
EB
= -4 V
-10 µA
V
(BR)CEO
(1)
Collector-emitter
breakdown voltage
(I
B
= 0)
I
C
= -10 mA
-30 V
V
(BR)CER
(1)
Collector-emitter
breakdown voltage
(R
BE
= 47 Ω)
I
C
= -10 mA
-40 V
V
(BR)CBO
Collector-base
breakdown voltage
(I
E
= 0)
I
C
= -100 µA
-40 V
V
(BR)EBO
Emitter-base breakdown
voltage (I
C
= 0)
I
E
= -100 µA
-5 V
V
CE(sat)
(1)
Collector-emitter
saturation voltage
I
C
= -0.5 A I
B
= -5 mA
I
C
= -1.2 A I
B
= -20 mA
I
C
= -2 A I
B
= -20 mA
I
C
= -3 A I
B
= -100 mA
I
C
= -3 A I
B
= -100 mA
T
J
= 100 °C
-0.15
-0.25
-0.5
-0.7
-0.9
V
V
V
V
V
V
BE(sat)
(1)
Base-emitter saturation
voltage
I
C
= -1 A I
B
= -10 mA
-0.8 -1 V
V
BE(on)
(1)
Base-emitter on voltage
I
C
= -1 A V
CE
= -2 V
-0.8 -1 V
h
FE
(1)
DC current gain
I
C
= -10 mA V
CE
= -2 V
I
C
= -500 mA V
CE
= -2 V
I
C
= -1 A V
CE
= -2 V
I
C
= -2 A V
CE
= -1 V
I
C
= -3 A V
CE
= -1 V
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STN790A

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Manufacturer:
STMicroelectronics
Description:
Bipolar Transistors - BJT POWER MOSFET
Lifecycle:
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