BC557
The BC557 is a PNP bipolar junction transistor (BJT).
It was designed as a general purpose transistor
for small signal circuits.
A BC557 transistor.
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Circuit symbol PNP transistor.
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Description |
Value |
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Type |
PNP-BJT |
| VCE |
Max. collector-emitter voltage |
-45 V |
| IC |
Max. collector current |
-100 mA |
| hFE, β |
Gain |
110 - 800 |
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Casing |
TO92 |
Technical data of a BC557
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Applications...
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Datasheet
Example datasheet (PDF)
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Notes...
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In your experiments, you can also use the
BC556, BC558, BC559 or BC560.
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The complementary PNP transistor is the BC547.
You find a detailed description of how to connect the transistor in the topic
"Transistor".
