Silicon Transistor
NE97833 / 2SA1978
PNP EPITAXIAL SILICON TRANSISTOR
MICROWAVE AMPLIFIER
Document No. P11028EJ1V0DS00 (1st edition)
Date Published April 1996 P
DATA SHEET
FEATURES PACKAGE DIMENSIONS
•High fT(in milimeters)
fT = 5.5 GHz TYP.
•| S21e | 2 = 10.0 dB TYP. @f = 1.0 GHz, VCE = −10 V, IC = −15 mA
•High speed switching characteristics
•Equivalent NPN transistor is the NE02133 / 2SC2351.
•Alternative of the 2SA1424.
ABSOLUTE MAX IMUM RATINGS (TA = 25 °
°°
°C)
Parameter Symbol Rating Unit
Collector to Base Voltage VCB0 −20 V
Collector to Emitter Voltage VCE0 −12 V
Emitter to Base Voltage VEB0 −3.0 V
Collector Current IC−50 mA
Total Power Dissipation PT200 mW
Junct i on Temperature Ti150 °C
Storage Temperature Tstg −65 to +150 °C
ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS (TA = 25 °
°°
°C)
Parameter Symbol Test Condit i ons MIN. TYP. MAX. Unit
Collector Cutoff Current ICB0 VCB = −10 V −0.1 µA
Emitter Cutoff Current IEB0 VEB = −2 V −0.1 µA
DC Current Gain hFE VCE = −10 V, IC = −15 mA 20 40 100
Gain Bandwidth Produc t fTVCE = −10 V, IC = −15 mA 4.0 5.5 GHz
Collect or Capacitance Cre*VCB = −10 V , IE = 0, f = 1 MHz 0.5 1 pF
Insert i on Power Gain | S21e | 2VCE = −10 V, IC = −15 mA, f = 1.0 GHz 8.0 10.0 dB
Noise Figure NF VCE = −10 V, IC = −3.0 mA, f = 1 GHz 2.0 3 dB
* Mesured by a 3-terminal bridge. Emitter and Case should be connected to the guard terminal.
hFE Classification
Rank FB
Marking T93
hFE 20 to 100
2.8+0.2
_
1.5 0.65
+0.1
–0.15
2
13
2.9+0.2
_
0.950.95 0.4
+0.1
–0.05
0.4
+0.1
–0.05
Marking
0.16
+0.1
–0.06
0.3
1.1 to 1.4
0 to 0.1
PIN CONNECTIONS
1: Emitter
2: Base
3: Collector Marking: T93
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SWITCHING CHARACTERISTICS
Vin = 1 V
TYP
Turn-on Delay Time ton (delay) 1.10 ns
Rise Time tr0.77 ns
Turn off Delay Time toff (delay) 0.40 ns
Fall Time tf0.79 ns
SWITCHING TIME MEASUREMENT CIRCUIT
V
CC
( – )
R
C1
R
C2
R
L1
V
OUT
R
L2
V
SS
( – )
50 Ω
R
E
V
EE
( + )
R
S
Sampling
Oscilloscope
V
in
V
OUT
20 ns
t
r
t
f
t
off (delay)
t
on (delay)
V
in
Vin = 1 V, VBB = −0.5 V, RC1 = RC2
RSRCRL1 RL2 REVEE VCC
(Ω) (Ω) (Ω) (Ω) (Ω) (V) (V)
160 1 k 200250 2.7 k 27 26.3
Parameter SymbolUnit
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TYPICAL CHARACTERISTICS
050 100 200
100
200
TOTAL POWER DISSIPATION
VS.
AMBIENT TEMPERATURE
P
T
- Total Power Dissipation - mV
T
A
- Ambient Temperature - ˚C
150
300
400
I
C -
Collector Current - mA
NF - Noise Figure - dB
V
CE
= 10 V
f = 1 GH
Z
NOISE FIGURE
VS.
COLLECTOR CURRENT
1
0
2
4
6
10 100
–0.01 –1–0.1 –10 –100 –1000
–0.1
–1.0
–10
–0.01 –1–0.1 –10 –100 –1000
–0.1
–1.0
–10
COLLECTOR SATURATION AND BASE TO EMITTER
VOLTAGE
VS.
COLLECTOR CURRENT
I
C -
Collector Current - mAI
C -
Collector Current - mA
V
BE
(ON) - DC Base Voltage - V
V
CE (sat)
- Collector Saturation Voltage - V
V
BE (sat)
- Base Satturation Voltage - V
0
6
14
001011
I
C -
Collector Current - mA
S
21e 2
- Insertion Power Gain - dB
INSERTION GAIN vs. COLLECTOR CURRENT
f = 1 GH
Z
2
4
8
10
12
0
6
14
001011
I
C -
Collector Current - mA
GAIN BANDWIDTH PRODUCT vs.
COLLECTOR CURRENT
f = 1 GH
Z
2
4
8
10
12
f
T
- Gain Bandwidth Product - GH
Z
V
CE
= –10 V
I
C
= 10 · I
B
V
CE
= –1 V
V
CE
= –10 V
V
CE
= –3 V
V
CE
= –1 V
V
CE
= –10 V
V
CE
= –3 V
V
CE
= –1 V
BASE TO EMITTER VOLTAGE vs.
COLLECTOR CURRENT
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1 10 100
0
0.5
1
1.5
2
100
–10
10
20
30
200 300 500 1000 3000
0
f = 1 MHz
INSERTION GAIN vs. FREQUENCY
Cre - Collector Capacitance - pF
VCBO - Collector to Base Voltage - V
|S21e|2- Insertion Power Gain - dB
f - Frequency - MHz
VCE = –10 V
IC = –15 mA
VCE = 1 V
IC = –5 mA
DC CURRENT GAIN vs.
COLLECTOR CURRENT
–0.1
100
10
1
100
10
1
–1 –10 –100 –1000
hFE - DC Current Gain
Ic - Collector Current - mA
VCE = –10 V
–0.1 –1 –10 –100 –1000
Ic - Collector Current - mA
VCE = –3 V
VCE = –2 V
VCE = –1 V
DC CURRENT GAIN vs.
COLLECTOR CURRENT
hFE - DC Current Gain
FEED-BACK CAPACITANCE vs.
COLLECTOR TO BASE VOLTAGE
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S-PARAMETER
3 GHZ
3 GHZ
VCE = –10 V, IC = –15 mA
f = 100 MHZ
f = 100 MHZ
VCE = –1 V, IC = –5 mA
3 GH
Z
V
CE
= –10 V, I
C
= –15 mA
V
CE
= –1 V, I
C
= –5 mA
100 MH
Z
100 MH
Z
3 GH
Z
S22
S11
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S-PARAMETER
(VCE = 1 V, IC = 5 mA, Zo = 50 Ω)
f S11 S21 S12 S22
MHz MAG ANG MAG ANG MAG ANG MAG ANG
100 0.527− 47.1 10.5 149. 0.035970.6 0.881− 21.1
200 0.468− 83.4 8.37 128. 0.058458.7 0.716− 34.2
300 0.427− 109 6.63 114. 0.072953.6 0.586− 40.9
400 0.407− 128 5.36 104. 0.083552.1 0.503− 44.3
500 0.393− 143 4.46 96.6 0.093052.1 0.443− 45.8
600 0.388− 154 3.82 90.2 0.10053.1 0.401− 46.7
700 0.386− 164 3.34 84.9 0.10953.3 0.373− 47.7
800 0.388− 172 2.96 80.1 0.11854.4 0.351− 49.1
900 0.392− 179 2.67 75.8 0.12855.6 0.332− 50.1
1000 0.3941742.43 71.6 0.13756.4 0.319− 51.4
1100 0.3991692.24 68.1 0.14756.9 0.306− 53.2
1200 0.4051632.07 64.6 0.15857.2 0.298− 54.5
1300 0.4101591.93 61.3 0.16857.6 0.289− 57.0
1400 0.4161541.81 58.0 0.17957.7 0.280− 59.3
1500 0.4221501.71 54.9 0.19057.7 0.274− 61.2
1600 0.4311471.62 52.0 0.20157.7 0.267− 64.4
1700 0.4381431.54 49.3 0.21357.5 0.262− 66.7
1800 0.4451401.47 46.6 0.22457.2 0.259− 70.3
1900 0.4511361.41 44.1 0.23656.8 0.252− 73.6
2000 0.4601331.35 41.5 0.24856.3 0.247− 76.3
2100 0.4651301.30 39.2 0.26155.7 0.243− 80.2
2200 0.4731271.26 36.9 0.27355.1 0.239− 84.4
2300 0.4811251.21 34.8 0.28654.3 0.234− 87.2
2400 0.4871221.17 32.5 0.29953.3 0.235− 91.9
2500 0.4931191.14 30.6 0.31252.6 0.230− 95.9
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S-PARAMETER
(VCE = 3 V, IC = 5 mA, Zo = 50 Ω)
f S11 S21 S12 S22
MHz MAG ANG MAG ANG MAG ANG MAG ANG
100 0.558− 37.1 11.0 153. 0.028874.3 915− 16.3
200 0.485− 67.9 9.13 133. 0.046783.0 784− 27.0
300 0.423− 92.5 7.48 119. 0.061158.1 670− 33.0
400 0.381− 111 6.21 109. 0.070356.5 590− 36.0
500 0.353− 127 5.18 101. 0.080156.1 531− 37.4
600 0.339− 140 4.47 95.1 0.088056.7 490− 38.1
700 0.329− 151 3.92 89.9 0.093857.5 461− 33.8
800 0.325− 160 3.48 84.9 0.10457.9 438− 39.8
900 0.325− 169 3.14 80.7 0.11358.7 419− 40.4
1000 0.326− 176 2.87 76.9 0.12259.5 408− 41.6
1100 0.330177 2.64 73.0 0.13160.5 393− 42.8
1200 0.335170 2.44 69.60.14061.2 386− 44.0
1300 0.339165 2.28 66.5 0.15061.3 377− 45.9
1400 0.345160 2.13 63.3 0.16061.9 366− 47.5
1500 0.351155 2.01 60.2 0.17061.9 362− 49.0
1600 0.360151 1.90 57.4 0.18161.8 354− 51.0
1700 0.366147 1.81 54.6 0.19161.8 349− 53.0
1800 0.374143 1.72 52.0 0.20261.7 344− 55.5
1900 0.382140 1.65 49.5 0.21361.3 337− 58.1
2000 0.390137 1.58 47.0 0.22361.0 334− 60.4
2100 0.396133 1.52 44.6 0.23360.4 328− 63.0
2200 0.404130 1.46 42.4 0.24360.2 321− 65.9
2300 0.413127 1.41 40.2 0.25159.4 318− 68.3
2400 0.418125 1.36 38.0 0.27358.9 314− 72.1
2500 0.427122 1.32 35.9 0.25558.2 303− 74.8
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S-PARAMETER
(VCE = 10 V, IC = 5 mA, Zo = 50 Ω)
f S11 S21 S12 S22
MHz MAG ANG MAG ANG MAG ANG MAG ANG
100 0.529− 28.8 11.3 156. 0.023475.4 0.939− 12.8
200 0.548− 53.5 9.70 138. 0.041267.4 0.836− 21.7
300 0.463− 73.9 8.20 124. 0.053062.1 0.739− 27.2
400 0.400− 91.4 6.94 114. 0.062059.7 0.666− 29.9
500 0.349− 106 5.86 106. 0.071258.9 0.608− 31.4
600 0.316− 119 5.09 100. 0.079359.8 0.567− 31.9
700 0.292− 131 4.49 94.6 0.086059.6 0.539− 32.7
800 0.277− 141 4.00 89.7 0.093860.4 0.516− 33.5
900 0.267− 152 3.63 85.4 0.10161.3 0.498− 34.2
1000 0.261− 160 3.31 81.5 0.10961.9 0.485− 35.1
1100 0.259− 169 3.04 77.9 0.11762.8 0.472− 35.9
1200 0.260− 177 2.82 74.5 0.12563.2 0.463− 36.9
1300 0.263176 2.63 71.3 0.13363.9 0.455− 38.4
1400 0.267169 2.46 68.2 0.14364.4 0.448− 39.5
1500 0.272164 2.32 65.3 0.15264.5 0.440− 40.8
1600 0.280159 2.20 62.5 0.16164.6 0.434− 42.5
1700 0.286154 2.09 59.8 0.17164.9 0.428− 44.1
1800 0.293149 1.99 57.3 0.19164.8 0.423− 46.0
1900 0.300145 1.90 54.8 0.19264.4 0.417− 47.8
2000 0.308141 1.82 52.3 0.20164.5 0.413− 49.7
2100 0.315138 1.75 49.9 0.21263.9 0.408− 51.9
2200 0.325134 1.68 47.6 0.22363.8 0.402− 54.3
2300 0.333131 1.63 45.5 0.23563.2 0.397− 56.1
2400 0.341128 1.57 43.3 0.24662.7 0.395− 58.7
2500 0.348125 1.52 41.2 0.25862.1 0.388− 61.0
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S-PARAMETER
(VCE = 10 V, IC = 15 mA, Zo = 50 Ω)
f S11 S21 S12 S22
MHz MAG ANG MAG ANG MAG ANG MAG ANG
100 0.354− 46.6 17.87 147. 0.019074.6 866− 18.3
200 0.290− 81.8 13.45 125. 0.031770.0 708− 26.9
300 0.247− 10710.35 113. 0.042068.4 601− 29.8
400 0.226− 126 8.294104. 0.051868.3 539− 30.5
500 0.215− 141 6.79997.8 0.062669.8 497− 30.2
600 0.210− 154 5.80592.4 0.072070.8 470− 30.1
700 0.208− 164 5.05088.1 0.082071.0 450− 30.2
800 0.211− 172 4.47584.1 0.091970.9 435− 30.6
900 0.215179 4.00880.5 0.10270.9 423− 31.1
1000 0.218172 3.64777.2 0.11270.7 415− 32.2
1100 0.225166 3.34574.2 0.12170.9 405− 32.9
12000.232160 3.08671.1 0.13370.3 400− 34.2
1300 0.237156 2.87168.4 0.14370.2 394− 35.7
1400 0.244151 2.68565.7 0.15369.7 386− 36.8
1500 0.251147 2.53263.2 0.16569.2 381− 38.4
1600 0.261143 2.39260.5 0.17468.7 376− 39.9
1700 0.268140 2.26558.2 0.18568.0 373− 41.6
1800 0.276137 2.15555.7 0.19667.3 366− 43.7
1900 0.284134 2.05953.5 0.20766.5 360− 45.7
2000 0.292131 1.97451.1 0.21965.8 356− 47.5
2100 0.299128 1.89749.0 0.23065.1 350− 49.7
2200 0.308125 1.82646.9 0.24264.2 345− 51.8
2300 0.317123 1.76344.7 0.25263.3 341− 53.8
2400 0.324121 1.69742.7 0.26462.4 337− 56.7
2500 0.332119 1.64640.7 0.27661.5 331− 58.8
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