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STN790A
Medium current, high performance, low voltage PNP transistor
Features
■ Very low collector to emitter saturation voltage ■ DC current gain, hFE >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.
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Figure 1. Internal schematic diagram
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