BC177

BC178-BC179

LOW NOISE GENERAL PURPOSE AUDIO AMPLIFIERS

DESCRIPTION
The BC177, BC178 and BC179 are silicon planar
epitaxial PNP transistors in TO-18 metal case.They
are suitable for use in driver audio stages, low noise
input audio stages and as low power, high gain
general purpose transistors. The complementary
NPN types are respectively the BC107, BC108 and
BC109.

TO-18

INTERNAL SCHEMATIC DIAGRAM

ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM RATINGS

Value
Symbol Parameter Unit
BC177 BC178 BC179
V CES Collector-emitter Voltage (V BE = 0) – 50 – 30 – 25 V
V CEO Collector-emitter Voltage (I B = 0) – 45 – 25 – 20 V
V EBO Emitter-base Voltage (I C = 0) –5 V
IC Collector Current – 100 mA
I CM Collector Peak Current – 200 mA
Pt o t Total Power Dissipation at T amb ≤ 25 °C 300 mW
T st g Storage Temperature – 65 to 175 °C
Tj Junction Temperature 175 °C

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THERMAL DATA
R t h j- cas e Thermal Resistance Junction-case Ma x 200 °C/W
R t h j -amb Thermal Resistance Junction-ambient Ma x 500 °C/W

ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS (T amb = 25 °C unless otherwise specified)

Symbol Parameter Test Conditions Min. Typ. Max. Unit
I CE S Collector Cutoff Current V CE = – 20 V – 1 – 100 nA
(V BE = 0) V CE = – 20 V T amb = 150 °C – 10 µA
V (BR)CE O * Collector-emitter I C = – 2 mA
Breakdown Voltage for BC177 – 45 V
(I B = 0) for BC178 – 25 V
for BC179 – 20 V
V (B R)CES Collector-emitter I C = – 10 µA
Breakdown Voltage for BC177 – 50 V
(V BE = 0) for BC178 – 30 V
for BC179 – 25 V
V (B R)E BO Emitter-base I E = – 10 µA –5 V
Breakdown Voltage
(I C = 0)
V CE( sat )* Collector-emitter I C = – 10 mA I B = – 0.5 mA – 75 – 250 mV
Saturation Voltage I C = – 100 mA I B = – 5 mA – 200 mV
VB E * Base-emitter Voltage I C = – 2 mA V CE = – 5 V – 550 – 640 – 750 mV
V BE (s at ) Base-emitter I C = – 10 mA I B = – 0.5 mA – 720 mV
Saturation Voltage I C = – 100 mA I B = – 5 mA – 860 mV
hfe Small Signal I C = – 2 mA V CE = – 5 V
Current Gain f = 1 kHz
for BC177 Gr. A 125 260
for BC177 Gr. B 240 500
for BC178 Gr. A 125 260
for BC178 Gr. B 240 500
for BC179 Gr. B 240 500
* Pulsed : pulsed duration = 300 µs, duty cycle = 1 %.

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ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS (continued)

Symbol Parameter Test Conditions Min. Typ. Max. Unit
fT Transition Frequency I C = – 10 mA V CE = – 5 V 200 MHz
f = 100 MHz
C CBO Collector-base IE = 0 V CB = – 10 V 5.0 pF
Capacitance
NF Noise Figure I C = – 0.2 mA V CE = – 5 V
R g = 2 kΩ f = 1 kHz
B = 200 Hz
for BC177 2 10 dB
for BC178 2 10 dB
for BC179 1.2 4 dB
h ie Input Impedance I C = – 2 mA V CE = – 5 V
f = 1 kHz
for BC177 Gr. A 2.7 kΩ
for BC177 Gr. B 5.2 kΩ
for BC178 Gr. A 2.7 kΩ
for BC178 Gr. B 5.2 kΩ
for BC179 Gr. B 5.2 kΩ
hre Reverse Voltage Ratio I C = – 2 mA V CE = – 5 V
f = 1 kHz
for BC177 Gr. A 2.7x10– 4
for BC177 Gr. B 4.5x10– 4
for BC178 Gr. A 2.7x10– 4
for BC178 Gr. B 4.5x10– 4
for BC179 Gr. B 4.5x10– 4
hoe Output Admittance I C = – 2 mA V CE = – 5 V
f = 1 kHz
for BC177 Gr. A 25 µS
for BC177 Gr. B 35 µS
for BC178 Gr. A 25 µS
for BC178 Gr. B 35 µS
for BC179 Gr. B 35 µS

DC Transconductance. DC Normalized Current Gain.

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Collector-emitter Saturation Voltage. Normalized h Parameters.

Normalized h Parameters. Collector-base Capacitance.

Transition Frequency. Power Rating Chart.

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TO-18 MECHANICAL DATA

mm inch
DIM.
MIN. TYP. MAX. MIN. TYP. MAX.

A 12.7 0.500

B 0.49 0.019

D 5.3 0.208

E 4.9 0.193

F 5.8 0.228

G 2.54 0.100

H 1.2 0.047

I 1.16 0.045

L 45o 45o

D A
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