The 2N3906 is a commonly used
PNP bipolar junction transistor
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intended for general purpose low-power
amplifying or switching applications.
It is designed for low
electric current
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and
power
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and medium
voltage
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, and can operate at moderately high speeds. It is complementary to the
2N3904
The 2N3904 is a common NPN bipolar junction transistor used for general-purpose low-power amplifying or switching applications. It is designed for low current and power, medium voltage, and can operate at moderately high speeds. It is comple ...
NPN transistor
A bipolar junction transistor (BJT) is a type of transistor that uses both electrons and electron holes as charge carriers. In contrast, a unipolar transistor, such as a field-effect transistor (FET), uses only one kind of charge carrier. A ...
.
Both types were registered by
Motorola Semiconductor in the mid-1960s.
Device packaging and specifications
The 2N3906 is manufactured in a plastic
TO-92
The TO-92 is a widely used style of semiconductor package mainly used for transistors. The case is often made of epoxy or plastic, and offers compact size at a very low cost.
History and origin
The JEDEC TO-92 descriptor is derived from the ori ...
case. When looking at the flat side with the leads pointed downward, the three leads emerging from the case are, from left to right, the emitter, base, and collector leads.
The 2N3906 is specified by a collector current of 200
mA, collector-base and collector-emitter voltages of 40
V, for power dissipation of 300
mW. Its
transition frequency Ft is 250
MHz
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, with a
beta
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of at least 100.
Part numbers
The 2N3904 (NPN) and 2N3906 (PNP) are complementary transistor pairs. These transistors are available in package styles TO-92, SOT23, SOT223 with different prefixes.
See also
*
2N2222
The 2N2222 is a common NPN bipolar junction transistor (BJT) used for general purpose low-power amplifying or switching applications. It is designed for low to medium current, low power, medium voltage, and can operate at moderately high sp ...
,
2N2907
*
2N3055
The 2N3055 is a silicon NPN power transistor intended for general purpose applications. It was introduced in the early 1960s by RCA using a hometaxial power transistor process, transitioned to an epitaxial base in the mid-1970s. Its numbering ...
*
BC108
*
BC548
*
KT315
The KT315 is a Soviet silicon NPN bipolar junction transistor used for general-purpose low-power amplifying or switching applications, enclosed in the plastic KT-13 package. It was widely used in Soviet electronic equipment.
The KT361 is a c ...
References
Further reading
;Historical Databooks
''Semiconductor Data Book'' 1536 pages, 1966, Motorola.
''Small-Signal Transistor Data Book'' 1354 pages, 1983, Motorola.
''Small-Signal Transistor Data Book'' 1386 pages, 1984, Motorola.
''Transistor and Diode Data Book'' 1258 pages, 1973, Texas Instruments.
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