PN2222, PN2222A
General Purpose
Transistors
NPN Silicon
PN2222, PN2222A
ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS (T = 25C unless otherwise noted)
A
Characteristic Symbol Min Max Unit
OFF CHARACTERISTICS
Collector Emitter Breakdown Voltage PN2222 V 30 Vdc
(BR)CEO
(I = 10 mAdc, I = 0) PN2222A 40
C B
Collector Base Breakdown Voltage PN2222 V 60 Vdc
(BR)CBO
(I = 10 Adc, I = 0) PN2222A 75
C E
Emitter Base Breakdown Voltage PN2222 V 5.0 Vdc
(BR)EBO
(I = 10 Adc, I = 0) PN2222A 6.0
E C
Collector Cutoff Current I nAdc
CEX
(V = 60 Vdc, V = 3.0 Vdc) PN2222A 10
CE EB(off)
Collector Cutoff Current I
Adc
CBO
(V = 50 Vdc, I = 0) PN2222 0.01
CB E
(V = 60 Vdc, I = 0) PN2222A 0.01
CB E
(V = 50 Vdc, I = 0, T = 125C) PN2222 10
CB E A
(V = 50 Vdc, I = 0, T = 125C) PN2222A 10
CB E A
Emitter Cutoff Current I nAdc
EBO
(V = 3.0 Vdc, I = 0) PN2222A 100
EB C
Base Cutoff Current I nAdc
BL
(V = 60 Vdc, V = 3.0 Vdc) PN2222A 20
CE EB(off)
ON CHARACTERISTICS
DC Current Gain h
FE
(I = 0.1 mAdc, V = 10 Vdc) 35
C CE
(I = 1.0 mAdc, V = 10 Vdc) 50
C CE
(I = 10 mAdc, V = 10 Vdc) 75
C CE
(I = 10 mAdc, V = 10 Vdc, T = 55C) PN2222A only 35
C CE A
(I = 150 mAdc, V = 10 Vdc) (Note 1) 100 300
C CE
(I = 150 mAdc, V = 1.0 Vdc) (Note 1) 50
C CE
(I = 500 mAdc, V = 10 Vdc) (Note 1) PN2222 30
C CE
PN2222A 40
Collector Emitter Saturation Voltage (Note 1) V Vdc
CE(sat)
(I = 150 mAdc, I = 15 mAdc) PN2222 0.4
C B
PN2222A 0.3
(I = 500 mAdc, I = 50 mAdc) PN2222 1.6
C B
PN2222A 1.0
Base Emitter Saturation Voltage (Note 1) V Vdc
BE(sat)
(I = 150 mAdc, I = 15 mAdc) PN2222 1.3
C B
PN2222A 0.6 1.2
(I = 500 mAdc, I = 50 mAdc) PN2222 2.6
C B
PN2222A 2.0
SMALLSIGNAL CHARACTERISTICS
Current Gain Bandwidth Product (Note 2) f MHz
T
(I = 20 mAdc, V = 20 Vdc, f = 100 MHz) PN2222 250
C CE
PN2222A 300
Output Capacitance C pF
obo
(V = 10 Vdc, I = 0, f = 1.0 MHz) 8.0
CB E
Input Capacitance C pF
ibo
(V = 0.5 Vdc, I = 0, f = 1.0 MHz) PN2222 30
EB C
PN2222A 25
Input Impedance h k
ie
(I = 1.0 mAdc, V = 10 Vdc, f = 1.0 kHz) PN2222A 2.0 8.0
C CE
(I = 10 mAdc, V = 10 Vdc, f = 1.0 kHz) PN2222A 0.25 1.25
C CE
4
Voltage Feedback Ratio h X 10
re
(I = 1.0 mAdc, V = 10 Vdc, f = 1.0 kHz) PN2222A 8.0
C CE
(I = 10 mAdc, V = 10 Vdc, f = 1.0 kHz) PN2222A 4.0
C CE
SmallSignal Current Gain h
fe
(I = 1.0 mAdc, V = 10 Vdc, f = 1.0 kHz) PN2222A 50 300
C CE
(I = 10 mAdc, V = 10 Vdc, f = 1.0 kHz) PN2222A 75 375
C CE
1. Pulse Test: Pulse Width 300 s, Duty Cycle 2.0%.
2. f is defined as the frequency at which |h | extrapolates to unity.
T fe