TIP41A/41B/41C
TIP42A/42C
COMPLEMENTARY SILICON POWER
TRANSISTORS
■
COMPLEMENTARY PNP - NPN DEVICES
DESCRIPTION
The TIP41A, TIP41B and TIP41C are silicon
Epitaxial-Base NPN power transistors mounted in
Jedec TO-220 plastic package. They are intented
for use in medium power linear and switching
applications.
The TIP41A and TIP41C complementary PNP
types are TIP42A and TIP42C respectively.
INTERNAL SCHEMATIC DIAGRAM
October 1999
ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM RATINGS
Symbol
Parameter
Value
Unit
NPN
TIP41A
TIP41B
TIP41C
PNP
TIP42A
TIP42C
V
CBO
Collector-Base Voltage (I
E
= 0)
60
80
100
V
V
CEO
Collector-Emitter Voltage (I
B
= 0)
60
80
100
V
V
EBO
Emitter-Base Voltage (I
C
= 0)
5
V
I
C
Collector Current
6
A
I
CM
Collector Peak Current
10
A
I
B
Base Current
3
A
P
tot
Total Dissipation at T
case
≤
25
o
C
T
amb
≤
25
o
C
65
2
W
W
T
stg
Storage Temperature
-65 to 150
o
C
T
j
Max. Operating Junction Temperature
150
o
C
For PNP types voltage and current values are negative.
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2
3
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THERMAL DATA
R
thj-case
R
thj-amb
Thermal Resistance Junction-case Max
Thermal Resistance Junction-ambient Max
1.92
62.5
o
C/W
o
C/W
ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS (T
case
= 25
o
C unless otherwise specified)
Symbol
Parameter
Test Conditions
Min.
Typ.
Max.
Unit
I
CEO
Collector Cut-off
Current (I
B
= 0)
for TIP41A/42A V
CE
= 30 V
for TIP41B/41C/42C V
CE
= 60 V
0.7
0.7
mA
mA
I
CES
Collector Cut-off
Current (V
BE
= 0)
for TIP41A/42A V
CE
= 60 V
for TIP41B V
CE
= 80 V
for TIP41C/42C V
CE
= 100 V
0.4
0.4
0.4
mA
mA
mA
I
EBO
Emitter Cut-off Current
(I
C
= 0)
V
EB
= 5 V
1
mA
V
CEO(sus)
* Collector-Emitter
Sustaining Voltage
(I
B
= 0)
I
C
= 30 mA
for TIP41A/42A
for TIP41B
for TIP41C/42C
60
80
100
V
V
V
V
CE(sat)
*
Collector-Emitter
Saturation Voltage
I
C
= 6 A I
B
= 0.6 A
1.5
V
V
BE(on )
*
Base-Emitter Voltage
I
C
= 6 A V
CE
= 4 V
2
V
h
FE
*
DC Current Gain
I
C
= 0.3 A V
CE
= 4 V
I
C
= 3 A V
CE
= 4 V
30
15
75
h
fe
Small Signal Current
Gain
I
C
= 0.5 A V
CE
= 10 V f = 1 KHz
I
C
= 0.5 A V
CE
= 10 V f = 1 MHz
20
3
∗
Pulsed: Pulse duration = 300
µ
s, duty cycle
≤
2 %
For PNP types voltage and current values are negative.
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DIM.
mm
inch
MIN.
TYP.
MAX.
MIN.
TYP.
MAX.
A
4.40
4.60
0.173
0.181
C
1.23
1.32
0.048
0.051
D
2.40
2.72
0.094
0.107
D1
1.27
0.050
E
0.49
0.70
0.019
0.027
F
0.61
0.88
0.024
0.034
F1
1.14
1.70
0.044
0.067
F2
1.14
1.70
0.044
0.067
G
4.95
5.15
0.194
0.203
G1
2.4
2.7
0.094
0.106
H2
10.0
10.40
0.393
0.409
L2
16.4
0.645
L4
13.0
14.0
0.511
0.551
L5
2.65
2.95
0.104
0.116
L6
15.25
15.75
0.600
0.620
L7
6.2
6.6
0.244
0.260
L9
3.5
3.93
0.137
0.154
DIA.
3.75
3.85
0.147
0.151
P011C
TO-220 MECHANICAL DATA
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