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STN878
Medium current, high performance, low voltage NPN transistor
Features

Very low Collector to Emitter saturation voltage D.C. Current gain, hFE >100 5A continuous collector current SOT-223 plastic package for surface mounting circuits Available in tape & reel packing
SOT-223

Applications

Power management in portable equipment Voltage regulation in bias supply circuits Switching regulator in battery charger applications Heavy load driver Figure 1. Internal schematic diagram

Description
The device is manufactured in low voltage PNP planar technology with "base island" layout. the resulting transistor shows exceptional high gain performance coupled with very low saturation voltage.

Table 1.

Device summary
Marking N878 Package SOT-223 Packaging Tape & reel

Order code STN878

August 2007

Rev 1

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