Description
The BC556 is a general-purpose transistor mainly employed in switching and AF (audio frequency) amplifier applications. It can be used as a preamplifier or in preamplifier stages, as an audio amplifier or in audio amplifier stages, or in any other type of general signal amplification application.
Characteristics of BC556 Transistor
- Type: PNP
- Collector-Emitter Voltage, max: -65 V
- Collector-Base Voltage, max: -80 V
- Emitter-Base Voltage, max: -5 V
- Collector Current − Continuous, max: -0.1 A
- Collector Dissipation: 0.5 W
- DC Current Gain (hfe): 110 to 800
- Transition Frequency, min: 150 MHz
- Noise Figure, max: 2 dB
- Operating and Storage Junction Temperature Range: -65 to +150 °C
- Package: TO-92
Complementary NPN transistor
The complementary NPN transistor to the BC556 is the BC546.
