TIP41A TIP42A COMPLEMENTARY SILICON POWER TRANSISTOR Features ■ COMPLEMENTARY PNP-NPN DEVICES ■ NEW ENHANCED SERIES ■ HIGH SWITCHING SPEED ■ hFE IMPROVED LINEARITY Applications 3 2 1 ■ GENERAL PURPOSE CIRCUITS TO-220 ■ AUDIO AMPLIFIER ■ POWER LINEAR AND SWITCHING DescriptionInternal Schematic Diagram The TIP41A is a silicon base island technology NPN power transistor Jedec TO-220 plastic package with improved performances than the industry standard TIP41A that make this device suitable for audio, power linear and switching applications. The complementary PNP type is TIP42A. Order CodesPart NumberMarkingPackagePacking TIP41A TIP41A TO-220 TUBE TIP42A TIP42A TO-220 TUBE rev.1 October 2005 1/10 www.st.com 10 Document Outline 1 Absolute Maximum Ratings Table 1. Absolute Maximum Ratings 2 Electrical Characteristics Table 2. Electrical Characteristics 2.1 Typical Characteristic Figure 1. DC Current Gain (NPN) Figure 2. DC Current Gain (PNP) Figure 3. DC Current Gain (NPN) Figure 4. DC Current Gain (PNP) Figure 5. Collector-Emitter Saturation Voltage (NPN) Figure 6. Collector-Emitter Saturation Voltage (PNP) Figure 7. Base-Emitter Saturation Voltage (NPN) Figure 8. Base-Emitter Saturation Voltage (PNP) Figure 9. BT(ON) Time (NPN) Figure 10. BT(ON) Time (PNP) Figure 11. Resistive Load Switching Time (NPN) Figure 12. Resistive Load Switching Time (PNP) Figure 13. Resistive Load Switching Time (NPN) Figure 14. Resistive Load Switching Time (PNP) Figure 15. Collector-Base and Collector- Emitter Capacitance (NPN) Figure 16. Collector-Base and Collector- Emitter Capacitance (PNP) 3 Package Mechanical Data 4 Revision History