BC141-16GENERAL PURPOSE TRANSISTORDESCRIPTION The BC141-16 is a silicon Planar Epitaxial NPNtransistor in Jedec TO-39 metal case. It isparticularly designed for audio amplifiers andswitching application up to 1A. The complementary PNP type is the BC161-16.TO-39INTERNAL SCHEMATIC DIAGRAMABSOLUTE MAXIMUM RATINGSSymbol Parameter Value UnitVCBO Collector-Base Voltage (IE

DISCRETE SEMICONDUCTORSDATA SHEETM3D110BC140; BC141NPN medium power transistorsProduct specification 1997 May 12Supersedes data of September 1994File under Discrete Semiconductors, SC04Philips Semiconductors Product specificationNPN medium power transistors BC140; BC141FEATURES PINNING High current (max. 1 A)PIN DESCRIPTION Low voltage (max. 60 V).1 emitter2

DISCRETE SEMICONDUCTORSDATA SHEETM3D110BC140; BC141NPN medium power transistorsProduct specification 1997 May 12Supersedes data of September 1994File under Discrete Semiconductors, SC04Philips Semiconductors Product specificationNPN medium power transistors BC140; BC141FEATURES PINNING High current (max. 1 A)PIN DESCRIPTION Low voltage (max. 60 V).1 emitter2

BC140BC141GENERAL PURPOSE TRANSISTORSDESCRIPTIONThe BC140 and BC141 are silicon planar epitaxialNPN transistors in TO-39 metal case. They are par-ticularly designed for audio amplifiers and switchingapplications up to 1 A. The complementary PNPtypes are the BC160 and BC161.TO-39INTERNAL SCHEMATIC DIAGRAMABSOLUTE MAXIMUM RATINGSValueSymbol ParameterBC140 BC141 UnitV