©2001 Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation

Rev. A1, June 2001

TI

P120/

121/

122

NPN Epitaxial Darlington Transistor

Absolute Maximum Ratings

T

C

=25

°

C unless otherwise noted

Electrical Characteristics

T

C

=25

°

C unless otherwise noted

* Pulse Test : PW

≤

300

µ

s, Duty cycle

≤

2%

Symbol

Parameter

Value

Units

V

CBO

Collector-Base Voltage : TIP120

: TIP121
: TIP122

60
80

100

V
V
V

V

CEO

Collector-Emitter Voltage : TIP120

: TIP121
: TIP122

60
80

100

V
V
V

V

EBO

Emitter-Base Voltage

5

V

I

C

Collector Current (DC)

5

A

I

CP

Collector Current (Pulse)

8

A

I

B

Base Current (DC)

120

mA

P

C

Collector Dissipation (T

a

=25

°

C)

2

W

Collector Dissipation (T

C

=25

°

C)

65

W

T

J

Junction Temperature

150

°

C

T

STG

Storage Temperature

- 65 ~ 150

°

C

Symbol

Parameter

Test Condition

Min.

Max.

Units

V

CEO

(sus)

Collector-Emitter Sustaining Voltage

: TIP120
: TIP121
: TIP122

I

C

= 100mA, I

B

= 0

60
80

100

V
V
V

I

CEO

Collector Cut-off Current

: TIP120
: TIP121
: TIP122

V

CE

= 30V, I

B

= 0

V

CE

= 40V, I

B

= 0

V

CE

= 50V, I

B

= 0

0.5
0.5
0.5

mA
mA
mA

I

CBO

Collector Cut-off Current

: TIP120
: TIP121
: TIP122

V

CB

= 60V, I

E

= 0

V

CB

= 80V, I

E

= 0

V

CB

= 100V, I

E

= 0

0.2
0.2
0.2

mA
mA
mA

I

EBO

Emitter Cut-off Current

V

BE

= 5V, I

C

= 0

2

mA

h

FE

* DC Current Gain

V

CE

= 3V,I

C

= 0.5A

V

CE

= 3V, I

C

= 3A

1000
1000

V

CE

(sat)

* Collector-Emitter Saturation Voltage

I

C

= 3A, I

B

= 12mA

I

C

= 5A, I

B

= 20mA

2.0
4.0

V
V

V

BE

(on)

* Base-Emitter ON Voltage

V

CE

= 3V, I

C

= 3A

2.5

V

C

ob

Output Capacitance

V

CB

= 10V, I

E

= 0, f = 0.1MHz

200

pF

TIP120/121/122

Medium Power Linear Switching Applications

• Complementary to TIP125/126/127

Equivalent Circuit

B

E

C

R1

R2

R1

8

k

Ω

≅

R2

0.12

k

Ω

≅

1.Base 2.Collector 3.Emitter

1

TO-220

©2001 Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation

TI

P120/

121/

122

Rev. A1, June 2001

Typical characteristics

Figure 1. DC current Gain

Figure 2. Base-Emitter Saturation Voltage

Collector-Emitter Saturation Voltage

Figure 3. Output and Input Capacitance

vs. Reverse Voltage

Figure 4. Safe Operating Area

Figure 5. Power Derating

0.1

1

10

100

1000

10000

V

CE

= 4V

h

FE

, DC

CURRENT

G

A

IN

I

C

[A], COLLECTOR CURRENT

0.1

1

10

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

3.0

3.5

I

C

= 250I

B

V

CE

(sat)

V

BE

(sat)

V

BE

(s

a

t),

V

CE

(s

a

t)

[V]

, SA

TURATI

O

N

VO

L

T

AG

E

I

C

[A], COLLECTOR CURRENT

0.1

1

10

100

10

100

1000

C

ob

f=0.1MHz

V

CB

[V], COLLECTOR-BASE VOLTAGE

V

EB

[V], EMITTER-BASE VOLTAGE

C

ob

[p

F

] C

ib

[p

F

], C

A

P

A

CI

T

A

NC

E

C

ib

1

10

100

0.01

0.1

1

10

TIP121

TIP122

TIP120

DC

5m

s

10

0us

50

0us

1m

s

I

C

[A

],

CO

L

L

E

C

T

O

R

CURRE

NT

V

CE

[V], COLLECTOR-EMITTER VOLTAGE

0

25

50

75

100

125

150

175

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

P

C

[W

], P

O

W

E

R

D

IS

S

IP

A

T

IO

N

T

C

[

o

C], CASE TEMPERATURE

Package Demensions

©2001 Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation

Rev. A1, June 2001

TI

P120/

121/

122

Dimensions in Millimeters

4.50

±

0.20

9.90

±

0.20

1.52

±

0.10

0.80

±

0.10

2.40

±

0.20

10.00

±

0.20

1.27

±

0.10

ø3.60

±

0.10

(8.70)

2.80

±

0.10

15.90

±

0.20

10.08

±

0.30

18.95MAX.

(1.70)

(3.70)

(3.00)

(1.46)

(1.00)

(45

°

)

9.20

±

0.20

13.08

±

0.20

1.30

±

0.10

1.30

+0.10
–0.05

0.50

+0.10
–0.05

2.54TYP

[2.54

±

0.20

]

2.54TYP

[2.54

±

0.20

]

TO-220

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