Identify Transistor (?)

Feb 02, 2007 7 Replies

I'm trying to identify what looks like a transistor in a TO-92 package, painted silver on the flat side and apparently marked:



0T380 W 2n

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This doesn't seem to fit the JEDEC, JIS or Pro-Electron formats; am I out of luck?


-------------------- Alan "A.J." Franzman Email: a.j.franzman [ A T ] verizon [ D O T ] net --------------------

It looks more like the format used for SMT devices actually.

I suspect you'll need to make an informed 'guess' from circuit function what it's likely to be.

Graham

On Fri, 02 Feb 2007 07:46:28 GMT, "Alan 'A.J.' Franzman" put finger to keyboard and composed:

FWIW,

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suggests that it is a Philips part.

- Franc Zabkar

Please remove one 'i' from my address when replying by email.

Philips parts sometimes have that silver on them but invariably IME have ph too.

Graham

Philips OT380 is SOT54 SMD, not TO92 through-hole.

RL

OY! SOT-54 IS a through-hole part.

Sorry for the miss-info.

RL

Yes, and according to

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it's the same as TO-92. Why do we need a new name for it? I'll stick with the old one, thank you very much!

So, what /IS/ a Philips Oscar Tango Three Eight Zero anyway? I just noticed that the board legend for it begins with "D" as in "Diode" - is it perhaps a dual diode?

I find some online suppliers claiming to stock it, but no info.

-------------------- Alan "A.J." Franzman Email: a.j.franzman [ A T ] verizon [ D O T ] net --------------------

I think you're back to the informed guess scenario, if Philips/NXP won't own up to at least a product listing.

It was considered 'standard' enough to process paper for matte-tin pbf-free packages. As you say, brokers seem confident in being able to supply it.

If this is a repair job, why not go through distribution?

Philips made RF strip-line modules at one time, with the OM prefix.

O is a designator generally avoided, to prevent confusion with zero.

RL

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