Description
TIP142 is an NPN darlington transistor which means that it contains two transistors in a single package which are connected in a special way (which can be seen in the diagram in the following image) to increase the gain of the transistor many times.
Features
- Material of Transistor: Si
- Polarity: NPN
- Maximum Collector Power Dissipation (Pc): 125 W
- Maximum Collector-Base Voltage |Vcb|: 100 V
- Maximum Collector-Emitter Voltage |Vce|: 100 V
- Maximum Emitter-Base Voltage |Veb|: 5 V
- Maximum Collector Current |Ic max|: 10 A
- Max. Operating Junction Temperature (Tj): 150 °C
- Forward Current Transfer Ratio (hFE), MIN: 500
- Package: TO-220
Application
- Audio amplifiers
- Motor Drivers
- Drive load of up to 10A
- And many other general purpose applications
This transistor can be used wide variety of switching and amplification applications. It can be used for build high power audio amplifier or in the driving stages of audio amplifier. It can also be used as a switch and capable to drive load of upto 10A. With 10A load driving capability it can drive wide variety of loads such as motors, relays, high power transistors etc.
Package includes: 1×TIP142T Darlington Transistor NPN 100V 125W 10A TO-220 TIP142
Find datasheet here.