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V1.0

18/12/19

Darlington Transistors

Newark.com/multicomp-pro

Farnell.com/multicomp-pro

Element14.com/multicomp-pro

Electrical Characteristics (Tc = 25°C unless otherwise noted)

Characteristic

Symbol

Minimum

Maximum

Unit

Off Characteristics

Collector-Emitter Breakdown Voltage (1)

(IC = 30 mA, IB = 0)

TIP120, TIP125

TIP121, TIP126

TIP122, TIP127

VCEO(SUS)

60

80

100

-

V

Collector Cut off Current

(Vce = 30 V, Ib = 0)

TIP120, TIP125

(Vce = 40 V, Ib = 0)

TIP121, TIP126

(Vce = 50 V, Ib = 0)

TIP122, TIP127

Iceo

-

0.5

0.5

0.5

mA

Collector Cut off Current

(Vce = 60 V, Ib = 0)

TIP120, TIP125

(Vce = 80 V, Ib = 0)

TIP121, TIP126

(Vce = 100 V, Ib = 0)

TIP122, TIP127

Icbo

-

0.2

0.2

0.2

Collector Cut off Current

(Veb = 5V, Ic = 0)

Iebo

-

2

On Characteristics (1)

DC Current Gain

(Ic = 0.5A, Vce = 3V)

(Ic = 3A, Vce = 3V)

hFe

1,000

1,000

-

-

Collector-Emitter Saturation Voltage

(Ic = 3A, Ib = 12mA)

(Ic = 5A, Ib = 20mA)

VCE(sat)

-

2

4

V

Base-Emitter on Voltage

(Ic = 3A, Vce = 3V)

VBE(on)

-

2.5

Dynamic Characteristics

Small-Signal Current Gain

(Ic = 3A, Vce = 4V, f = 1MHz)

hfe

4

-

-

Output Capacitance

(V

cb = 10V, Ie = 0, f = 0.1MHz) TIP120, TIP121, TIP122

TIP125, TIP126, TIP127

Cob

-

300

250

pF

(1) Pulse Test : Pulse width = 300µs, duty cycle ≤2%