Transistors

Additional Information

Our transistor lineup includes BJT Darlington, BJT general purpose and FET–MOSFET transistor products. We offer thousands of options to meet your requirements in terms of package, maximum current, thermal regulation, maximum voltage, and other key parameters.

Arrow´s transistor product offerings include both N channel (PNP) and P channel configurations (NPN), reduced package sizes, and transistors with smaller operating voltages for less power consumption and extended battery life. For logic "on⁄off" applications, we carry transistor products with high switching speeds. Arrow also carries transistors optimized for power switching and analog applications (improved on–resistance, gain, and current carrying capacity).

Today´s transistor packaging technology allows manufacturers to shrink the footprint of the transistor, allowing for tiny physical packages and lower unit cost. The Arrow transistor line card covers package types such as "top hat", hex nut, 3–lead plastic or metal can, vertical mount, long–lead, square package, cubic⁄block gull wing lead, and SOT.

Transistor Products

BJT – General Purpose Transistors

General Purpose BJTs have low base input impedance compared to FET. This type of general–purpose transistor is current controlled and has good amplification characteristics.

BJT – Darlington Transistors

2 general purpose BJTs sold as one chip. These transistors are used together for high current gain, but switching speed is normally slower.

FET⁄MOSFET Transistors

The Field Effect Transistor (FET) is a unipolar device, meaning that current only has to flow through one type of material – negative or positive. Because of this, FETs use less power than bipolar transistors. Due to their ability to dissipate a lot of power, Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistors (MOSFETs) are generally used in high–power applications.