PNP Darlington Pair

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Manufacturer

Generic


Part number


Pins

3


Used in

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Added

Aug 2026

About this component

Generic three-terminal PNP Darlington pair built from two cascaded bipolar transistors for high current gain and high-side switching.

Parameters

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12 parameters
ParameterNameDescriptionDefault

SATURATIONCURRENT

Transport saturation current

Sets the transport saturation current of each transistor in the pair.

1e-15 A

FORWARDBETA

Forward current gain per transistor

Sets the maximum forward current gain of each transistor; the pair gain is substantially higher.

100

FORWARDEMISSIONCOEFFICIENT

Forward emission coefficient

Sets the forward-current ideality factor of each transistor.

1

EARLYVOLTAGE

Forward Early voltage

Controls output conductance in the forward-active region.

100 V

REVERSEBETA

Reverse current gain

Sets the reverse current gain of each transistor.

1

BASERESISTANCE

Base resistance

Sets the ohmic base resistance of each transistor.

10 Ω

COLLECTORRESISTANCE

Collector resistance

Sets the ohmic collector resistance of each transistor.

1 Ω

EMITTERRESISTANCE

Emitter resistance

Sets the ohmic emitter resistance of each transistor.

0.1 Ω

BASEEMITTERCAPACITANCE

Base-emitter capacitance

Sets the zero-bias base-emitter depletion capacitance of each transistor.

10p F

BASECOLLECTORCAPACITANCE

Base-collector capacitance

Sets the zero-bias base-collector depletion capacitance of each transistor.

5p F

FORWARDTRANSITTIME

Forward transit time

Sets the ideal forward transit time of each transistor.

400p s

REVERSETRANSITTIME

Reverse transit time

Sets the ideal reverse transit time of each transistor.

50n s

Pins

Pins
3 pins
NumberNameDescription

1

C

Collector terminal shared by both PNP transistors.

2

B

Base input; drive below the emitter through a current-limiting or bias network to turn the pair on.

3

E

Emitter output terminal of the second PNP transistor.

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