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November, 20 2002

START450

NPN Silicon RF Transistor

SOT343 (SC70)

ORDER CODE

START450TR

BRANDING

450

APPLICATIONS

• LNA FOR GSM/DCS, DECT, PCS, PCN,

CDMA, W-CDMA

• PREDRIVER FOR DECT

• GENERAL PURPOSE 500MHz-5GHz

• COMPRESSION POINT P1dB=19dBm @ 1.8GHz

• TRANSITION FREQUENCY 42GHz

• HIGH LINEARITY

• ULTRA MINIATURE SOT343(SC70) PACKAGE

DESCRIPTION

The START450 is a member of the START family that

provide the state of the art of RF silicon process to the

market. Manufacturated in the third generation of ST

proprietary bipolar process, it offers the best mix of

gain and NF for given breakdown voltage(BVceo).

It offers performance level only archived with GaAs

products before.

ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM RATINGS

Symbol

Parameter

Value

Unit

Collector emitter voltage

4.5

V

Collector base voltage

15

V

Emitter base voltage

1.5

V

Collector current

100

mA

Base current

10

mA

450

mW

Storage temperature

-65 to 150

Max. operating junction temperature

150

Thermal Resistance Junction soldering point

MAX

≤ 120

ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM RATINGS