pbc 108 transistor

[FlashCreated]

Hi there,

I've been looking on the net for over an hour and i canot find a datasheet for a pbc108, not the metal one the plastic one. Can anyone help?

Thanx in advance!

FlashCreated

 

[(*steve*)]

It would help if you could tell us something about the device.

How many leads, what package, typical application?

 

[Resqueline]

It would indeed help if FC said that he's looking for the BC108 TO-92 datasheet (and not the TO-18 datasheet - which is all you find on the 'net).
He's obviously looked around quite a bit and found it's sometimes referred to as a PBC108, and also a PN108 (according to Wiki).
One question is why the need for a TO-92 specific datasheet? The only differences could be the dissipation and pinout.

 

[shrtrnd]

I Googled this device too. It does exist as a PBC108, but I couldn't find a data sheet for it either.
If it's the BC108, I did find data sheets on that.
I'm not too familiar with the BC prefix, I think it's European, but I do know that at one
time some manufacturers did mark (for example) 2N2222, as PN2222, trying to differentiate
the can package from the plastic one. So Resqueline's observation is very possible.
But if it was me, I'd be like FC, and try to verify that with a PBC108 data sheet, or
at least some reference by some manufacturer who makes the BC108, that the PBC108
is the same device.

 

[(*steve*)]

Yeah, I was thinking BC108 when I first saw that, although googling for the part number showed some other components.

I've not seen an actual BC108 in all it's metal can goodness for many years.

 

[Resqueline]

Yes, BC is a European prefix. They sometimes have an A/B/C suffix indicating different hFE ranges. I have loads of those old transistors.
Yes, the PBC search also turns up some phototransistors. I've not verified "the allegations", just referring to what I found on the 'net.