[sdiy] Transistor Question (simple I think)

[jhaible]

This looks ok. (the 5V; not the 16V!)
Forward is something like 0.5 ... 0.8V.

JH.

> I have the data sheet for a 2N3906 PNP transistor and I'll
> be darned if I can find a spec for max reverse EB junction
> voltage.  The transistor will be used as a switch in an ADSR
> I'm trying to design, which if I'm successful, will comprise
> only one 4069 IC, 4 diodes and 3 or less transistors.  The
> way this transistor is used, it could have as much as 16
> volts of reverse bias for EB.  V(br)ebo says 5 volts, but I
> think that's forward.
>
> Help?
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