Homebrew PCBs

On Sun, 10 Jul 2005 23:26:59 +0200, Phil <phil1960us@...> wrote:

>
> Except in this case the datasheets claim the same Hfe numbers for
> both.   Wonder if they are really both Bs. It wouldn't be the first
> time a manufacturer labled higher spec parts as lower.


The abc is not always the same for different manufacturers (all the specs  
can be different).
Also, some have numbers like -10 -15 -20 and so on instead of the letters.
Luckily few circits are really gain-sensitive, or we would be in real  
trouble ;-)

ST