| BYV44-400, Transistor or Diode, you decide. - Click HERE for Original Thread |
| bigparsnip |
Hi, I have bought (allong with some other things if you see my other post) some devices off ebay which are marked as BYV44-400. Now, after some serching on google I found information which told me that these things are High speed, high current 400V Diodes (two per package, with a centre common cathode). However, the guy who I bouught them from has told me that they are power transistors.
As he said they were leftovers from a project he had finished, I would like to think that he must be right (otheriwse he might get a bit of a shock - no pun intended - when he plugs it in). However, from everything I have found these things are diods.
So can anyone tell me for sure what these things are. Thanks. |
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| dhaen |
Hi,
Every semi produced in Europe with BY at the front has been a diode.
Cheers, |
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| bigparsnip |
| Thats what I thought, well thanks for clearing that up then and I guess I can now rest happy that I have a LOT of High speed rectifier diodes for not a lot of money. Thanks, and if anyone else can provide anymore information on these (a data sheet would be nice) I would be very gratefull. |
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| nemestra |
Hi,
Philips have discontinued the BYV44-400 but are still producing the -500 part. Click on the link at the bottom of this page
http://www.semiconductors.philips.c.../BYV44_500.html
and download the BYV44 family .pdf which covers the -300, -400 and -500 parts.
James |
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| Netlist |
I tend to slow down... :cannotbe:
/Hugo |
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| bigparsnip |
Thanks for those links, but I had beeten you guys to it once dhaen had confirmed they where what I though. But thanks anyways.
:cheerful: |
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