Fast, Complementary BJT for low volts, recommendation?

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It appears that if you run them at peak-fT (10mA) you need Vce >= 1.5V to avoid quasi-saturation. That's not terribly burdensome; there are other transistors that are much worse.
 

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Rochester has a few thousands in stock of the 800 MHz / TO-126 2SA1403E and 2SC3597E. They will only quote prices by email so I sent a request this morning. Their MOQ is usually $100 per line item.

My recollection was also that they did a $100 minimum, but as noted, it now seems to be $250.
Perhaps coincided with the new website, launched 1st March, damn, missed by a few days.

Hence my search for more convenient options, or to buy a few from a DIY member.
Do you wish to sell any of your 2SA1407/2SC3601?
Alternatively, is there any interest in a group buy?
5 x $50 each?

Best wishes
David
 
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If it really is $250 per line item, you'd need 10 x $50 for a $500 total.
I only have 4 right now that I bought years ago when there was talk
of them going away so I don't really have any to sell.
Took another look at the data sheet, noticed that they have excellent
SOA, I'd probably take $50 worth total.
 
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Also notice that those are E grade...

Yes, I already mentioned that.
I found some 2SA1403E / 2SC3597E with minimum hFE of 100.

The data sheet had a code for F but that doesn't mean they were available.
There appear to be no F bin for any of the fast Sanyo transistors.
Even the F bin 2SA1381/2SC3503 were rare, and they are slower, the yield of F for the faster transistors must drop close to zero.
So I wouldn't hold out for F bin.

Best wishes
David
 
I lucked into some F suffix parts back in 2014; the minimum order was different then too. Nowadays I try to "Buy em when you find em!" subject to the constraint, don't spend money you haven't got.

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