DPRG mailing list archives: DPRG: Blasted 2N2222 transistor...

Sun Nov 22 14:55:21 CST 1998

Randy Carter wrote:
> The 2N2222 is an American transistor.  Therefor it has the E-B-C pin
> out.  It comes in either a TO-92 plastic case or a metal can.  The pin
> out you mentioned is the Japanese E-C-B pin out.  This is the logical
> consequence of the physical structure of the device.   The TO-220 pin
> out is B-C-E for both American and Japanese transistors.

I've never noticed that.  Are you sure it's that way all the time?
How about darlingtons?  Seems to me that EBC would make more sense.
Isn't the base in the middle physically?

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