Re: fast NPN in LT Spice

On Mon, 3 Jun 2024 09:58:52 +0200, Jeroen Belleman
<jeroen@nospam.please> wrote:

On 6/3/24 00:36, john larkin wrote:

There are many NPNs in the standard LT Spice library.
 
Does anyone know of a fast, RF type, transistor? It's hard to tell
from the jillion lines of fine-print parameters.
 
I want to make a model of the MC10EP89 gate.
 

>
I always used the -now obsolete- BFR92A for such things.
That's a 5GHz Ft NPN that I used often. It's not in the
library, I think. Below the model. Mind the line wraps.
>
Jeroen Belleman
>
.model BFR92A NPN IS=4.11877E-016 BF=1.02639E+002 NF=9.97275E-001
VAF=6.26719E+001 IKF=3.20054E+000 ISE=4.01062E-015 NE=1.57708E+000
BR=1.81086E+001 NR=9.96202E-001 VAR=3.36915E+000 IKR=1.28155E+000
ISC=2.79905E-016       NC=1.07543E+000 RB=1.00000E+001 IRB=1.00000E-006
RBM=1.00000E+001 RE=1.16450E+000 RC=2.32000E+000 EG=1.11000E+000
XTI=3.00000E+000 CJE=8.90512E-013 VJE=6.00000E-001 MJE=2.58570E-001
TF=1.54973E-011 XTF=3.91402E+001 VTF=2.15279E+000       ITF=2.13776E-001
CJC=5.46563E-013 VJC=3.80824E-001 MJC=2.02935E-001

2SC3838K is in the library, and has Ft = 3.5G typically. It's good
enough for what I want to do now.

This is actually a bit faster than the MC10EP89:

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TEXT -288 48 Left 2 !.tran 5n
TEXT 416 232 Left 2 ;1.6v pp
TEXT -296 -40 Left 2 ;MC10EP89
TEXT 136 360 Left 2 ;1.6v pp
TEXT -328 0 Left 2 ;JL  Jun 2  2024