Re: Drat. NTE is gone, and they took the last 5-GHz PNP with them.

bitrex <user@example.net> wrote:

On 9/5/2024 7:15 AM, Bill Sloman wrote:

On 5/09/2024 7:54 am, Phil Hobbs wrote:

The NTE2403, similar to the BFT92, but a bit better overall.  Dunno
who actually made them. (I saw the news on s.e.repair today.)
 
Rochester claims to have 1,500,000 of the 2SA1462 (1.8 GHz) for 20
cents, but that's all she wrote.
 
I have a couple of reels of BFT92s and one of BFG31s, so I'm good for
protos and small production, but I can't use PNP wraparound bootstraps
for customer designs anymore. :(

 
But you could use the Renesa HFA3096, which includes two 5.5GHz PNP parts.
 
https://www.renesas.com/us/en/document/dst/hfa3046-hfa3096-hfa3127-hfa3128-datasheet
 
Not cheap, but still in production.
 

 
They even provide the S parameters, isn't that nice. 8 volts CEO is a
bit limiting, though.
 
Someone must make the NTE2403 as far as I know they're just a re-seller,
yeah? Who would have thought repackaging 2N3055s and selling them for $3
a pop wasn't a growth industry..
 

The Renesas parts are very disappointing in actual use, on account of their
huge Ree’, Rbb’, and package inductance, as I found out to my cost long
ago. 

Otherwise I’d be all over them.

Cheers

Phil Hobbs

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