[sdiy] Tying down unused Transistor pins?

[Mattias Rickardsson]

Tx?

Is that some abbreviation for transistor, or what?

/mr  -  works with transistors and will fight for a hefty pay raise if
I suddenly learn something as fundamental as that ;-)


On 27 February 2013 17:56, Justin Owen <juzowen at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Thanks Neil,
>
> >> I'm using some transistor pairs in a design - but I have one spare/unused Tx left.>
> >> Should I tie down any of the pins? Where/What to?
>
> > If the transistors are fully isolated then tie all pins to GND.  Be
> careful if any pins are connected to substrate like on LM3046.  Safest
> then would be the -ve rail.
>
> Is there a potential for bad things to happen if I connected all pins of a fully isolated Tx to the -ve rail?
>
> ...or to re-phrase that...
>
> Would a data sheet specifically mention that Tx pair/array shared a common-substrate in all cases?
>
> J
>
>
>
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