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2N3393

Si NPN BJT.4 circuits use this part.

Datasheet · archived copy from Fairchild; the part is discontinued and the maker no longer publishes it

Substitutes Si NPN transistor

Matched on material, polarity and the limits below from the transistor parameter database. Pinouts and packages are not in that data: check the datasheet before you drop one in, and expect gain to change the sound.

This part

Part	hFE min	Vce	Ic	Pc	fT
2N3393	90	25 V	100 mA	0.2 W	70 MHz

Used on other boards here

Part	hFE min	Vce	Ic	Pc	fT	Boards
2N2926	100	25 V	100 mA	0.2 W	100 MHz	3
2SC381	90	20 V	100 mA	0.2 W	150 MHz	1
MPS6513	90	30 V	100 mA	0.31 W	125 MHz	6
BC170B	80	20 V	100 mA	0.3 W	60 MHz	1
2N2924	100	25 V	100 mA	0.36 W	100 MHz	3
2N2923	100	25 V	100 mA	0.36 W	100 MHz	3
2N6076	100	25 V	100 mA	0.36 W	100 MHz	1
2N2925	100	25 V	100 mA	0.36 W	100 MHz	1

Closest by the numbers

Part	hFE min	Vce	Ic	Pc	fT
2SC712A	90	25 V	100 mA	0.2 W	75 MHz
2SC633	90	25 V	100 mA	0.18 W	70 MHz
2N3396	90	25 V	100 mA	0.2 W	60 MHz
2SC713	90	25 V	100 mA	0.2 W	100 MHz
2SC634	90	40 V	100 mA	0.18 W	70 MHz
2SC1631	82	25 V	200 mA	0.25 W	70 MHz
BC220	100	25 V	50 mA	0.2 W	60 MHz
2SC1285	100	20 V	100 mA	0.2 W	70 MHz

Circuit	Based on	Category	Vendor	Box	Knobs	Price	BOM
Fender Blender 3 knob Vero15×15 Verified 2N3391 · 2N3391A · 2N3393 · 2N5952 Fender Blender 3 knob	Fender Blender 3 knob	Boost	Dirtbox Layouts	—	2	—	27
AR-317 VCO 2N3393 · 2N3638 · CA3080 · CA3080A	—	Ring Mod / Synth	Experimentalists Anonymous	—	—	—	130
AR-318 Sample And Hold and Noise Generator 2N3393 · 2N3638 · 2N4870 · 2N5172	—	Ring Mod / Synth	Experimentalists Anonymous	—	2	—	132
AR-324 Lag and LFO 2N3393 · 2N3638 · 3347-1 · CA3080	—	Ring Mod / Synth	Experimentalists Anonymous	—	3	—	71