Parts · Transistors

2N3563

Si NPN BJT.1 circuit uses this part.

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
2N3563	30	12 V	50 mA	0.2 W	600 MHz

Used on other boards here

Part	hFE min	Vce	Ic	Pc	fT	Boards
ME9002	30	12 V		0.25 W	400 MHz	1
2N708	30	15 V	200 mA	0.36 W	300 MHz	2
KT315A	30	25 V	100 mA	0.15 W	250 MHz	3
2N2369	40	15 V	200 mA	0.36 W	500 MHz	6
2N5129	35	12 V	500 mA	0.2 W	150 MHz	2
BF244	30	30 V	100 mA	0.3 W	170 MHz	3
2N3904	40	40 V	200 mA	0.31 W	300 MHz	870
2N5845	25	40 V	1000 mA	0.625 W	300 MHz	1

Closest by the numbers

Part	hFE min	Vce	Ic	Pc	fT
BSS21	30	12 V	200 mA	0.25 W
2N2711	30	18 V	100 mA	0.2 W
2N2715	30	18 V	50 mA	0.2 W
2N4253	30	18 V	50 mA	0.2 W	600 MHz
2N3983	30	12 V	30 mA	0.2 W	400 MHz
2N4294	30	12 V	200 mA	0.2 W	400 MHz
BSY30	30	15 V	200 mA	0.3 W
BSY31	30	15 V	200 mA	0.3 W

Faceplate	Circuit	Based on	Category	Vendor	Box	Knobs	Price	BOM
	Electro Harmonix Badstone 2 2N3563 · 2N4302 · 2N5087 · ? Electro-Harmonix Badstone 2	Electro-Harmonix Badstone 2	Phaser	Experimentalists Anonymous	—	3	—	52