Parts · Transistors

2N5461

Si P-ch JFET.1 circuit uses this part.

Substitutes P-channel JFET

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	Vgs max	Id max	Vds	Pd
2N5461	4.5 V	9 mA	40 V	0.35 W

Used on other boards here

Part	Vgs max	Id max	Vds	Pd	Boards
2N5460	4 V	5 mA	40 V	0.35 W	1
2N5116		25 mA	30 V	0.5 W	2
J176	4.5 V	25 mA	30 V	0.35 W	1
J177	2.5 V	20 mA	30 V	0.35 W	9
J175	6 V	60 mA	30 V	0.35 W	5

Closest by the numbers

Part	Vgs max	Id max	Vds	Pd
2SJ125		10 mA	50 V	0.15 W
2SJ145		10 mA	50 V	0.15 W
2SJ498		10 mA	50 V	0.45 W
2N2609	6 V	10 mA	30 V	0.3 W
2SJ103		14 mA	50 V	0.3 W
2SJ105		14 mA	50 V	0.2 W
2SJ106		14 mA	50 V	0.15 W
2N5462	6 V	16 mA	40 V	0.35 W

Faceplate	Circuit	Based on	Category	Vendor	Box	Knobs	Price	BOM
	EMS VCS3 Envelope Generator 2N4288 · 2N5163 · 2N5172 · 2N5461	—	Wah / Envelope	Experimentalists Anonymous	—	—	—	66