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2SC2240GR

Si NPN BJT TO-92 TH.3 circuits use this part.

Datasheet · archived copy from Toshiba; 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
2SC2240GR	200	120 V	100 mA	0.3 W	50 MHz

Used on other boards here

Part	hFE min	Vce	Ic	Pc	fT	Boards
2SC2291	250	100 V	50 mA	0.4 W	50 MHz	1
2SC1452	150	150 V	50 mA	0.7 W	65 MHz	1
2N5551	80	160 V	600 mA	0.31 W	100 MHz	6
KSP42	40	300 V	500 mA	0.625 W	50 MHz	3
2N3712	30	150 V	200 mA	1 W	40 MHz	1

Closest by the numbers

Part	hFE min	Vce	Ic	Pc	fT
2SC2784	200	120 V	50 mA	0.3 W	50 MHz
2SC2459	200	120 V	100 mA	0.2 W	50 MHz
2SC2459GR	200	120 V	100 mA	0.2 W	50 MHz
KSC1845	200	120 V	50 mA	0.5 W	50 MHz
2SC2230Y	200	160 V	100 mA	0.8 W	50 MHz
2SC4117	200	120 V	100 mA	0.2 W	100 MHz
2SC4117GR	200	120 V	100 mA	0.2 W	100 MHz
2SC2713	200	120 V	100 mA	0.15 W	100 MHz

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