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BC184C

Si NPN BJT TO-92 TH.12 circuits use this part. Listed as: BJT transistor, NPN TO-92.

Datasheet · archived copy from Motorola; 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
BC184C	450	30 V	200 mA	0.3 W	150 MHz

Used on other boards here

Part	hFE min	Vce	Ic	Pc	fT	Boards
BC183C	450	30 V	200 mA	0.3 W	150 MHz	6
ZTX383C	450	30 V	100 mA	0.45 W	150 MHz	1
BC318C	400	30 V	150 mA	0.31 W	100 MHz	3
BC549C	420	30 V	100 mA	0.5 W	200 MHz	171
BC548C	420	30 V	100 mA	0.5 W	200 MHz	6
BC550C	420	45 V	100 mA	0.5 W	150 MHz	81
2SC1583	500	50 V	100 mA	0.4 W	150 MHz	3
BC413C	380	30 V	100 mA	0.3 W	250 MHz	1

Closest by the numbers

Part	hFE min	Vce	Ic	Pc	fT
BC384C	450	30 V	100 mA	0.3 W	150 MHz
BC173C	450	25 V	100 mA	0.3 W	150 MHz
BCW83C	450	30 V	100 mA	0.225 W	150 MHz
BCW84C	450	30 V	100 mA	0.225 W	150 MHz
BC107C	450	45 V	100 mA	0.3 W	150 MHz
BC209C	450	45 V	100 mA	0.3 W	150 MHz
BC452C	420	30 V	100 mA	0.3 W	150 MHz
BC453C	420	30 V	100 mA	0.3 W	150 MHz

Circuit	Based on	Category	Vendor	Box	Knobs	Price	BOM
Colorsound Overdriver Vero19×11 Verified BC169B · BC184C Colorsound Overdriver	Colorsound Overdriver	EQ / Filter	Dirtbox Layouts	—	3	—	26
Free the Tone IF-1D Iron Forest Distortion Vero19×19 Unverified 4558 · BC184C · BC549C · NJM4558D Free the Tone IF-1D Iron Forest Distortion	Free the Tone IF-1D Iron Forest Distortion	Distortion	Dirtbox Layouts	—	4	—	30
Fulltone Mas Malo Vero Verified 2N5457 · BC184C Fulltone Mas Malo	Fulltone Mas Malo	Distortion	Dirtbox Layouts	—	4	—	36
ColorSound OverDriver Perfboard Verified BC169C · BC184C Colorsound Overdriver · 1590B	Colorsound Overdriver	Boost	Effects Layouts (blog)	1590B	4	—	27
Mosrite FeedRite BC184C Mosrite FeedRite	Mosrite FeedRite	Fuzz	Experimentalists Anonymous	—	—	—	8
More Bad Muff 2N5457 · BC184C Fulltone Mas Malo · 1590B	Fulltone Mas Malo	Fuzz	Fuzz Dog	1590B	4	£42.00	55
Muff Malo 2N5457 · BC184C Fulltone Mas Malo · 125B	Fulltone Mas Malo	Fuzz	PCB Guitar Mania	125B	4	€9.90 out	58
Mas Malo 2N5457 · BC184C Fulltone Mas Malo	Fulltone Mas Malo	Other	PCBWay: Glory to Ukraine	—	4	—	35
Concrete Jungle Distortion 2SC3198-GR · 4558 · BC184C · NJM4558D Free the Tone IF-1D Iron Forest Distortion · 125B	Free the Tone IF-1D Iron Forest Distortion	Fuzz	PedalPCB	125B	4	$12.00	53
Speedy Gonzales 2N5457 · BC184C Fulltone Mas Malo · 125B	Fulltone Mas Malo	Fuzz	PedalPCB	125B	4	$12.00	58
ColorSound Overdriver Vero20×11 Verified BC169C · BC184C Colorsound Overdriver	Colorsound Overdriver	Overdrive	Tagboard Effects	—	4	—	25
Colorsound Jumbo Tonebender Vero17×14 Verified BC184C Colorsound Jumbo Tonebender	Colorsound Jumbo Tonebender	Fuzz	Tagboard Effects	—	3	—	18