Parts · Transistors

MJ480

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
MJ480	10	40 V	4000 mA	87 W	4 MHz

Used on other boards here

Part	hFE min	Vce	Ic	Pc	fT	Boards
2N5008	70	80 V	10000 mA	100 W	40 MHz	3

Closest by the numbers

Part	hFE min	Vce	Ic	Pc	fT
2N5714	10	40 V	8000 mA	70 W
2N5691	10	30 V	8000 mA	88 W
2N5776	10	35 V	6000 mA	70 W
2SC768	10	40 V	10000 mA	50 W
2N5713	10	40 V	5000 mA	45 W
2SC81	10	40 V	5000 mA	125 W	3 MHz
2N5690	10	30 V	5000 mA	50 W
2SC2510	10	35 V	20000 mA	250 W

Faceplate	Circuit	Based on	Category	Vendor	Box	Knobs	Price	BOM
	10W Amplifier 2N3906 · 2N697 · MJ480	—	Other	Experimentalists Anonymous	—	—	—	18