The Infineon BC817K25WE6327HTSA1 is a general-purpose NPN bipolar junction transistor in the compact SC-70 (SOT-323) surface-mount package. It is designed for low-to-medium current switching and amplification tasks where board space is tight. With a 45 V collector-emitter breakdown voltage and a 500 mA continuous collector current rating, it can handle common 12 V and 24 V rail switching, relay and solenoid drivers, and signal-level preamplifier stages. The 170 MHz transition frequency means it can switch cleanly well into the low VHF range, suitable for DC-DC converter gate drive buffers or high-speed logic level translation.
The 45 V collector-emitter breakdown voltage (Vceo) gives you comfortable headroom on a 24 V supply rail, and the 500 mA continuous collector current (Ic) can drive a small relay, a medium-sized LED string, or the base of a larger power transistor. The DC current gain (hFE) is specified at a minimum of 160 when the collector is carrying 100 mA with 1 V across it — that means a base current of just over 600 µA can switch 100 mA, which is easy for a microcontroller GPIO or a 3.3 V logic output to source. The saturation voltage is 700 mV maximum at 50 mA base drive into 500 mA load, so the transistor will not waste much voltage when fully turned on.
Obsolete — sourcing reality for BC817K25WE6327HTSA1
This exact suffix variant (BC817K25WE6327HTSA1) is listed as obsolete by Infineon.
