BB179LX
UHF variable capacitance diode
Rev. 01 — 13 April 2006
Preliminary data sheet
1. Product profile
1.1 General description
The BB179LX is a planar technology variable capacitance diode in a SOD882T ultra small
leadless plastic SMD package. The excellent matching performance is achieved by gliding
matching and a Direct Matching Assembly (DMA) procedure.
1.2 Features
I
I
I
I
I
Excellent linearity
Excellent matching to 2 % DMA
Ultra small leadless SMD package
C
d(28V)
: 2.1 pF; C
d(1V)
to C
d(28V)
ratio typical 9
Low series resistance
1.3 Applications
I
Voltage Controlled Oscillators (VCO)
I
Electronic tuning in VHF television tuners
2. Pinning information
Table 1.
Pin
1
2
Discrete pinning
Description
cathode
anode
1
2
sym008
Simplified outline
[1]
Symbol
Transparent
top view
[1]
The marking bar indicates the cathode.
3. Ordering information
Table 2.
Ordering information
Name
BB179LX
-
Description
leadless ultra small plastic package; 2 terminals;
body 1.0
×
0.6
×
0.4 mm
Version
SOD882T
Type number Package
Philips Semiconductors
BB179LX
UHF variable capacitance diode
4. Marking
Table 3.
BB179LX
Marking
Marking code
L4
Type number
5. Limiting values
Table 4.
Limiting values
In accordance with the Absolute Maximum Rating System (IEC 60134).
Symbol
V
R
I
F
T
stg
T
j
Parameter
reverse voltage
forward current
storage temperature
junction temperature
Conditions
Min
-
-
−55
−55
Max
30
20
+150
+125
Unit
V
mA
°C
°C
6. Characteristics
Table 5.
Characteristics
T
j
= 25
°
C unless otherwise specified.
Symbol
I
R
Parameter
reverse current
Conditions
see
Figure 3
V
R
= 30 V
V
R
= 30 V; T
j
= 85
°C
r
s
C
d
diode series resistance
diode capacitance
f = 470 MHz; C
d
= 30 pF; see
Figure 2
see
Figure 1
and
Figure 4;
f = 1 MHz;
V
R
= 1 V
V
R
= 28 V
C
d
(
1V
)
----------------
C
d
(
2V
)
C
d
(
1V
)
------------------
-
C
d
(
28V
)
C
d
(
25V
)
------------------
-
C
d
(
28V
)
∆C
d
----------
C
d
diode capacitance ratio
f = 1 MHz
18.2
1.95
-
-
2.1
1.27
21.3
2.22
-
pF
pF
-
-
-
-
-
0.65
10
200
-
nA
nA
Ω
Min
Typ
Max
Unit
diode capacitance ratio
f = 1 MHz
8.45
9
10.9
diode capacitance ratio
f = 1 MHz
-
1.05
-
diode capacitance
matching
V
R
= 1 V to 28 V; in sequence of 5
diodes (gliding)
-
-
2
%
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UHF variable capacitance diode
30
C
d
(pF)
20
001aae543
0.8
r
s
(Ω)
0.6
001aae544
0.4
10
0.2
0
10
−1
1
10
V
R
(V)
10
2
0
10
−1
1
10
V
R
(V)
10
2
f = 1 MHz; T
j
= 25
°C.
f = 470 MHz; T
j
= 25
°C.
Fig 1. Diode capacitance as a function of reverse
voltage; typical values
Fig 2. Diode serial resistance as a function of reverse
voltage; typical values
10
3
I
R
(nA)
10
2
001aae541
10
−2
TC
Cd
(K
−1
)
10
−3
001aae542
10
10
−4
1
0
20
40
60
80
T
j
(°C)
100
10
−5
10
−1
1
10
V
R
(V)
10
2
T
j
= 25
°C
to 85
°C.
Fig 3. Reverse current as function of junction
temperature; maximum values
Fig 4. Temperature coefficient of diode capacitance
as a function of reverse voltage; typical values
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UHF variable capacitance diode
7. Package outline
Leadless ultra small plastic package; 2 terminals; body 1 x 0.6 x 0.4 mm
(2×)
w
M
SOD882T
L
1
(2×)
A
1
2
b (2×)
(2×)
w
e
1
M
B
A
A
1
y
E
A
D
(1)
B
0
DIMENSIONS (mm are the original dimensions)
UNIT
mm
A
0.40
0.36
A
1
max
0.04
b
0.55
0.45
D
0.65
0.55
E
1.05
0.95
e
1
0.65
L
1
0.30
0.22
w
0.1
y
0.03
0.5
scale
1 mm
Note
1.
The marking bar indicates the cathode
OUTLINE
VERSION
SOD882T
REFERENCES
IEC
JEDEC
JEITA
EUROPEAN
PROJECTION
ISSUE DATE
04-12-14
06-04-12
Fig 5. Package outline SOD882T
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UHF variable capacitance diode
8. Revision history
Table 6.
Revision history
Release date
20060413
Data sheet status
Preliminary data sheet
Change notice
-
Supersedes
-
Document ID
BB179LX_1
BB179LX_1
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