2SC1008 Bipolar Transistor

• Type: NPN
• Collector-Emitter Voltage, max: 60 V
• Collector-Base Voltage, max: 80 V
• Emitter-Base Voltage, max: 8 V
• Collector Current − Continuous, max: 0.7 A
• Collector Dissipation: 0.8 W
• DC Current Gain (h_fe): 40 to 400
• Transition Frequency, min: 30 MHz
• Operating and Storage Junction Temperature Range: -55 to +150 °C
• Package: TO-92

The 2SC1008 is manufactured in a plastic TO-92 case. When looking at the flat side with the leads pointed downward, the three leads emerging from the transistor are, from left to right, the emitter, base, and collector leads.
Here is an image showing the pin diagram of this transistor.The 2SC1008 transistor can have a current gain of 40 to 400. The gain of the 2SC1008G will be in the range from 200 to 400, for the 2SC1008O it will be in the range from 70 to 140, for the 2SC1008R it will be in the range from 40 to 80, for the 2SC1008Y it will be in the range from 120 to 240.Sometimes the "2S" prefix is not marked on the package - the 2SC1008 might only be marked "C1008".The complementary PNP transistor to the 2SC1008 is the 2SA708.The KSC1008, KTC1008 is the TO-92 version of the 2SC1008.You can replace the 2SC1008 with the BC537, BC538 or KSC1008.