BC487A Bipolar Transistor

• Type: NPN
• Collector-Emitter Voltage, max: 60 V
• Collector-Base Voltage, max: 60 V
• Emitter-Base Voltage, max: 5 V
• Collector Current − Continuous, max: 1 A
• Collector Dissipation: 0.625 W
• DC Current Gain (h_fe): 100 to 250
• Transition Frequency, min: 75 MHz
• Operating and Storage Junction Temperature Range: -55 to +150 °C
• Package: TO-92

The BC487A 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 collector, base, and emitter leads.
Here is an image showing the pin diagram of this transistor.The BC487A transistor can have a current gain of 100 to 250. The gain of the BC487 will be in the range from 60 to 400, for the BC487B it will be in the range from 160 to 400, for the BC487L it will be in the range from 60 to 150.The complementary PNP transistor to the BC487A is the BC488A.The 2SC3444 (SOT-89), BCP55 (SOT-223), BCP55-16 (SOT-223), BCX55 (SOT-89), BCX55-16 (SOT-89), BSP41 (SOT-223), BSR41 (SOT-89), FMMTA05 (SOT-23), KST05 (SOT-23), MMBTA05 (SOT-23), PZTA05 (SOT-223) and SMBTA05 (SOT-23) is the SMD version of the BC487A transistor. These transistors are of the same type, have similar parameters and are designed for surface mounting.You can replace the BC487A with the BC489 or BC489A.