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Re: Transistor identification?

Subject Re: Transistor identification?
Newsgroups sci.electronics.basics, sci.electronics.components, sci.electronics.design, sci.electronics.repair, alt.engineering.electrical
References <0001HW.1B9B87FD00098A2611E4F83CF@news.eternal-september.org> <msgncj$omu$1@dont-email.me>
From John Robertson <spam@flippers.com>
Date 2015-09-07 13:29 -0700
Message-ID <i7KdnQVeVIs3bnDInZ2dnUU7-LGdnZ2d@giganews.com> (permalink)

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On 09/05/2015 11:46 PM, N_Cook wrote:
> On 05/09/2015 21:28, DaveC wrote:
>> Help with identifying a TO-92 transistor?(at least I think it’s a
>> transistor…)
>>
>> Pretty vanilla-looking with National Semi logo. Marked:
>>
>> NS 444
>> ST
>> 13903
>>
>> (The “NS” is the logo.)
>>
>> Not enough 4’s to make up a standard 2N number, and 13903 looks like a
>> date
>> code?
>>
>> Ideas?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>
> Or maker ST and date code for 1994 or 2004 or whatever goes with NS as
> plant/batch code for a particular decade

His next post gave a link to a photo of the transistor. Sure looks like 
National Semiconductor to me. My guess is the date is from the 90s based 
on the edge of the capacitor shown in the same photo - makes the date 
1994 and 44th week.

It will be Silicon then and Ted's recent post in this thread gave a very 
good explanation on how to identify its parameters using an identical 
transistor.

The OP could tell us if there are other transistors using the 13903, but 
a different code beside the NS symbol - that would pretty much show that 
three digit number is the date code if it is something like 4xx, 3xx, or 
5xx which would be a reasonable spread for date codes for a special run.

John :-#)#
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        Re: Transistor identification? John Robertson <spam@flippers.com> - 2015-09-06 00:05 -0700
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    Re: Transistor identification? John Robertson <spam@flippers.com> - 2015-09-07 13:29 -0700
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