
Originally Posted by
audioguru
The 2N5088 could have an hFE anywhere from 300 to 900 at 100uA. Therefore it varies so much that you should never design a transistor circuit for a certain hFE such as 300, or it might not work with transistors with an hFE of 800 or 900.
Just have a current in the voltage divider for its base bias of at least 10 times the transistor's base current at its lowest hFE. Then the voltage divider's voltage isn't changed by the base current and the circuit will work with any 2N5088 transistor. :lol: