Transistor Overheating

crutschow

Joined Mar 14, 2008
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It looks like the value of resistor R6 is too high. 1K would provide a better base pull-down function. It would not do for transistor leakage current to be increasing the output voltage.
10kΩ will absorb at least 50μA of leakage current, but going to to 1kΩ or so would be better at high temperatures with no significant change in circuit operation.
 
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