Editing Darlington transistor (section)

==Packaging==
Darlington pairs are available as integrated packages or can be made from two discrete transistors; Q<sub>1</sub>, the left-hand transistor in the diagram, can be a low power type, but normally Q<sub>2</sub> (on the right) will need to be high power. The maximum collector current I<sub>C</sub>(max) of the pair is that of Q<sub>2</sub>. A typical integrated power device is the 2N6282, which includes a switch-off resistor and has a current gain of 2400 at I<sub>C</sub>=10 A.

Integrated devices can take less space than two individual transistors because they can use a ''shared'' collector. Integrated Darlington pairs come packaged singly in transistor-like packages or as an array of devices (usually eight) in an [[integrated circuit]].