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SMD code 1A

Marking codes are not standardised, and the same code is reused by unrelated makers for unrelated parts. Below is every part in our tables printed with it, and any printed with a code that is easy to misread as it, from the manufacturers' own marking tables.

13 parts are printed 1A

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Answer up to 4 quick questions and these 13 parts are ranked, with a meter test that settles it. It works on a dead part too.

  • BC846ASOT-23NPN transistor, 3 pins, Infineon
    What it is
    NPN transistor
    Maker
    Infineon
    Package
    SOT-23
    Pins
    3
    Pinout
    • 1 base
    • 2 emitter
    • 3 collector
    Details
    65 V NPN small-signal transistor, gain group A
    Source
    From the manufacturer's datasheet

    Is it dead? The meter test is below: NPN transistor.

  • BC846ATSOT-416NPN transistor, 3 pins, Nexperia
    What it is
    NPN transistor
    Maker
    Nexperia
    Package
    SOT-416
    Pins
    3
    Pinout
    • 1 base
    • 2 emitter
    • 3 collector
    Details
    65 V, 100 mA NPN general-purpose transistor
    Source
    From the manufacturer's datasheet

    Is it dead? The meter test is below: NPN transistor.

  • BC846AWSOT-323Transistor, 3 pins, Diotec
    What it is
    Transistor
    Maker
    Diotec
    Package
    SOT-323
    Pins
    3
    Pinout
    • 1 base
    • 2 emitter
    • 3 collector
    Details
    SMD General Purpose NPN Transistors
    Source
    From the manufacturer's datasheet

    Is it dead? The meter test is below: Bipolar transistor.

  • MMBT3904SOT-23NPN transistor, 3 pins, Infineon
    What it is
    NPN transistor
    Maker
    Infineon
    Package
    SOT-23
    Pins
    3
    Details
    40 V NPN small-signal transistor
    Source
    From the manufacturer's datasheet

    Is it dead? The meter test is below: NPN transistor.

  • PJSOT03SOT-23ESD protection diode, 3 pins, Panjit
    What it is
    ESD protection diode
    Maker
    Panjit
    Package
    SOT-23
    Pins
    3
    Source
    From the manufacturer's datasheet

    Is it dead? The meter test is below: TVS or ESD protection diode.

  • PMBT3904SOT-23NPN transistor, 3 pins, Nexperia
    What it is
    NPN transistor
    Maker
    Nexperia
    Package
    SOT-23
    Pins
    3
    Pinout
    • 1 base
    • 2 emitter
    • 3 collector
    Details
    40 V, 200 mA NPN switching transistor
    Source
    From the manufacturer's datasheet

    Is it dead? The meter test is below: NPN transistor.

  • PMST3904SOT-323NPN transistor, 3 pins, Nexperia
    What it is
    NPN transistor
    Maker
    Nexperia
    Package
    SOT-323
    Pins
    3
    Details
    NPN switching transistor
    Source
    From the manufacturer's datasheet

    Is it dead? The meter test is below: NPN transistor.

  • PS2405-D63SOT-883ESD protection diode, 3 pins, Panjit
    What it is
    ESD protection diode
    Maker
    Panjit
    Package
    SOT-883
    Pins
    3
    Source
    From the manufacturer's datasheet

    Is it dead? The meter test is below: TVS or ESD protection diode.

  • PXT3904SOT-89NPN transistor, 3 pins, JSCJ
    What it is
    NPN transistor
    Maker
    JSCJ
    Package
    SOT-89
    Pins
    3
    Details
    Bipolar transistor, NPN, 40 V, 0.2 A
    Source
    From the manufacturer's datasheet

    Is it dead? The meter test is below: NPN transistor.

  • SD101AWSSOD-323Schottky diode, 2 pins, Vishay
    What it is
    Schottky diode
    Maker
    Vishay
    Package
    SOD-323
    Pins
    2
    Details
    Schottky diode, 60 V
    Source
    From the manufacturer's datasheet

    Is it dead? The meter test is below: Schottky diode.

  • TS431ACXSOT-23Voltage reference, 3 pins, Taiwan Semiconductor
    What it is
    Voltage reference
    Maker
    Taiwan Semiconductor
    Package
    SOT-23
    Pins
    3
    Source
    From the manufacturer's datasheet

    Is it dead? The meter test is below: Integrated circuit.

  • 2 more parts have no package on record
    • GMF05C-HSFESD protection diode, Vishay
      What it is
      ESD protection diode
      Maker
      Vishay
      Package
      Not recorded
      Pins
      Not recorded
      Details
      5-Line ESD Protection Diode Array in LLP75-6L
      Source
      From the manufacturer's datasheet

      Is it dead? The meter test is below: TVS or ESD protection diode.

    • SMBT3904Transistor, Infineon
      What it is
      Transistor
      Maker
      Infineon
      Package
      Not recorded
      Pins
      Not recorded
      Source
      From the manufacturer's datasheet

      Is it dead? The meter test is below: Bipolar transistor.

Is it dead? One meter test per kind

Parts of the same kind are tested the same way, so each test is here once. Each part above points to its own.

NPN transistor

Diode range, part lifted or its base leg off the pad.

Working, it reads

Red probe on the base reads about 0.6 to 0.75 V to the emitter and to the collector, and open the other way round. Collector to emitter reads open both ways.

Dead, it reads

  • Collector to emitter the same both ways, near 0 V with a continuous beep: shorted. The commonest failure.
  • The base the same both ways to another pin, near 0 V or a middling value: a shorted junction.
  • Only one junction reads, or none: a junction has failed open. It then looks like a diode.
  • A reading the wrong way round, where it should be open: leaky.
On the board
this is a first look only: the meter reads every path between those pins, and a short can be a neighbour. Lift one leg before you condemn it.
Compare:
If an identical part sits elsewhere on the board, measure it the same way: that is what this one should read.
Watch for:
A pair of diodes with a common pin reads just like a transistor, and some transistors carry a built-in diode or resistor. The datasheet says which.

A dead part still carries its marking. A short or an open says it has failed, not that it is a different part.

Bipolar transistor

Diode range, part lifted or its base leg off the pad.

Working, it reads

From the base, one probe colour reads about 0.6 to 0.75 V to the emitter and to the collector, and open the other way round. Collector to emitter reads open both ways.

Dead, it reads

  • Collector to emitter the same both ways, near 0 V with a continuous beep: shorted. The commonest failure.
  • The base the same both ways to another pin, near 0 V or a middling value: a shorted junction.
  • Only one junction reads, or none: a junction has failed open. It then looks like a diode.
  • A reading the wrong way round, where it should be open: leaky.
On the board
this is a first look only: the meter reads every path between those pins, and a short can be a neighbour. Lift one leg before you condemn it.
Compare:
If an identical part sits elsewhere on the board, measure it the same way: that is what this one should read.
Watch for:
A pair of diodes with a common pin reads just like a transistor, and some transistors carry a built-in diode or resistor. The datasheet says which.

A dead part still carries its marking. A short or an open says it has failed, not that it is a different part.

TVS or ESD protection diode

Diode range, from the protected line to ground, part lifted if you can.

Working, it reads

A one-way part reads about 0.6 to 0.8 V forward and open in reverse. A two-way part reads open both ways. Arrays with several lines read as the datasheet's diagram draws them.

Dead, it reads

  • From the line to ground, the same reading both ways, near 0 V with a continuous beep: shorted.
  • A reading both ways on a one-way part: leaky.
  • A one-way part open both ways: failed open.
On the board
, a line reading shorted to ground can be this part or anything else on that line. Lift it: if the short goes with it, it has failed.
Compare:
The same part on the next line or connector pin is the healthy reading to compare with.
Watch for:
A two-way part reads open both ways when it is good, exactly like one that has failed open. The meter cannot tell them apart; an identical part on the next line can.

A dead part still carries its marking. A short or an open says it has failed, not that it is a different part.

Schottky diode

Diode range, part lifted or one leg off the pad. Red probe on the anode.

Working, it reads

About 0.15 to 0.45 V anode to cathode, roughly half a silicon diode, and open the other way.

Dead, it reads

  • The same reading both ways round, near 0 V with a continuous beep or the same middling value: shorted.
  • A reading the wrong way round as well: leaky.
  • Open both ways: failed open.
On the board
this is a first look only: the meter reads every path between those pins, and a short can be a neighbour. Lift one leg before you condemn it.
Compare:
If an identical part sits elsewhere on the board, measure it the same way: that is what this one should read.
Watch for:
A large Schottky can read about 0.1 V forward and beep like a short, and leaks a little the wrong way when good, more when warm. It is shorted only if it reads the same both ways. Measure it cold, beside an identical cold one.

A dead part still carries its marking. A short or an open says it has failed, not that it is a different part.

Integrated circuit

Voltage with the board powered; ohms from each pin to ground with it off.

Working, it reads

Supply pin at its voltage and the output doing what the datasheet says. Readings between pins depend on the part.

Dead, it reads

  • A pin near 0 Ω to ground or to the supply pin where an identical part does not read that: failed short.
  • Supply present, output stuck: failed, or its load has.
On the board:
A pin shorted to ground on the board can be anything on that net. Lift the pin to be sure.
Compare:
The surest reference is the same IC on a working board, measured pin by pin.
Watch for:
Its protection diodes can read like junctions between pins, even like a transistor. That proves nothing either way.

A dead part still carries its marking. A short or an open says it has failed, not that it is a different part.

Printed with a code easy to misread as 1A

One character differs, and it is one that is easy to confuse under a lamp. Each code has a page of its own.

Codes that begin with 1A

For a marking with its end worn or burnt off. Each code has a page of its own.

Codes not listed here are printed on 3 more parts.

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