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SMD code 2Gs in SOT-23

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 and published code lists.

The last letter, s, is lower case, which on NXP and Philips parts is a date or factory code, so it was set aside and 2G was searched.

19 parts in SOT-23 are printed 2Gs

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Answer up to 4 quick questions and these 30 parts are ranked, with a meter test that settles it. It works on a dead part too.

all SOT-23, 3 pins. What differs:

  • 850CSOT-23Transistor, YFWTransistorYFW
    What it is
    Transistor
    Maker
    YFW
    Package
    SOT-23
    Pins
    3
    Details
    Bipolar transistor
    Source
    Manufacturer datasheet

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

  • BC850SOT-23Transistor, KECTransistorKEC
    What it is
    Transistor
    Maker
    KEC
    Package
    SOT-23
    Pins
    3
    Source
    Manufacturer datasheet

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

  • BC850CSOT-23Transistor, InfineonTransistorInfineon
    What it is
    Transistor
    Maker
    Infineon
    Package
    SOT-23
    Pins
    3
    Details
    SMD General Purpose NPN Transistors
    Source
    Manufacturer datasheet

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

  • BC850CLSOT-23NPN transistor, onsemiNPN transistoronsemi
    What it is
    NPN transistor
    Maker
    onsemi
    Package
    SOT-23
    Pins
    3
    Details
    General Purpose Transistors Series
    Source
    Manufacturer datasheet

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

  • LBC850CLT1GSOT-23NPN transistor, LRCNPN transistorLRC
    What it is
    NPN transistor
    Maker
    LRC
    Package
    SOT-23
    Pins
    3
    Details
    Bipolar transistor, NPN, IC 100 mA, VCEO 45 V
    Source
    Manufacturer datasheet

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

  • MMBTA56SOT-23PNP transistor, InfineonPNP transistorInfineon
    What it is
    PNP transistor
    Maker
    Infineon
    Package
    SOT-23
    Pins
    3
    Details
    PNP bipolar transistor
    Source
    Manufacturer datasheet

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

  • NSVBC850CLSOT-23NPN transistor, onsemiNPN transistoronsemi
    What it is
    NPN transistor
    Maker
    onsemi
    Package
    SOT-23
    Pins
    3
    Details
    General Purpose Transistors Series
    Source
    Manufacturer datasheet

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

  • PMBTA56SOT-23PNP transistor, NexperiaPNP transistorNexperia
    What it is
    PNP transistor
    Maker
    Nexperia
    Package
    SOT-23
    Pins
    3
    Details
    Bipolar transistor, 80 V, 0.5 A
    Source
    Manufacturer datasheet

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

  • S-LBC850CLT1GSOT-23NPN transistor, LRCNPN transistorLRC
    What it is
    NPN transistor
    Maker
    LRC
    Package
    SOT-23
    Pins
    3
    Details
    Bipolar transistor, NPN, IC 100 mA, VCEO 45 V
    Source
    Manufacturer datasheet

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

  • SMBTA56SOT-23Transistor, InfineonTransistorInfineon
    What it is
    Transistor
    Maker
    Infineon
    Package
    SOT-23
    Pins
    3
    Source
    Manufacturer datasheet

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

  • BTPA56N3SOT-23PNP transistor, CYStekPNP transistorCYStek
    What it is
    PNP transistor
    Maker
    CYStek
    Package
    SOT-23
    Pins
    3
    Details
    -80 V, -0.5 A PNP transistor
    Source
    Manufacturer datasheet

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

  • CMBTA56SOT-23CdiNot recordedCdi
    What it is
    Not recorded
    Maker
    Cdi
    Package
    SOT-23
    Pins
    3
    Details
    Si-pnp: AF-Drv, 80V, 500mA, 250mW, B>100, >50MHz
    Source
    Published code list

    Is it dead? The meter test is below: This part.

  • FMM-A56SOT-23Diodes IncorporatedNot recordedDiodes Incorporated
    What it is
    Not recorded
    Maker
    Diodes Incorporated
    Package
    SOT-23
    Pins
    3
    Details
    pnp med pwr 80V 0.5A eqiv MPSA56
    Source
    Published code list

    Is it dead? The meter test is below: This part.

  • FMMT-A56SOT-23Diodes IncorporatedNot recordedDiodes Incorporated
    What it is
    Not recorded
    Maker
    Diodes Incorporated
    Package
    SOT-23
    Pins
    3
    Details
    MPSA56
    Source
    Published code list

    Is it dead? The meter test is below: This part.

  • FMMTA56SOT-23Not recordedNot recorded
    What it is
    Not recorded
    Maker
    Not recorded
    Package
    SOT-23
    Pins
    3
    Details
    Si-pnp: AF-Drv, 80V, 500mA, 300mW, B>100, >50MHz
    Source
    Published code list

    Is it dead? The meter test is below: This part.

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.

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.

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.

PNP transistor

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

Working, it reads

Black 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.

This part

Diode range and ohms range, part lifted.

Working, it reads

Depends on what it is. The datasheet, or an identical part, says.

Dead, it reads

  • Between two pins, the same reading both ways, near 0 V with a continuous beep: shorted.
  • Open between every pair of pins: failed open, or a part that reads open when working.
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.

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 2Gs

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

Codes not listed here are printed on 72 more parts.

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