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SMD code 3Kp 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, p, is lower case, which on NXP and Philips parts is a date or factory code, so it was set aside and 3K was searched.

21 parts in SOT-23 are printed 3Kp

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Answer up to 4 quick questions and these 44 parts are ranked, with a meter test that settles it. It works on a dead part too.

all SOT-23, 3 pins. What differs:

  • ABC858B-HFSOT-23PNP transistor, ComchipPNP transistorComchip
    What it is
    PNP transistor
    Maker
    Comchip
    Package
    SOT-23
    Pins
    3
    Details
    -30 V, -0.1 A PNP transistor
    Source
    Manufacturer datasheet

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

  • BC858BSOT-23PNP transistor, InfineonPNP transistorInfineon
    What it is
    PNP transistor
    Maker
    Infineon
    Package
    SOT-23
    Pins
    3
    Pinout
    • 1 base
    • 2 emitter
    • 3 collector
    Details
    -30 V PNP small-signal transistor, gain group B
    Source
    Manufacturer datasheet

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

  • BC858B-CSOT-23Transistor, SeCoSTransistorSeCoS
    What it is
    Transistor
    Maker
    SeCoS
    Package
    SOT-23
    Pins
    3
    Details
    Bipolar transistor
    Source
    Manufacturer datasheet

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

  • BC858B-HFSOT-23PNP transistor, ComchipPNP transistorComchip
    What it is
    PNP transistor
    Maker
    Comchip
    Package
    SOT-23
    Pins
    3
    Details
    -30 V, -0.1 A PNP transistor
    Source
    Manufacturer datasheet

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

  • BC858BLSOT-23PNP transistor, onsemiPNP transistoronsemi
    What it is
    PNP transistor
    Maker
    onsemi
    Package
    SOT-23
    Pins
    3
    Details
    General Purpose Transistors Series
    Source
    Manufacturer datasheet

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

  • BC858BQSOT-23PNP transistor, Yangjie Electronic TechPNP transistorYangjie Electronic Tech
    What it is
    PNP transistor
    Maker
    Yangjie Electronic Tech
    Package
    SOT-23
    Pins
    3
    Source
    Manufacturer datasheet

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

  • CH858BGPSOT-23PNP transistor, ChenmkoPNP transistorChenmko
    What it is
    PNP transistor
    Maker
    Chenmko
    Package
    SOT-23
    Pins
    3
    Details
    PNP General Purpose Transistor, 30 V, 0.1 A
    Source
    Manufacturer datasheet

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

  • LBC858BLT1GSOT-23PNP transistor, LRCPNP transistorLRC
    What it is
    PNP transistor
    Maker
    LRC
    Package
    SOT-23
    Pins
    3
    Details
    Bipolar transistor, PNP, IC 100 mA, VCEO 30 V
    Source
    Manufacturer datasheet

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

  • NSVBC858BLSOT-23PNP transistor, onsemiPNP transistoronsemi
    What it is
    PNP transistor
    Maker
    onsemi
    Package
    SOT-23
    Pins
    3
    Details
    General Purpose Transistors Series
    Source
    Manufacturer datasheet

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

  • S-LBC858BLT1GSOT-23PNP transistor, LRCPNP transistorLRC
    What it is
    PNP transistor
    Maker
    LRC
    Package
    SOT-23
    Pins
    3
    Details
    Bipolar transistor, PNP, IC 100 mA, VCEO 30 V
    Source
    Manufacturer datasheet

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

  • TBC858BSOT-23PNP transistor, Galaxy MicroelectronicsPNP transistorGalaxy Microelectronics
    What it is
    PNP transistor
    Maker
    Galaxy Microelectronics
    Package
    SOT-23
    Pins
    3
    Details
    30V, 0.1A, General Purpose PNP Bipolar Transistor
    Source
    Manufacturer datasheet

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

  • WT858BSOT-23WayonNot recordedWayon
    What it is
    Not recorded
    Maker
    Wayon
    Package
    SOT-23
    Pins
    3
    Details
    Bipolar transistor
    Source
    Manufacturer datasheet

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

  • CH858BPT-RSOT-23PNP transistor, Chenmko EnterprisePNP transistorChenmko Enterprise
    What it is
    PNP transistor
    Maker
    Chenmko Enterprise
    Package
    SOT-23
    Pins
    3
    Details
    PNP transistor: AF, Sw, 30V, 100mA, B=220..475, 200MHz
    Source
    Published code list

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

  • EC8803-28B1CG1SOT-23LDO regulator, E-CMOSLDO regulatorE-CMOS
    What it is
    LDO regulator
    Maker
    E-CMOS
    Package
    SOT-23
    Pins
    3
    Details
    Linear voltage regulator IC: LDO, 2.8V±1%, 300mA
    Source
    Published code list

    Is it dead? The meter test is below: Voltage regulator.

  • EC8803-28B1CG2SOT-23LDO regulator, E-CMOSLDO regulatorE-CMOS
    What it is
    LDO regulator
    Maker
    E-CMOS
    Package
    SOT-23
    Pins
    3
    Details
    Linear voltage regulator IC: LDO, 2.8V±2%, 300mA
    Source
    Published code list

    Is it dead? The meter test is below: Voltage regulator.

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.

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.

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.

Voltage regulator

Voltage, board powered, black probe on ground. Then ohms with the power off.

Working, it reads

Input pin at the supply, output pin at its rated voltage, and the enable pin high if it has one.

Dead, it reads

  • Output equal to the input: the pass element has shorted. Everything after it may have taken the full input.
  • Input present, enable high, no output: failed open, or holding itself off into a shorted load. Power off and measure output to ground.
  • Power off, input to output near 0 Ω: shorted.
On the board:
An output at 0 V is often a shorted load with the regulator in current limit. Lift the output pin: if the short stays on the board, the regulator may be fine.
Compare:
The same regulator on another rail or another board shows the right voltages and the right resistances.
Watch for:
Makers put input, output and ground on different pins in the same package, so take them from this part's datasheet. Diode or ohms readings between its pins say little; check it powered.

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

Codes that begin with 3Kp

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 68 more parts.

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