SMD code 6As
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 6A was searched.
141 parts are printed 6As
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ABC817-16-HFSOT-23NPN transistor, 3 pins, ComchipNPN transistorSOT-233 pinsComchip
- What it is
- NPN transistor
- Maker
- Comchip
- Package
- SOT-23
- Pins
- 3
- Details
- 45 V, 0.5 A NPN transistor
- Source
- Manufacturer datasheet
Is it dead? The meter test is below: NPN transistor.
ABC817-16W-HFSOT-323NPN transistor, 3 pins, ComchipNPN transistorSOT-3233 pinsComchip
- What it is
- NPN transistor
- Maker
- Comchip
- Package
- SOT-323
- Pins
- 3
- Details
- 45 V, 0.5 A NPN transistor
- Source
- Manufacturer datasheet
Is it dead? The meter test is below: NPN transistor.
BAS16WSSOD-323Switching diode, 2 pins, VishaySwitching diodeSOD-3232 pinsVishay
- What it is
- Switching diode
- Maker
- Vishay
- Package
- SOD-323
- Pins
- 2
- Source
- Manufacturer datasheet
Is it dead? The meter test is below: Silicon diode.
BC817SOT-23NPN transistor, 3 pins, KECNPN transistorSOT-233 pinsKEC
- What it is
- NPN transistor
- Maker
- KEC
- Package
- SOT-23
- Pins
- 3
- Details
- NPN bipolar transistor
- Source
- Manufacturer datasheet
Is it dead? The meter test is below: NPN transistor.
BC817-16SOT-23NPN transistor, 3 pins, InfineonNPN transistorSOT-233 pinsInfineon
- What it is
- NPN transistor
- Maker
- Infineon
- Package
- SOT-23
- Pins
- 3
- Pinout
- 1 base
- 2 emitter
- 3 collector
- Details
- 45 V, 500 mA NPN small-signal transistor, gain group 16
- Source
- Manufacturer datasheet
Is it dead? The meter test is below: NPN transistor.
BC817-16-3LSOT-23NPN transistor, 3 pins, Galaxy MicroelectronicsNPN transistorSOT-233 pinsGalaxy Microelectronics
- What it is
- NPN transistor
- Maker
- Galaxy Microelectronics
- Package
- SOT-23
- Pins
- 3
- Details
- 45V, 0.5A, General Purpose NPN Bipolar Transistor
- Source
- Manufacturer datasheet
Is it dead? The meter test is below: NPN transistor.
BC817-16-6LSOT-23-6NPN transistor, 6 pins, Galaxy MicroelectronicsNPN transistorSOT-23-66 pinsGalaxy Microelectronics
- What it is
- NPN transistor
- Maker
- Galaxy Microelectronics
- Package
- SOT-23-6
- Pins
- 6
- Details
- 45V, 0.5A, General Purpose NPN Bipolar Transistor
- Source
- Manufacturer datasheet
Is it dead? The meter test is below: NPN transistor.
BC817-16-HFSOT-23NPN transistor, 3 pins, ComchipNPN transistorSOT-233 pinsComchip
- What it is
- NPN transistor
- Maker
- Comchip
- Package
- SOT-23
- Pins
- 3
- Details
- 45 V, 0.5 A NPN transistor
- Source
- Manufacturer datasheet
Is it dead? The meter test is below: NPN transistor.
BC817-16-Q1SOT-23NPN transistor, 3 pins, Formosa MicrosemiNPN transistorSOT-233 pinsFormosa Microsemi
- What it is
- NPN transistor
- Maker
- Formosa Microsemi
- Package
- SOT-23
- Pins
- 3
- Source
- Manufacturer datasheet
Is it dead? The meter test is below: NPN transistor.
BC817-16LSOT-23NPN transistor, 3 pins, onsemiNPN transistorSOT-233 pinsonsemi
- What it is
- NPN transistor
- Maker
- onsemi
- Package
- SOT-23
- Pins
- 3
- Source
- Manufacturer datasheet
Is it dead? The meter test is below: NPN transistor.
BC817-16WSOT-323NPN transistor, 3 pins, Formosa MicrosemiNPN transistorSOT-3233 pinsFormosa Microsemi
- What it is
- NPN transistor
- Maker
- Formosa Microsemi
- Package
- SOT-323
- Pins
- 3
- Pinout
- 1 base
- 2 emitter
- 3 collector
- Source
- Manufacturer datasheet
Is it dead? The meter test is below: NPN transistor.
BC817-16W-P2-HFSOT-323NPN transistor, 3 pins, ComchipNPN transistorSOT-3233 pinsComchip
- What it is
- NPN transistor
- Maker
- Comchip
- Package
- SOT-323
- Pins
- 3
- Details
- 45 V, 0.5 A NPN transistor
- Source
- Manufacturer datasheet
Is it dead? The meter test is below: NPN transistor.
BC817-16W-Q1SOT-323NPN transistor, 3 pins, Formosa MicrosemiNPN transistorSOT-3233 pinsFormosa Microsemi
- What it is
- NPN transistor
- Maker
- Formosa Microsemi
- Package
- SOT-323
- Pins
- 3
- Source
- Manufacturer datasheet
Is it dead? The meter test is below: NPN transistor.
2 more parts have no package on record
6DFN56CATVS diode, VishayTVS diodeNot recordedNot recordedVishay
- What it is
- TVS diode
- Maker
- Vishay
- Package
- Not recorded
- Pins
- Not recorded
- Details
- 600 W TVS diode, bidirectional
- Source
- Manufacturer datasheet
Is it dead? The meter test is below: TVS or ESD protection diode.
BAS16-07L4Switching diode, InfineonSwitching diodeNot recordedNot recordedInfineon
- What it is
- Switching diode
- Maker
- Infineon
- Package
- Not recorded
- Pins
- Not recorded
- Source
- Manufacturer datasheet
Is it dead? The meter test is below: Silicon diode.
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.
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.
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.
Silicon diode
Diode range, part lifted or one leg off the pad. Red probe on the anode.
Working, it reads
About 0.5 to 0.8 V anode to cathode, and open the other way. Small switching diodes read about 0.6 to 0.7 V; large rectifiers can read a little lower.
Dead, it reads
- The same reading both ways round, near 0 V with a continuous beep or the same middling value: shorted.
- Open both ways: failed open.
- A reading the wrong way round as well: 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 three-pin body can hold two diodes. With a common pin they read two junctions from that pin, just like a transistor; in series they read two drops end to end. Test each pair the datasheet names.
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 6As
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 24 more parts.
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