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SMD code 6Ce

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, e, is lower case, which on NXP and Philips parts is a date or factory code, so it was set aside and 6C was searched.

156 parts are printed 6Ce

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Answer up to 4 quick questions and these 50 parts are ranked, with a meter test that settles it. It works on a dead part too.

  • 2N7002WSOT-323N-channel MOSFET, 3 pins, LeiditechN-channel MOSFETSOT-3233 pinsLeiditech
    What it is
    N-channel MOSFET
    Maker
    Leiditech
    Package
    SOT-323
    Pins
    3
    Details
    60V, N Channel, Small Signal MOSFETs
    Source
    Manufacturer datasheet

    Is it dead? The meter test is below: N-channel MOSFET.

  • ABC817-40-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.

  • ABC817-40W-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.

  • BC817SOT-23NPN transistor, 3 pins, JSCJNPN transistorSOT-233 pinsJSCJ
    What it is
    NPN transistor
    Maker
    JSCJ
    Package
    SOT-23
    Pins
    3
    Details
    NPN bipolar transistor
    Source
    Manufacturer datasheet

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

  • BC817-40SOT-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 40
    Source
    Manufacturer datasheet

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

  • BC817-40-3LSOT-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.

  • BC817-40-6LSOT-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.

  • BC817-40-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.

  • BC817-40-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.

  • BC817-40HSOT-23NPN transistor, 3 pins, Taiwan SemiconductorNPN transistorSOT-233 pinsTaiwan Semiconductor
    What it is
    NPN transistor
    Maker
    Taiwan Semiconductor
    Package
    SOT-23
    Pins
    3
    Source
    Manufacturer datasheet

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

  • BC817-40LSOT-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.

  • BC817-40WSOT-323Transistor, 3 pins, Galaxy MicroelectronicsTransistorSOT-3233 pinsGalaxy Microelectronics
    What it is
    Transistor
    Maker
    Galaxy Microelectronics
    Package
    SOT-323
    Pins
    3
    Pinout
    • 1 base
    • 2 emitter
    • 3 collector
    Details
    SMD General Purpose NPN Transistors
    Source
    Manufacturer datasheet

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

  • BC817-40W-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.

  • BC817-40W-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.

  • BC817-40WHSOT-323NPN transistor, 3 pins, Taiwan SemiconductorNPN transistorSOT-3233 pinsTaiwan Semiconductor
    What it is
    NPN transistor
    Maker
    Taiwan Semiconductor
    Package
    SOT-323
    Pins
    3
    Source
    Manufacturer datasheet

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

N-channel MOSFET

Diode range, part lifted. Test drain to source first, then short gate to source and test again.

Working, it reads

Red probe on the source, black on the drain: about 0.4 to 0.9 V, the body diode. Open the other way. The gate reads open to both other pins, both ways.

Dead, it reads

  • Drain to source the same both ways, near 0 V with a continuous beep, and still so after shorting gate to source: shorted. The classic failure.
  • The gate reads low to source or drain: gate shorted. Often all three pins end up shorted together.
  • No body diode at all: failed open.
On the board
the gate usually has a resistor to the source, so gate to source reads that resistor, which is not a fault. A drain short can be the load. Lift a leg to be sure.
Compare:
If an identical part sits elsewhere on the board, measure it the same way: that is what this one should read.
Watch for:
The diode range can charge the gate enough to turn the part on, and then drain to source reads near 0 both ways on a good part. Short gate to source and test again before you condemn it.

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.

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.

Printed with a code easy to misread as 6Ce

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 77 more parts.

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