SMD code A18 in MSOP-8
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.
1 part in MSOP-8 is printed A18
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Answer up to 4 quick questions and these 8 parts are ranked, with a meter test that settles it. It works on a dead part too.
ADTL082ARMZ-R2MSOP-8Analog DevicesNot recordedAnalog Devices
- What it is
- Not recorded
- Maker
- Analog Devices
- Package
- MSOP-8
- Pins
- 8
- Source
- Published code list
Is it dead? The meter test is below: This part.
7 more parts have no package on record. Nothing rules them out, so they stay.
2SK436JFET, SanyoJFETSanyo
- What it is
- JFET
- Maker
- Sanyo
- Package
- Not recorded
- Pins
- Not recorded
- Details
- N-channel JFET
- Source
- Published code list
Is it dead? The meter test is below: JFET.
2SK436-18Sanyo ElectricNot recordedSanyo Electric
- What it is
- Not recorded
- Maker
- Sanyo Electric
- Package
- Not recorded
- Pins
- Not recorded
- Details
- FET n-type: RF-AM, LN, 15V, 20mA, 150mW, Idss=1.7..3mA
- Source
- Published code list
Is it dead? The meter test is below: MOSFET.
DAM1MA18ESD protection diode, HitachiESD protection diodeHitachi
- What it is
- ESD protection diode
- Maker
- Hitachi
- Package
- Not recorded
- Pins
- Not recorded
- Details
- ElectroStatic Discharge Protection diode: Vdc=13V, Vzt=16.8..19.1V, Izt=15mA, 600W(100µs)
- Source
- Published code list
Is it dead? The meter test is below: TVS or ESD protection diode.
DAM3MA18ESD protection diode, HitachiESD protection diodeHitachi
- What it is
- ESD protection diode
- Maker
- Hitachi
- Package
- Not recorded
- Pins
- Not recorded
- Details
- ElectroStatic Discharge Protection diode: Vdc=13V, Vzt=16.8..19.1V, Izt=45mA, 1800W(100µs)
- Source
- Published code list
Is it dead? The meter test is below: TVS or ESD protection diode.
KIC77A18MVoltage supervisor, KECVoltage supervisorKEC
- What it is
- Voltage supervisor
- Maker
- KEC
- Package
- Not recorded
- Pins
- Not recorded
- Details
- Voltage detector IC: 1.8V±1%, -Reset ODO, Rdt=240ms
- Source
- Published code list
Is it dead? The meter test is below: Integrated circuit.
TK71818CBTokNot recordedTok
- What it is
- Not recorded
- Maker
- Tok
- Package
- Not recorded
- Pins
- Not recorded
- Details
- VR-IC: LDO, CE, 1,8V±1,5%, 200mA
- Source
- Published code list
Is it dead? The meter test is below: Voltage regulator.
XCL232B181KR-GDC-DC converter, TorexDC-DC converterTorex
- What it is
- DC-DC converter
- Maker
- Torex
- Package
- Not recorded
- Pins
- Not recorded
- Details
- DC/DC voltage converter IC: PFM st-dwn, 1.8V±2%, 150mA, +CE
- Source
- Published code list
Is it dead? The meter test is below: Integrated circuit.
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.
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.
JFET
Ohms range for drain to source, diode range for the gate, part lifted.
Working, it reads
Drain to source conducts both ways at a few hundred ohms, depending on the part, and some meters beep on it. The gate reads one junction to drain and to source, about 0.6 to 0.7 V, and open the other way.
Dead, it reads
- The gate the same both ways to drain or source, near 0 V with a continuous beep: gate shorted.
- Drain to source open: the channel has 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:
- Drain to source resistance varies from part to part. An identical part elsewhere on the board shows what is normal.
- Watch for:
- A good channel can beep like a short between drain and source. That is normal; the gate junction says whether it has failed.
A dead part still carries its marking. A short or an open says it has failed, not that it is a different part.
MOSFET
Diode range, part lifted. Test drain to source first, then short gate to source and test again.
Working, it reads
One way between drain and source reads about 0.4 to 0.9 V, the body diode, and the other way open. The gate reads open to both other pins.
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.
- No body diode at all: failed open.
- On the board
- the gate usually has a resistor to the source, which reads as that resistor and is not a fault. 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.
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.
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.
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.
Printed with a code easy to misread as A18
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 A18
For a marking with its end worn or burnt off. Each code has a page of its own.
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