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SMD code KA2 in SOT-323

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.

2 parts in SOT-323 are printed KA2

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

  • BAS16WSOT-323Switching diode, Diodes IncorporatedSwitching diodeDiodes Incorporated
    What it is
    Switching diode
    Maker
    Diodes Incorporated
    Package
    SOT-323
    Pins
    3
    Details
    SMD Small Signal Diodes
    Source
    Published code list

    Is it dead? The meter test is below: Silicon diode.

    Datasheetfor BAS16W, opens in a new tab
  • MMBD4148WSOT-323Switching diode, Diodes IncorporatedSwitching diodeDiodes Incorporated
    What it is
    Switching diode
    Maker
    Diodes Incorporated
    Package
    SOT-323
    Pins
    3
    Details
    Switching diode, 75 V
    Source
    Published code list

    Is it dead? The meter test is below: Silicon diode.

    Datasheetfor MMBD4148W, opens in a new tab
  • 2 more parts have no package on record. Nothing rules them out, so they stay.

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.

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.

N-channel MOSFET pair

Diode range, part lifted. Test drain to source first, then short gate to source and test again. Test each MOSFET on its own pins, as the datasheet's pinout gives them.

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.

Printed with a code easy to misread as KA2

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

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