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SMD code MAp

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 MA was searched.

89 parts are printed MAp

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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.

  • NCV8164ASN120SOT-23-5LDO regulator, 5 pins, onsemiLDO regulatorSOT-23-55 pinsonsemi
    What it is
    LDO regulator
    Maker
    onsemi
    Package
    SOT-23-5
    Pins
    5
    Details
    LDO Regulator, 300 mA, Low Dropout Voltage, Ultra Low Noise, High PSRR with Power Good
    Source
    Manufacturer datasheet

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

  • NL27WZ14DBVSOT-23-6Logic gate, 6 pins, onsemiLogic gateSOT-23-66 pinsonsemi
    What it is
    Logic gate
    Maker
    onsemi
    Package
    SOT-23-6
    Pins
    6
    Details
    Dual Schmitt-Trigger Inverter
    Source
    Manufacturer datasheet

    Is it dead? The meter test is below: Integrated circuit.

  • NL27WZ14DFSOT-363Logic gate, 6 pins, onsemiLogic gateSOT-3636 pinsonsemi
    What it is
    Logic gate
    Maker
    onsemi
    Package
    SOT-363
    Pins
    6
    Details
    Dual Schmitt-Trigger Inverter
    Source
    Manufacturer datasheet

    Is it dead? The meter test is below: Integrated circuit.

  • NL27WZ14DFT2G-QSOT-363Logic gate, 6 pins, onsemiLogic gateSOT-3636 pinsonsemi
    What it is
    Logic gate
    Maker
    onsemi
    Package
    SOT-363
    Pins
    6
    Details
    Dual Schmitt-Trigger Inverter
    Source
    Manufacturer datasheet

    Is it dead? The meter test is below: Integrated circuit.

  • S-LMBT3904DW1T1GSOT-363NPN transistor, 6 pins, LRCNPN transistorSOT-3636 pinsLRC
    What it is
    NPN transistor
    Maker
    LRC
    Package
    SOT-363
    Pins
    6
    Details
    Bipolar transistor, NPN, IC 200 mA, VCEO 40 V
    Source
    Manufacturer datasheet

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

  • HBN2412C6SOT-563Dual NPN transistor, 6 pins, CYStekDual NPN transistorSOT-5636 pinsCYStek
    What it is
    Dual NPN transistor
    Maker
    CYStek
    Package
    SOT-563
    Pins
    6
    Details
    50 V, 0.2 A dual NPN transistor
    Source
    Manufacturer datasheet

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

  • HBN2412S6RSOT-363Dual NPN transistor, 6 pins, CYStekDual NPN transistorSOT-3636 pinsCYStek
    What it is
    Dual NPN transistor
    Maker
    CYStek
    Package
    SOT-363
    Pins
    6
    Details
    50 V, 0.2 A dual NPN transistor
    Source
    Manufacturer datasheet

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

  • HBN3904S6RSOT-363Dual NPN transistor, 6 pins, CYStekDual NPN transistorSOT-3636 pinsCYStek
    What it is
    Dual NPN transistor
    Maker
    CYStek
    Package
    SOT-363
    Pins
    6
    Details
    40 V, 0.2 A dual NPN transistor
    Source
    Manufacturer datasheet

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

  • 1N60PWSSOD-3232 pins, Semtech ElectronicsNot recordedSOD-3232 pinsSemtech Electronics
    What it is
    Not recorded
    Maker
    Semtech Electronics
    Package
    SOD-323
    Pins
    2
    Details
    Diode: SBD, Sw, 45V, 50mA, Vf<0.45V(50mA), 1pF
    Source
    Published code list

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

  • 2N3904ESOT-523PNP transistor, 3 pins, First SilionPNP transistorSOT-5233 pinsFirst Silion
    What it is
    PNP transistor
    Maker
    First Silion
    Package
    SOT-523
    Pins
    3
    Details
    PNP transistor: GP, 60V, 200mA, 300mW, B=100..300, >200MHz
    Source
    Published code list

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

  • 2SC3011SOT-23RF transistor, 3 pins, ToshibaRF transistorSOT-233 pinsToshiba
    What it is
    RF transistor
    Maker
    Toshiba
    Package
    SOT-23
    Pins
    3
    Details
    Si-npn: UHF, C-Band, 20V, 30mA, 150mW, B=120, 6,5GHz
    Source
    Published code list

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

  • 2SC3301SOT-89RF transistor, 3 pins, ToshibaRF transistorSOT-893 pinsToshiba
    What it is
    RF transistor
    Maker
    Toshiba
    Package
    SOT-89
    Pins
    3
    Details
    Si-npn: UHF, 15V, 80mA, 7GHz
    Source
    Published code list

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

  • 2SC4392SOT-323RF transistor, 3 pins, ToshibaRF transistorSOT-3233 pinsToshiba
    What it is
    RF transistor
    Maker
    Toshiba
    Package
    SOT-323
    Pins
    3
    Details
    Si-npn: UHF, 20V, 30mA, 6.5GHz
    Source
    Published code list

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

  • 2 more parts have no package on record
    • S-LMBT3904TT1GNPN transistor, LRCNPN transistorNot recordedNot recordedLRC
      What it is
      NPN transistor
      Maker
      LRC
      Package
      Not recorded
      Pins
      Not recorded
      Details
      Bipolar transistor, NPN, IC 200 mA, VCEO 40 V
      Source
      Manufacturer datasheet

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

    • 2SC28764 pins, ToshibaNot recordedNot recorded4 pinsToshiba
      What it is
      Not recorded
      Maker
      Toshiba
      Package
      Not recorded
      Pins
      4
      Source
      Published code list

      Is it dead? The meter test is below: This part.

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.

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.

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.

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.

NPN transistor pair

Diode range, part lifted. Test each transistor on its own pins, as the datasheet's pinout gives them.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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