SMD code P72
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.
P72 on a chip capacitor
0.72 pF
0.72 pF capacitor
The p is both the decimal point and the unit: 0.72 pF.
Check it with a meter
Lift one end and measure it on a capacitance range. A good one reads close to 0.72 pF. In circuit the meter also sees everything connected across it, so the reading means little until it is out. A failed one usually reads near 0 Ω, or a steady low resistance, on the ohms range, often from a crack. On the board a shorted capacitor shorts its whole rail. A failed reading does not change what to fit: the marking still says 0.72 pF.
On a transistor or diode body (SOT-23, SOT-89-5, SOT-23-5), P72 is a part code instead. Those parts are listed below.
6 parts are printed P72
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Answer up to 4 quick questions and these 6 parts are ranked, with a meter test that settles it. It works on a dead part too.
BZX84-B20SOT-23Zener diode, 3 pins, NXPZener diodeSOT-233 pinsNXP
- What it is
- Zener diode
- Maker
- NXP
- Package
- SOT-23
- Pins
- 3
- Details
- 20 V ±2% voltage regulator (Zener) diode
- Source
- Published code list
Is it dead? The meter test is below: Zener diode.
DDTB114GCSOT-23Digital transistor (PNP, resistors built in), 3 pins, Diodes IncorporatedDigital transistor (PNP, resistors built in)SOT-233 pinsDiodes Incorporated
- What it is
- Digital transistor (PNP, resistors built in)
- Maker
- Diodes Incorporated
- Package
- SOT-23
- Pins
- 3
- Details
- Si-pnp-Digi: Sw, 50V, 100mA, 200mW, B=100..600, 250MHz, R2=10k
- Source
- Published code list
Is it dead? The meter test is below: Digital transistor.
DDTB114GUSOT-323Digital transistor (PNP, resistors built in), 3 pins, Diodes IncorporatedDigital transistor (PNP, resistors built in)SOT-3233 pinsDiodes Incorporated
- What it is
- Digital transistor (PNP, resistors built in)
- Maker
- Diodes Incorporated
- Package
- SOT-323
- Pins
- 3
- Details
- Si-pnp-Digi: Sw, 50V, 100mA, 200mW, B=100..600, 250MHz, R2=10k
- Source
- Published code list
Is it dead? The meter test is below: Digital transistor.
XC9147D40CER-GUSP-6CDC-DC converter, 6 pins, TorexDC-DC converterUSP-6C6 pinsTorex
- What it is
- DC-DC converter
- Maker
- Torex
- Package
- USP-6C
- Pins
- 6
- Details
- DC/DC voltage converter IC: PWM st-up, 1.2MHz, 4.0V±2%, 1.4A, CrLL, ShPr, CL, +CE
- Source
- Published code list
Is it dead? The meter test is below: Integrated circuit.
XC9147D40CPR-GSOT-89-5DC-DC converter, 5 pins, TorexDC-DC converterSOT-89-55 pinsTorex
- What it is
- DC-DC converter
- Maker
- Torex
- Package
- SOT-89-5
- Pins
- 5
- Details
- DC/DC voltage converter IC: PWM step-up, 1.2MHz, 4.0V±2%, 1.4A, CrLL, ShPr, CL, +CE
- Source
- Published code list
Is it dead? The meter test is below: Integrated circuit.
1 more part has no package on record
TST022A-717WSSchottky diode, Taitron ComponentsSchottky diodeNot recordedNot recordedTaitron Components
- What it is
- Schottky diode
- Maker
- Taitron Components
- Package
- Not recorded
- Pins
- Not recorded
- Details
- Schottky Barrier Diodes (Multiple Terminals)
- Source
- Manufacturer datasheet
Is it dead? The meter test is below: Schottky 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.
Schottky diode
Diode range, part lifted or one leg off the pad. Red probe on the anode.
Working, it reads
About 0.15 to 0.45 V anode to cathode, roughly half a silicon diode, and open the other way.
Dead, it reads
- The same reading both ways round, near 0 V with a continuous beep or the same middling value: shorted.
- A reading the wrong way round as well: leaky.
- Open both ways: 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:
- If an identical part sits elsewhere on the board, measure it the same way: that is what this one should read.
- Watch for:
- A large Schottky can read about 0.1 V forward and beep like a short, and leaks a little the wrong way when good, more when warm. It is shorted only if it reads the same both ways. Measure it cold, beside an identical cold one.
A dead part still carries its marking. A short or an open says it has failed, not that it is a different part.
Zener diode
Diode range for the forward check, part lifted, red probe on the anode. A bench supply for the Zener voltage.
Working, it reads
About 0.6 to 0.8 V forward and open in reverse on the diode range. Its Zener voltage shows only on a supply: feed it through a resistor that sets about 5 mA, cathode to positive, read quickly, and it should hold near its rated voltage.
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, forward too: failed open.
- Holds well off its rated voltage on the supply test: drifted.
- A soft knee, or a voltage that creeps on the supply test: 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 meter's diode range stops at about 2 to 3 V, so almost every Zener reads open in reverse on it, good or bad; a 3 V meter may just show a 2.4 or 2.7 V part. Above about 3 V the meter cannot tell a Zener from a plain diode.
A dead part still carries its marking. A short or an open says it has failed, not that it is a different part.
Digital transistor
Ohms range, part lifted. The datasheet gives the built-in resistors: R1 in series with the base, R2 from base to emitter.
Working, it reads
Base to emitter reads about R1 plus R2 either way round, about 20 kΩ on a 10 k and 10 k part, give or take their wide tolerance. Collector to emitter reads open. A part with no R2 reads a junction behind R1 one way instead.
Dead, it reads
- Collector to emitter the same both ways, near 0 Ω with a continuous beep: shorted.
- From the base, open or far above R1 plus R2: R1 has failed. Static damage shows here most often.
- Base to emitter near 0 Ω: failed short.
- 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:
- The readings depend on the resistor values, so an identical part elsewhere on the board is the surest reference. Measure it the same way.
- Watch for:
- On the diode range a good part with 10 kΩ resistors reads open on every pair, so a good part looks dead there. Use the ohms range.
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.
Printed with a code easy to misread as P72
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 P72
For a marking with its end worn or burnt off. Each code has a page of its own.
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