SMD code 3Gs
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, s, is lower case, which on NXP and Philips parts is a date or factory code, so it was set aside and 3G was searched.
91 parts are printed 3Gs
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BC857CSSOT-363Dual PNP transistor, 6 pins, Galaxy MicroelectronicsDual PNP transistorSOT-3636 pinsGalaxy Microelectronics
- What it is
- Dual PNP transistor
- Maker
- Galaxy Microelectronics
- Package
- SOT-363
- Pins
- 6
- Details
- -45V, -0.2A, General Purpose Dual PNP Bipolar Transistor
- Source
- Manufacturer datasheet
Is it dead? The meter test is below: PNP transistor pair.
BC857CVSOT-563Dual PNP transistor, 6 pins, Galaxy MicroelectronicsDual PNP transistorSOT-5636 pinsGalaxy Microelectronics
- What it is
- Dual PNP transistor
- Maker
- Galaxy Microelectronics
- Package
- SOT-563
- Pins
- 6
- Details
- 45V, 0.1A, General Purpose PNP Bipolar Transistor
- Source
- Manufacturer datasheet
Is it dead? The meter test is below: PNP transistor pair.
BC857CWSOT-323Transistor, 3 pins, DiotecTransistorSOT-3233 pinsDiotec
- What it is
- Transistor
- Maker
- Diotec
- Package
- SOT-323
- Pins
- 3
- Details
- SMD General Purpose PNP Transistors
- Source
- Manufacturer datasheet
Is it dead? The meter test is below: Bipolar transistor.
BC857CW-HFSOT-323PNP transistor, 3 pins, ComchipPNP transistorSOT-3233 pinsComchip
- What it is
- PNP transistor
- Maker
- Comchip
- Package
- SOT-323
- Pins
- 3
- Details
- -45 V, -0.1 A PNP transistor
- Source
- Manufacturer datasheet
Is it dead? The meter test is below: PNP transistor.
BC857CW-Q1SOT-323PNP transistor, 3 pins, Formosa MicrosemiPNP transistorSOT-3233 pinsFormosa Microsemi
- What it is
- PNP transistor
- Maker
- Formosa Microsemi
- Package
- SOT-323
- Pins
- 3
- Source
- Manufacturer datasheet
Is it dead? The meter test is below: PNP transistor.
BC858CSOT-23PNP transistor, 3 pins, DiotecPNP transistorSOT-233 pinsDiotec
- What it is
- PNP transistor
- Maker
- Diotec
- Package
- SOT-23
- Pins
- 3
- Details
- -30 V PNP small-signal transistor, gain group C
- Source
- Manufacturer datasheet
Is it dead? The meter test is below: PNP transistor.
BC858CWSOT-323Transistor, 3 pins, DiotecTransistorSOT-3233 pinsDiotec
- What it is
- Transistor
- Maker
- Diotec
- Package
- SOT-323
- Pins
- 3
- Details
- SMD General Purpose PNP Transistors
- Source
- Manufacturer datasheet
Is it dead? The meter test is below: Bipolar transistor.
BC859CSOT-23Transistor, 3 pins, DiotecTransistorSOT-233 pinsDiotec
- What it is
- Transistor
- Maker
- Diotec
- Package
- SOT-23
- Pins
- 3
- Details
- SMD General Purpose PNP Transistors
- Source
- Manufacturer datasheet
Is it dead? The meter test is below: Bipolar transistor.
BC859CWSOT-323Transistor, 3 pins, DiotecTransistorSOT-3233 pinsDiotec
- What it is
- Transistor
- Maker
- Diotec
- Package
- SOT-323
- Pins
- 3
- Details
- SMD General Purpose PNP Transistors
- Source
- Manufacturer datasheet
Is it dead? The meter test is below: Bipolar transistor.
BC860CSOT-23Transistor, 3 pins, DiotecTransistorSOT-233 pinsDiotec
- What it is
- Transistor
- Maker
- Diotec
- Package
- SOT-23
- Pins
- 3
- Details
- SMD General Purpose PNP Transistors
- Source
- Manufacturer datasheet
Is it dead? The meter test is below: Bipolar transistor.
BCW61DSOT-23PNP transistor, 3 pins, HXYPNP transistorSOT-233 pinsHXY
- What it is
- PNP transistor
- Maker
- HXY
- Package
- SOT-23
- Pins
- 3
- Details
- Bipolar transistor, 45 V, 0.1 A
- Source
- Manufacturer datasheet
Is it dead? The meter test is below: PNP transistor.
BRDBC857SOT-363PNP transistor, 6 pins, Blue RocketPNP transistorSOT-3636 pinsBlue Rocket
- What it is
- PNP transistor
- Maker
- Blue Rocket
- Package
- SOT-363
- Pins
- 6
- Details
- PNP bipolar transistor
- Source
- Manufacturer datasheet
Is it dead? The meter test is below: PNP transistor.
BZD27B82PSOD-123FZener diode, 2 pins, VishayZener diodeSOD-123F2 pinsVishay
- What it is
- Zener diode
- Maker
- Vishay
- Package
- SOD-123F
- Pins
- 2
- Details
- 82 V Zener diode
- Source
- Manufacturer datasheet
Is it dead? The meter test is below: Zener diode.
GSBC857CDESOT-563PNP transistor, 6 pins, Good-ArkPNP transistorSOT-5636 pinsGood-Ark
- What it is
- PNP transistor
- Maker
- Good-Ark
- Package
- SOT-563
- Pins
- 6
- Details
- PNP transistor, 45 V, 0.1 A
- Source
- Manufacturer datasheet
Is it dead? The meter test is below: PNP transistor.
1 more part has no package on record
FPF2895CUCXLoad switch, onsemiLoad switchNot recordedNot recordedonsemi
- What it is
- Load switch
- Maker
- onsemi
- Package
- Not recorded
- Pins
- Not recorded
- Details
- Current Limit Switch, with OVP and TRCB, 28 V / 5 A Rated
- Source
- Manufacturer datasheet
Is it dead? The meter test is below: Load switch.
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.
PNP transistor pair
Diode range, part lifted. Test each transistor on its own pins, as the datasheet's pinout gives them.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Load switch
Voltage, board powered, black probe on ground.
Working, it reads
Switched on, the output pin sits at the input voltage. Switched off, it sits near 0 V.
Dead, it reads
- Output at the input voltage while switched off: the pass element has shorted.
- Input present and switched on, no output: failed open, or shut down into a shorted load. Power off and measure output to ground.
- On the board:
- An output near 0 Ω to ground is usually the load. Lift the output pin to see which.
- 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 pinout and whether the enable is active high or low differ between parts. The datasheet gives both.
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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