SMD code 6BR in SOT-23
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.
3 parts in SOT-23 are printed 6BR
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Answer up to 4 quick questions and these 7 parts are ranked, with a meter test that settles it. It works on a dead part too.
FMBTRC106SSSOT-23Digital transistor (NPN, resistors built in), 3 pins, Formosa MicrosemiDigital transistor (NPN, resistors built in)3 pinsFormosa Microsemi
- What it is
- Digital transistor (NPN, resistors built in)
- Maker
- Formosa Microsemi
- Package
- SOT-23
- Pins
- 3
- Source
- Manufacturer datasheet
Is it dead? The meter test is below: Digital transistor.
BC817-25RSOT-233 pins, NexperiaNot recorded3 pinsNexperia
- What it is
- Not recorded
- Maker
- Nexperia
- Package
- SOT-23
- Pins
- 3
- Details
- equivalent BC337-25
- Source
- Published code list
Is it dead? The meter test is below: This part.
MMBTRC106SSSOT-23Digital transistor (resistors built in), 3 pins, Dongguan Pingjingsemi TechnologyDigital transistor (resistors built in)3 pinsDongguan Pingjingsemi Technology
- What it is
- Digital transistor (resistors built in)
- Maker
- Dongguan Pingjingsemi Technology
- Package
- SOT-23
- Pins
- 3
- Details
- SMD Digital NPN Transistors
- Source
- Published code list
Is it dead? The meter test is below: Digital transistor.
4 more parts have no package on record. Nothing rules them out, so they stay.
SMA6F17ATVS diode, VishayTVS diodeNot recordedVishay
- What it is
- TVS diode
- Maker
- Vishay
- Package
- Not recorded
- Pins
- Not recorded
- Details
- 600 W TVS diode, unidirectional
- Source
- Manufacturer datasheet
Is it dead? The meter test is below: TVS or ESD protection diode.
SMA6F17CATVS diode, VishayTVS diodeNot recordedVishay
- What it is
- TVS diode
- Maker
- Vishay
- Package
- Not recorded
- Pins
- Not recorded
- Details
- 600 W TVS diode, bidirectional
- Source
- Manufacturer datasheet
Is it dead? The meter test is below: TVS or ESD protection diode.
SMA6SF17ATVS diode, Formosa MicrosemiTVS diodeNot recordedFormosa Microsemi
- What it is
- TVS diode
- Maker
- Formosa Microsemi
- Package
- Not recorded
- Pins
- Not recorded
- Source
- Manufacturer datasheet
Is it dead? The meter test is below: TVS or ESD protection diode.
SMA6S17ATVS diode, Formosa MicrosemiTVS diodeNot recordedFormosa Microsemi
- What it is
- TVS diode
- Maker
- Formosa Microsemi
- Package
- Not recorded
- Pins
- Not recorded
- Details
- Transient voltage supressor: Vrwm=17V, Vbr=18.9..20.9V, Ipp=21.7A, 600W(1ms)
- Source
- Published code list
Is it dead? The meter test is below: TVS or ESD protection 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Printed with a code easy to misread as 6BR
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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