Identify an SMD component

29 Aug 2004

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  > The black
plastic SOT-23 package is marked with 5A followed by a K
> rotated 90deg counter-clockwise.  
 This says to me "five-amp rectifier pair", especially if the K is next 
Are you suggesting a 5A diode (or diode pair) in an SOT23 package? I 
would be _very_ suprised.

More like the '5A' is a code for the diode type. IIRC, every manufacturer 
did his own thing with this codes (at least for transistors) which makes 
life 'interesting. It could also be a zener of some unknown voltage.

Can you figure out what it's connected to (do any of the connections go 
to supply lines or ground, for example). That may give soem clue.

-tony

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Identify an SMD component