SMD ceramic capacitors are sometimes marked with a code, consisting of one or two letters and a digit. The first letter if present is a manufacturer code (i.e K for Kemet, etc.), the second letter the mantissa and the digit the exponent (multiplier) of the capacitance in pF. For example S3 is a 4.7nF (4.7 x 10³ pf) capactitor from an unknown manufacturer, while KA2 is a 100 pF (1.0 x 10² pF) capacitor from Kemet. Thanks to K7ITM for providing this information!
Letter | Mantissa | Letter | Mantissa | Letter | Mantissa | Letter | Mantissa |
A | 1.0 | J | 2.2 | S | 4.7 | a | 2.5 |
B | 1.1 | K | 2.4 | T | 5.1 | b | 3.5 |
C | 1.2 | L | 2.7 | U | 5.6 | d | 4.0 |
D | 1.3 | M | 3.0 | V | 6.2 | e | 4.5 |
E | 1.5 | N | 3.3 | W | 6.8 | f | 5.0 |
F | 1.6 | P | 3.6 | X | 7.5 | m | 6.0 |
G | 1.8 | Q | 3.9 | Y | 8.2 | n | 7.0 |
H | 2.0 | R | 4.3 | Z | 9.1 | t | 8.0 |
y | 9.0 |