07 марта 2021

SMD Ceramic Capacitor Coding

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