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SMD code 1Ms

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 1M was searched.

70 parts are printed 1Ms

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  • BC846TSOT-416NPN transistor, 3 pins, NexperiaNPN transistorSOT-4163 pinsNexperia
    What it is
    NPN transistor
    Maker
    Nexperia
    Package
    SOT-416
    Pins
    3
    Pinout
    • 1 base
    • 2 emitter
    • 3 collector
    Details
    65 V, 100 mA NPN general-purpose transistor
    Source
    Manufacturer datasheet

    Is it dead? The meter test is below: NPN transistor.

  • BC848ASOT-23NPN transistor, 3 pins, Taitron ComponentsNPN transistorSOT-233 pinsTaitron Components
    What it is
    NPN transistor
    Maker
    Taitron Components
    Package
    SOT-23
    Pins
    3
    Details
    30 V NPN small-signal transistor, gain group A
    Source
    Manufacturer datasheet

    Is it dead? The meter test is below: NPN transistor.

  • BC848BSOT-23NPN transistor, 3 pins, Taitron ComponentsNPN transistorSOT-233 pinsTaitron Components
    What it is
    NPN transistor
    Maker
    Taitron Components
    Package
    SOT-23
    Pins
    3
    Details
    30 V NPN small-signal transistor, gain group B
    Source
    Manufacturer datasheet

    Is it dead? The meter test is below: NPN transistor.

  • BC848CSOT-23NPN transistor, 3 pins, Taitron ComponentsNPN transistorSOT-233 pinsTaitron Components
    What it is
    NPN transistor
    Maker
    Taitron Components
    Package
    SOT-23
    Pins
    3
    Details
    30 V NPN small-signal transistor, gain group C
    Source
    Manufacturer datasheet

    Is it dead? The meter test is below: NPN transistor.

  • BC848WSOT-323NPN transistor, 3 pins, NexperiaNPN transistorSOT-3233 pinsNexperia
    What it is
    NPN transistor
    Maker
    Nexperia
    Package
    SOT-323
    Pins
    3
    Pinout
    • 1 base
    • 2 emitter
    • 3 collector
    Details
    NPN bipolar transistor
    Source
    Manufacturer datasheet

    Is it dead? The meter test is below: NPN transistor.

  • BCM846SSOT-363Transistor, 6 pins, InfineonTransistorSOT-3636 pinsInfineon
    What it is
    Transistor
    Maker
    Infineon
    Package
    SOT-363
    Pins
    6
    Source
    Manufacturer datasheet

    Is it dead? The meter test is below: Bipolar transistor.

  • BCV61SOT-143Dual NPN transistor, 4 pins, NexperiaDual NPN transistorSOT-1434 pinsNexperia
    What it is
    Dual NPN transistor
    Maker
    Nexperia
    Package
    SOT-143
    Pins
    4
    Details
    30 V, 100 mA NPN current-mirror double transistor
    Source
    Manufacturer datasheet

    Is it dead? The meter test is below: NPN transistor pair.

  • DAN217WMSOT-416Switching diode, 3 pins, ROHMSwitching diodeSOT-4163 pinsROHM
    What it is
    Switching diode
    Maker
    ROHM
    Package
    SOT-416
    Pins
    3
    Details
    Switching Diode (High speed switching)
    Source
    Manufacturer datasheet

    Is it dead? The meter test is below: Silicon diode.

  • HMM3Z4V7T1GSOD-323Zener diode, 2 pins, HXYZener diodeSOD-3232 pinsHXY
    What it is
    Zener diode
    Maker
    HXY
    Package
    SOD-323
    Pins
    2
    Details
    Zener diode, 15 V
    Source
    Manufacturer datasheet

    Is it dead? The meter test is below: Zener diode.

  • LMBTA13LT1GSOT-23NPN transistor, 3 pins, LRCNPN transistorSOT-233 pinsLRC
    What it is
    NPN transistor
    Maker
    LRC
    Package
    SOT-23
    Pins
    3
    Details
    Bipolar transistor, NPN, IC 300 mA, VCEO 30 V
    Source
    Manufacturer datasheet

    Is it dead? The meter test is below: NPN transistor.

  • MM3Z4V7SOD-323Zener diode, 2 pins, DiotecZener diodeSOD-3232 pinsDiotec
    What it is
    Zener diode
    Maker
    Diotec
    Package
    SOD-323
    Pins
    2
    Details
    SMD Planar Zener Diodes
    Source
    Manufacturer datasheet

    Is it dead? The meter test is below: Zener diode.

  • MM3Z4V7BWSOD-323Zener diode, 2 pins, JSMSEMIZener diodeSOD-3232 pinsJSMSEMI
    What it is
    Zener diode
    Maker
    JSMSEMI
    Package
    SOD-323
    Pins
    2
    Source
    Manufacturer datasheet

    Is it dead? The meter test is below: Zener diode.

  • MM3Z4V7CSOD-323Zener diode, 2 pins, HXYZener diodeSOD-3232 pinsHXY
    What it is
    Zener diode
    Maker
    HXY
    Package
    SOD-323
    Pins
    2
    Details
    Zener diode, 7.5 V, 0.005 A
    Source
    Manufacturer datasheet

    Is it dead? The meter test is below: Zener diode.

  • MM3Z4V7T1GSOD-323Zener diode, 2 pins, HXYZener diodeSOD-3232 pinsHXY
    What it is
    Zener diode
    Maker
    HXY
    Package
    SOD-323
    Pins
    2
    Details
    Zener diode, 15 V
    Source
    Manufacturer datasheet

    Is it dead? The meter test is below: Zener diode.

  • MM3Z4V7T1GXSOD-323Zener diode, 2 pins, HXYZener diodeSOD-3232 pinsHXY
    What it is
    Zener diode
    Maker
    HXY
    Package
    SOD-323
    Pins
    2
    Details
    Zener diode, 36 V, 0.01 A
    Source
    Manufacturer datasheet

    Is it dead? The meter test is below: Zener 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.

NPN transistor

Diode range, part lifted or its base leg off the pad.

Working, it reads

Red 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.

NPN transistor pair

Diode range, part lifted. Test each transistor on its own pins, as the datasheet's pinout gives them.

Working, it reads

Red 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.

Silicon diode

Diode range, part lifted or one leg off the pad. Red probe on the anode.

Working, it reads

About 0.5 to 0.8 V anode to cathode, and open the other way. Small switching diodes read about 0.6 to 0.7 V; large rectifiers can read a little lower.

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: failed open.
  • A reading the wrong way round as well: 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 three-pin body can hold two diodes. With a common pin they read two junctions from that pin, just like a transistor; in series they read two drops end to end. Test each pair the datasheet names.

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.

Printed with a code easy to misread as 1Ms

One character differs, and it is one that is easy to confuse under a lamp. Each code has a page of its own.

Codes not listed here are printed on 10 more parts.

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