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SMD code A1 in SOT-89

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.

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  • D70G.05T1SOT-893 pins, GenNot recorded3 pinsGen
    What it is
    Not recorded
    Maker
    Gen
    Package
    SOT-89
    Pins
    3
    Details
    Si-npn: Sw, 200/150V, 50mA
    Source
    Published code list

    Is it dead? The meter test is below: This part.

  • ELM9821ABSOT-893 pins, ELM TechnologyNot recorded3 pinsELM Technology
    What it is
    Not recorded
    Maker
    ELM Technology
    Package
    SOT-89
    Pins
    3
    Details
    Linear voltage regulator IC: 2.1V±2%, 200mA
    Source
    Published code list

    Is it dead? The meter test is below: Voltage regulator.

  • ELM89211ASOT-89LDO regulator, 3 pins, ELM TechnologyLDO regulator3 pinsELM Technology
    What it is
    LDO regulator
    Maker
    ELM Technology
    Package
    SOT-89
    Pins
    3
    Details
    Linear voltage regulator IC: LDO, 2.1V±2%, 300mA
    Source
    Published code list

    Is it dead? The meter test is below: Voltage regulator.

  • RT9162-35CXSOT-89LDO regulator, 3 pins, RichtekLDO regulator3 pinsRichtek
    What it is
    LDO regulator
    Maker
    Richtek
    Package
    SOT-89
    Pins
    3
    Details
    Linear voltage regulator IC: LDO, 3.5V±2%, 300mA
    Source
    Published code list

    Is it dead? The meter test is below: Voltage regulator.

  • S-80737AL-A1SOT-893 pins, ABLICNot recorded3 pinsABLIC
    What it is
    Not recorded
    Maker
    ABLIC
    Package
    SOT-89
    Pins
    3
    Details
    equivalent S-80737AL
    Source
    Published code list

    Is it dead? The meter test is below: This part.

  • 10 more parts have no package on record. Nothing rules them out, so they stay.
    • BAV222Switching diode, InfineonSwitching diodeNot recordedInfineon
      What it is
      Switching diode
      Maker
      Infineon
      Package
      Not recorded
      Pins
      Not recorded
      Source
      Manufacturer datasheet

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

    • BAW222Diode, InfineonDiodeNot recordedInfineon
      What it is
      Diode
      Maker
      Infineon
      Package
      Not recorded
      Pins
      Not recorded
      Source
      Manufacturer datasheet

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

    • BZX884B2V4Zener diode, Good-ArkZener diodeNot recordedGood-Ark
      What it is
      Zener diode
      Maker
      Good-Ark
      Package
      Not recorded
      Pins
      Not recorded
      Details
      Zener diode, VZ 2.4 V, 0.25 W
      Source
      Manufacturer datasheet

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

    • FM4001-LRectifier, Formosa MicrosemiRectifierNot recordedFormosa Microsemi
      What it is
      Rectifier
      Maker
      Formosa Microsemi
      Package
      Not recorded
      Pins
      Not recorded
      Details
      Rectifier diode
      Source
      Manufacturer datasheet

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

    • FM4001-L-Q1Rectifier, Formosa MicrosemiRectifierNot recordedFormosa Microsemi
      What it is
      Rectifier
      Maker
      Formosa Microsemi
      Package
      Not recorded
      Pins
      Not recorded
      Details
      Rectifier diode
      Source
      Manufacturer datasheet

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

    • FM4001-MHRectifier, Formosa MicrosemiRectifierNot recordedFormosa Microsemi
      What it is
      Rectifier
      Maker
      Formosa Microsemi
      Package
      Not recorded
      Pins
      Not recorded
      Details
      Rectifier diode
      Source
      Manufacturer datasheet

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

    • FM4001-MH-Q1Rectifier, Formosa MicrosemiRectifierNot recordedFormosa Microsemi
      What it is
      Rectifier
      Maker
      Formosa Microsemi
      Package
      Not recorded
      Pins
      Not recorded
      Details
      Rectifier diode
      Source
      Manufacturer datasheet

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

    • FM4001-MSRectifier, Formosa MicrosemiRectifierNot recordedFormosa Microsemi
      What it is
      Rectifier
      Maker
      Formosa Microsemi
      Package
      Not recorded
      Pins
      Not recorded
      Details
      Rectifier diode
      Source
      Manufacturer datasheet

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

    • FM4001-MS-Q1Rectifier, Formosa MicrosemiRectifierNot recordedFormosa Microsemi
      What it is
      Rectifier
      Maker
      Formosa Microsemi
      Package
      Not recorded
      Pins
      Not recorded
      Details
      Rectifier diode
      Source
      Manufacturer datasheet

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

    • FM4001-MSTRectifier, Formosa MicrosemiRectifierNot recordedFormosa Microsemi
      What it is
      Rectifier
      Maker
      Formosa Microsemi
      Package
      Not recorded
      Pins
      Not recorded
      Details
      Rectifier diode
      Source
      Manufacturer datasheet

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

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.

Voltage regulator

Voltage, board powered, black probe on ground. Then ohms with the power off.

Working, it reads

Input pin at the supply, output pin at its rated voltage, and the enable pin high if it has one.

Dead, it reads

  • Output equal to the input: the pass element has shorted. Everything after it may have taken the full input.
  • Input present, enable high, no output: failed open, or holding itself off into a shorted load. Power off and measure output to ground.
  • Power off, input to output near 0 Ω: shorted.
On the board:
An output at 0 V is often a shorted load with the regulator in current limit. Lift the output pin: if the short stays on the board, the regulator may be fine.
Compare:
The same regulator on another rail or another board shows the right voltages and the right resistances.
Watch for:
Makers put input, output and ground on different pins in the same package, so take them from this part's datasheet. Diode or ohms readings between its pins say little; check it powered.

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 A1

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 9 more parts.

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