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SMD code BH-

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.

126 parts are printed BH-

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Answer up to 4 quick questions and these 50 parts are ranked, with a meter test that settles it. It works on a dead part too.

  • BCX56SOT-89NPN transistor, 3 pins, InfineonNPN transistorSOT-893 pinsInfineon
    What it is
    NPN transistor
    Maker
    Infineon
    Package
    SOT-89
    Pins
    3
    Details
    NPN bipolar transistor
    Source
    Manufacturer datasheet

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

  • BCX56-3LSOT-23NPN transistor, 3 pins, Galaxy MicroelectronicsNPN transistorSOT-233 pinsGalaxy Microelectronics
    What it is
    NPN transistor
    Maker
    Galaxy Microelectronics
    Package
    SOT-23
    Pins
    3
    Details
    80V, 1A, General Purpose NPN Bipolar Transistor
    Source
    Manufacturer datasheet

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

  • BCX71HSOT-23PNP transistor, 3 pins, InfineonPNP transistorSOT-233 pinsInfineon
    What it is
    PNP transistor
    Maker
    Infineon
    Package
    SOT-23
    Pins
    3
    Details
    45V, 0.1A, General Purpose PNP Bipolar Transistor
    Source
    Manufacturer datasheet

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

  • BZT52H-C9V1SOD-123FZener diode, 2 pins, NexperiaZener diodeSOD-123F2 pinsNexperia
    What it is
    Zener diode
    Maker
    Nexperia
    Package
    SOD-123F
    Pins
    2
    Source
    Manufacturer datasheet

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

  • CESDBLC5V0D5SOD-523ESD protection diode, 2 pins, JSCJESD protection diodeSOD-5232 pinsJSCJ
    What it is
    ESD protection diode
    Maker
    JSCJ
    Package
    SOD-523
    Pins
    2
    Details
    ESD protection diode, VRWM 5 V
    Source
    Manufacturer datasheet

    Is it dead? The meter test is below: TVS or ESD protection diode.

  • CPDH5V0-HFSOD-523ESD protection diode, 2 pins, ComchipESD protection diodeSOD-5232 pinsComchip
    What it is
    ESD protection diode
    Maker
    Comchip
    Package
    SOD-523
    Pins
    2
    Details
    5 V bidirectional ESD protection diode
    Source
    Manufacturer datasheet

    Is it dead? The meter test is below: TVS or ESD protection diode.

  • GSBCX56SOT-89NPN transistor, 3 pins, Good-ArkNPN transistorSOT-893 pinsGood-Ark
    What it is
    NPN transistor
    Maker
    Good-Ark
    Package
    SOT-89
    Pins
    3
    Details
    NPN transistor, 80 V, 1 A
    Source
    Manufacturer datasheet

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

  • 8 more parts have no package on record
    • ACDBUC0320-HFSchottky diode, ComchipSchottky diodeNot recordedNot recordedComchip
      What it is
      Schottky diode
      Maker
      Comchip
      Package
      Not recorded
      Pins
      Not recorded
      Details
      20 V, 0.35 A Schottky barrier diode
      Source
      Manufacturer datasheet

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

    • AOZ8915CIESD protection diode, Alpha & Omega SemiconductorESD protection diodeNot recordedNot recordedAlpha & Omega Semiconductor
      What it is
      ESD protection diode
      Maker
      Alpha & Omega Semiconductor
      Package
      Not recorded
      Pins
      Not recorded
      Details
      ESD protection for high-speed interfaces
      Source
      Manufacturer datasheet

      Is it dead? The meter test is below: TVS or ESD protection diode.

    • AOZ8915CILESD protection diode, Alpha & Omega SemiconductorESD protection diodeNot recordedNot recordedAlpha & Omega Semiconductor
      What it is
      ESD protection diode
      Maker
      Alpha & Omega Semiconductor
      Package
      Not recorded
      Pins
      Not recorded
      Details
      ESD protection for high-speed interfaces
      Source
      Manufacturer datasheet

      Is it dead? The meter test is below: TVS or ESD protection diode.

    • BZX884B33LZener diode, VishayZener diodeNot recordedNot recordedVishay
      What it is
      Zener diode
      Maker
      Vishay
      Package
      Not recorded
      Pins
      Not recorded
      Details
      33 V Zener diode
      Source
      Manufacturer datasheet

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

    • CDBU0320-HFSchottky diode, ComchipSchottky diodeNot recordedNot recordedComchip
      What it is
      Schottky diode
      Maker
      Comchip
      Package
      Not recorded
      Pins
      Not recorded
      Details
      20 V, 0.35 A Schottky barrier diode
      Source
      Manufacturer datasheet

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

    • CDBUR0320-HFSchottky diode, ComchipSchottky diodeNot recordedNot recordedComchip
      What it is
      Schottky diode
      Maker
      Comchip
      Package
      Not recorded
      Pins
      Not recorded
      Details
      20 V, 0.35 A Schottky barrier diode
      Source
      Manufacturer datasheet

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

    • CPDQT18V-HFESD protection diode, ComchipESD protection diodeNot recordedNot recordedComchip
      What it is
      ESD protection diode
      Maker
      Comchip
      Package
      Not recorded
      Pins
      Not recorded
      Details
      18 V bidirectional ESD protection diode
      Source
      Manufacturer datasheet

      Is it dead? The meter test is below: TVS or ESD protection diode.

    • ESDBU18VA1ESD protection diode, JSCJESD protection diodeNot recordedNot recordedJSCJ
      What it is
      ESD protection diode
      Maker
      JSCJ
      Package
      Not recorded
      Pins
      Not recorded
      Details
      ESD protection diode, VRWM 18 V
      Source
      Manufacturer datasheet

      Is it dead? The meter test is below: TVS or ESD protection 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.

Schottky diode

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

Working, it reads

About 0.15 to 0.45 V anode to cathode, roughly half a silicon diode, and open the other way.

Dead, it reads

  • The same reading both ways round, near 0 V with a continuous beep or the same middling value: shorted.
  • A reading the wrong way round as well: leaky.
  • Open both ways: failed open.
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 large Schottky can read about 0.1 V forward and beep like a short, and leaks a little the wrong way when good, more when warm. It is shorted only if it reads the same both ways. Measure it cold, beside an identical cold one.

A dead part still carries its marking. A short or an open says it has failed, not that it is a different part.

TVS or ESD protection diode

Diode range, from the protected line to ground, part lifted if you can.

Working, it reads

A one-way part reads about 0.6 to 0.8 V forward and open in reverse. A two-way part reads open both ways. Arrays with several lines read as the datasheet's diagram draws them.

Dead, it reads

  • From the line to ground, the same reading both ways, near 0 V with a continuous beep: shorted.
  • A reading both ways on a one-way part: leaky.
  • A one-way part open both ways: failed open.
On the board
, a line reading shorted to ground can be this part or anything else on that line. Lift it: if the short goes with it, it has failed.
Compare:
The same part on the next line or connector pin is the healthy reading to compare with.
Watch for:
A two-way part reads open both ways when it is good, exactly like one that has failed open. The meter cannot tell them apart; an identical part on the next line can.

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

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.

PNP transistor

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

Working, it reads

Black 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.

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 BH-

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

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