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SMD code EBQ

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.

4 parts are printed EBQ

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

  • 2SK1842-QSOT-233 pins, PanasonicNot recordedSOT-233 pinsPanasonic
    What it is
    Not recorded
    Maker
    Panasonic
    Package
    SOT-23
    Pins
    3
    Details
    FET n-type: AF impedance-conv, 40V, 10mA, 150mW, Idss=50..100uA
    Source
    Published code list

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

  • SMAJ130CASMATVS diode, 2 pins, SGS-Thomson MicroelectronicsTVS diodeSMA2 pinsSGS-Thomson Microelectronics
    What it is
    TVS diode
    Maker
    SGS-Thomson Microelectronics
    Package
    SMA
    Pins
    2
    Source
    Published code list

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

    Datasheetfor SMAJ130CA, opens in a new tab
  • SMAJ130CA-TRSMA2 pins, STMicroelectronicsNot recordedSMA2 pinsSTMicroelectronics
    What it is
    Not recorded
    Maker
    STMicroelectronics
    Package
    SMA
    Pins
    2
    Source
    Published code list

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

  • 1 more part has no package on record
    • 2SK2380-QPanasonicNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedPanasonic
      What it is
      Not recorded
      Maker
      Panasonic
      Package
      Not recorded
      Pins
      Not recorded
      Details
      FET n-type: AF impedance-conv, 40V, 2mA, 125mW, Idss=50..100uA
      Source
      Published code list

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

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.

MOSFET

Diode range, part lifted. Test drain to source first, then short gate to source and test again.

Working, it reads

One way between drain and source reads about 0.4 to 0.9 V, the body diode, and the other way open. The gate reads open to both other pins.

Dead, it reads

  • Drain to source the same both ways, near 0 V with a continuous beep, and still so after shorting gate to source: shorted. The classic failure.
  • The gate reads low to source or drain: gate shorted.
  • No body diode at all: failed open.
On the board
the gate usually has a resistor to the source, which reads as that resistor and is not a fault. Lift a leg to be sure.
Compare:
If an identical part sits elsewhere on the board, measure it the same way: that is what this one should read.
Watch for:
The diode range can charge the gate enough to turn the part on, and then drain to source reads near 0 both ways on a good part. Short gate to source and test again before you condemn it.

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.

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.

Printed with a code easy to misread as EBQ

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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