SMD code EF-
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.
112 parts are printed EF-
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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.
ABCW66F-HFSOT-23NPN transistor, 3 pins, ComchipNPN transistorSOT-233 pinsComchip
- What it is
- NPN transistor
- Maker
- Comchip
- Package
- SOT-23
- Pins
- 3
- Details
- 45 V, 0.8 A NPN transistor
- Source
- Manufacturer datasheet
Is it dead? The meter test is below: NPN transistor.
AMMSZ4715-HFSOD-123Zener diode, 2 pins, ComchipZener diodeSOD-1232 pinsComchip
- What it is
- Zener diode
- Maker
- Comchip
- Package
- SOD-123
- Pins
- 2
- Details
- 36 V 500 mW zener diode
- Source
- Manufacturer datasheet
Is it dead? The meter test is below: Zener diode.
BCV29SOT-89NPN transistor, 3 pins, InfineonNPN transistorSOT-893 pinsInfineon
- What it is
- NPN transistor
- Maker
- Infineon
- Package
- SOT-89
- Pins
- 3
- Details
- NPN Darlington transistor
- Source
- Manufacturer datasheet
Is it dead? The meter test is below: Darlington transistor.
BCW66SOT-23NPN transistor, 3 pins, InfineonNPN transistorSOT-233 pinsInfineon
- What it is
- NPN transistor
- Maker
- Infineon
- Package
- SOT-23
- Pins
- 3
- Details
- NPN bipolar transistor
- Source
- Manufacturer datasheet
Is it dead? The meter test is below: NPN transistor.
BCW66FSOT-23Transistor, 3 pins, Taitron ComponentsTransistorSOT-233 pinsTaitron Components
- What it is
- Transistor
- Maker
- Taitron Components
- Package
- SOT-23
- Pins
- 3
- Details
- SMD General Purpose NPN Transistors
- Source
- Manufacturer datasheet
Is it dead? The meter test is below: Bipolar transistor.
BZT52H-B75SOD-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.
BZX84B27SOT-23Zener diode, 3 pins, DiotecZener diodeSOT-233 pinsDiotec
- What it is
- Zener diode
- Maker
- Diotec
- Package
- SOT-23
- Pins
- 3
- Source
- Manufacturer datasheet
Is it dead? The meter test is below: Zener diode.
BZX84B27ASOT-23Zener diode, 3 pins, Formosa MicrosemiZener diodeSOT-233 pinsFormosa Microsemi
- What it is
- Zener diode
- Maker
- Formosa Microsemi
- Package
- SOT-23
- Pins
- 3
- Source
- Manufacturer datasheet
Is it dead? The meter test is below: Zener diode.
BZX84B27A-Q1SOT-23Zener diode, 3 pins, Formosa MicrosemiZener diodeSOT-233 pinsFormosa Microsemi
- What it is
- Zener diode
- Maker
- Formosa Microsemi
- Package
- SOT-23
- Pins
- 3
- Source
- Manufacturer datasheet
Is it dead? The meter test is below: Zener diode.
BZX84C3V9WSOT-323Zener diode, 3 pins, Formosa MicrosemiZener diodeSOT-3233 pinsFormosa Microsemi
- What it is
- Zener diode
- Maker
- Formosa Microsemi
- Package
- SOT-323
- Pins
- 3
- Source
- Manufacturer datasheet
Is it dead? The meter test is below: Zener diode.
BZX84C3V9W-Q1SOT-323Zener diode, 3 pins, Formosa MicrosemiZener diodeSOT-3233 pinsFormosa Microsemi
- What it is
- Zener diode
- Maker
- Formosa Microsemi
- Package
- SOT-323
- Pins
- 3
- Source
- Manufacturer datasheet
Is it dead? The meter test is below: Zener diode.
BZX585-B27SOD-523Zener diode, 2 pins, NexperiaZener diodeSOD-5232 pinsNexperia
- What it is
- Zener diode
- Maker
- Nexperia
- Package
- SOD-523
- Pins
- 2
- Pinout
- 1 cathode
- 2 anode
- Details
- 27 V ±2% voltage regulator (Zener) diode
- Source
- Manufacturer datasheet
Is it dead? The meter test is below: Zener diode.
GSMMSZ4715TSOD-523Zener diode, 2 pins, Good-ArkZener diodeSOD-5232 pinsGood-Ark
- What it is
- Zener diode
- Maker
- Good-Ark
- Package
- SOD-523
- Pins
- 2
- Details
- Zener diode, VZ 36 V, 0.2 W
- Source
- Manufacturer datasheet
Is it dead? The meter test is below: Zener diode.
MM3Z6B8SOD-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.
1 more part has no package on record
DBTC-13-5-75LX+RF coupler, Mini-CircuitsRF couplerNot recordedNot recordedMini-Circuits
- What it is
- RF coupler
- Maker
- Mini-Circuits
- Package
- Not recorded
- Pins
- Not recorded
- Details
- RF directional coupler, 5-1500 MHz
- Source
- Manufacturer datasheet
Is it dead? The meter test is below: This part.
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.
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.
Darlington 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 collector and about 1.1 to 1.4 V to the emitter, two junctions in series, and open the other way round. Collector to emitter reads open. Built-in resistors can change these readings.
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.
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 EF-
One character differs, and it is one that is easy to confuse under a lamp. Each code has a page of its own.
Codes that begin with EF-
For a marking with its end worn or burnt off. Each code has a page of its own.
- EFJ3
- EFM304C1
- EF002
- EF210
- EF822
- EF2046
- EF345
- EF110
- EF310
- EF412
- EF511
- EF614
- EF79
- EF212
- EF222
- EF232
- EF246
- EF252
- EF262
- EF272
- EF285
- EF916
- EF2012
- EF2022
- EF2032
Codes not listed here are printed on 135 more parts.
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