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SMD code M5 in SOT-416

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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  • 2SA1836-5SOT-4163 pins, NEC ElectronicsNot recorded3 pinsNEC Electronics
    What it is
    Not recorded
    Maker
    NEC Electronics
    Package
    SOT-416
    Pins
    3
    Details
    Si-pnp: AF, 60V, 100mA, 200mW, B=135..270, >50MHz
    Source
    Published code list

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

  • 2SA1836M5SOT-4163 pins, RenesasNot recorded3 pinsRenesas
    What it is
    Not recorded
    Maker
    Renesas
    Package
    SOT-416
    Pins
    3
    Source
    Published code list

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

  • 2SC5086OSOT-4163 pins, ToshibaNot recorded3 pinsToshiba
    What it is
    Not recorded
    Maker
    Toshiba
    Package
    SOT-416
    Pins
    3
    Source
    Published code list

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

  • 12 more parts have no package on record. Nothing rules them out, so they stay.
    • FM4005-AWRectifier, 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.

    • MM5Z18VBZener diode, Formosa MicrosemiZener diodeNot recordedFormosa Microsemi
      What it is
      Zener diode
      Maker
      Formosa Microsemi
      Package
      Not recorded
      Pins
      Not recorded
      Source
      Manufacturer datasheet

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

    • MM5Z18VB-Q1Zener diode, Formosa MicrosemiZener diodeNot recordedFormosa Microsemi
      What it is
      Zener diode
      Maker
      Formosa Microsemi
      Package
      Not recorded
      Pins
      Not recorded
      Source
      Manufacturer datasheet

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

    • MMBZ5260BWSZener diode, Taitron ComponentsZener diodeNot recordedTaitron Components
      What it is
      Zener diode
      Maker
      Taitron Components
      Package
      Not recorded
      Pins
      Not recorded
      Details
      SMD Zener Diodes (Three Terminals) - 200mW
      Source
      Manufacturer datasheet

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

    • QH8M5P-channel MOSFET, ROHMP-channel MOSFETNot recordedROHM
      What it is
      P-channel MOSFET
      Maker
      ROHM
      Package
      Not recorded
      Pins
      Not recorded
      Details
      30V Complementary N- and P-channel Power MOSFET
      Source
      Manufacturer datasheet

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

    • WRM5Schottky diode, WayonSchottky diodeNot recordedWayon
      What it is
      Schottky diode
      Maker
      Wayon
      Package
      Not recorded
      Pins
      Not recorded
      Source
      Manufacturer datasheet

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

    • 2SA812-5PNP transistor, NEC ElectronicsPNP transistorNot recordedNEC Electronics
      What it is
      PNP transistor
      Maker
      NEC Electronics
      Package
      Not recorded
      Pins
      Not recorded
      Details
      PNP transistor: GP, AF, 60V, 100mA, 200mW, B=135..270, 180MHz
      Source
      Published code list

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

    • 2SA812A-5PNP transistor, NEC ElectronicsPNP transistorNot recordedNEC Electronics
      What it is
      PNP transistor
      Maker
      NEC Electronics
      Package
      Not recorded
      Pins
      Not recorded
      Details
      PNP transistor: GP, AF, 60V, 100mA, 200mW, B=135..270, 180MHz
      Source
      Published code list

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

    • 2SA812AM53 pins, RenesasNot recorded3 pinsRenesas
      What it is
      Not recorded
      Maker
      Renesas
      Package
      Not recorded
      Pins
      3
      Source
      Published code list

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

    • 2SA1179-M5onsemiNot recordedNot recordedonsemi
      What it is
      Not recorded
      Maker
      onsemi
      Package
      Not recorded
      Pins
      Not recorded
      Details
      Si-pnp: GP, AF, 55V, 150mA, 200mW, B=135..270, 180MHz
      Source
      Published code list

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

    • 2SA1622-5PNP transistor, Sanyo ElectricPNP transistorNot recordedSanyo Electric
      What it is
      PNP transistor
      Maker
      Sanyo Electric
      Package
      Not recorded
      Pins
      Not recorded
      Details
      PNP transistor: GP, 55V, 150mA, 150mW, 180MHz, B=135..270
      Source
      Published code list

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

    • 2SC5086FT-ORF transistor, ToshibaRF transistorNot recordedToshiba
      What it is
      RF transistor
      Maker
      Toshiba
      Package
      Not recorded
      Pins
      Not recorded
      Details
      Si-npn: VHF/UHF, LN, 20V, 80mA, 100mW, 7GHz, B=80..160
      Source
      Published code list

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

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.

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.

P-channel MOSFET

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

Working, it reads

Red probe on the drain, black on the source: about 0.4 to 0.9 V, the body diode. Open the other way. The gate reads open to both other pins, both ways.

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. Often all three pins end up shorted together.
  • No body diode at all: failed open.
On the board
the gate usually has a resistor to the source, so gate to source reads that resistor, which 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.

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.

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.

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.

Printed with a code easy to misread as M5

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 M5

For a marking with its end worn or burnt off. Each code has a page of its own.

Codes not listed here are printed on 101 more parts.

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