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SMD code S8s

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.

The last letter, s, is lower case, which on NXP and Philips parts is a date or factory code, so it was set aside and S8 was searched.

74 parts are printed S8s

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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.

  • BAT15-04WSOT-323Schottky diode, 3 pins, InfineonSchottky diodeSOT-3233 pinsInfineon
    What it is
    Schottky diode
    Maker
    Infineon
    Package
    SOT-323
    Pins
    3
    Source
    Manufacturer datasheet

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

  • BAT43LSOD-882Schottky diode, 2 pins, Galaxy MicroelectronicsSchottky diodeSOD-8822 pinsGalaxy Microelectronics
    What it is
    Schottky diode
    Maker
    Galaxy Microelectronics
    Package
    SOD-882
    Pins
    2
    Details
    0.1A, 30V, Surface Mount Small Signal Schottky Diodes
    Source
    Manufacturer datasheet

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

  • BAT43WSOD-123Schottky diode, 2 pins, AiT SemiconductorSchottky diodeSOD-1232 pinsAiT Semiconductor
    What it is
    Schottky diode
    Maker
    AiT Semiconductor
    Package
    SOD-123
    Pins
    2
    Source
    Manufacturer datasheet

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

  • BAT43W-CSOD-123Schottky diode, 2 pins, SeCoSSchottky diodeSOD-1232 pinsSeCoS
    What it is
    Schottky diode
    Maker
    SeCoS
    Package
    SOD-123
    Pins
    2
    Source
    Manufacturer datasheet

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

  • BAT43W-P2-HFSOD-123Schottky diode, 2 pins, ComchipSchottky diodeSOD-1232 pinsComchip
    What it is
    Schottky diode
    Maker
    Comchip
    Package
    SOD-123
    Pins
    2
    Details
    30 V, 0.2 A Schottky barrier diode
    Source
    Manufacturer datasheet

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

  • BAT43WSSOD-323Schottky diode, 2 pins, Formosa MicrosemiSchottky diodeSOD-3232 pinsFormosa Microsemi
    What it is
    Schottky diode
    Maker
    Formosa Microsemi
    Package
    SOD-323
    Pins
    2
    Source
    Manufacturer datasheet

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

  • BAT43WSHSOD-323Schottky diode, 2 pins, Taiwan SemiconductorSchottky diodeSOD-3232 pinsTaiwan Semiconductor
    What it is
    Schottky diode
    Maker
    Taiwan Semiconductor
    Package
    SOD-323
    Pins
    2
    Source
    Manufacturer datasheet

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

  • BAT43XSOD-523Schottky diode, 2 pins, Galaxy MicroelectronicsSchottky diodeSOD-5232 pinsGalaxy Microelectronics
    What it is
    Schottky diode
    Maker
    Galaxy Microelectronics
    Package
    SOD-523
    Pins
    2
    Details
    0.1A, 30V, Surface Mount Small Signal Schottky Diodes
    Source
    Manufacturer datasheet

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

  • BZX84-B4V7SOT-23Zener diode, 3 pins, NexperiaZener diodeSOT-233 pinsNexperia
    What it is
    Zener diode
    Maker
    Nexperia
    Package
    SOT-23
    Pins
    3
    Pinout
    • 1 anode
    • 2 not connected
    • 3 cathode
    Details
    4.7 V ±2% voltage regulator (Zener) diode
    Source
    Manufacturer datasheet

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

  • BZX84J-B10SOD-323Zener diode, 2 pins, NexperiaZener diodeSOD-3232 pinsNexperia
    What it is
    Zener diode
    Maker
    Nexperia
    Package
    SOD-323
    Pins
    2
    Pinout
    • 1 cathode
    • 2 anode
    Details
    10 V ±2% voltage regulator (Zener) diode
    Source
    Manufacturer datasheet

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

  • BZX584C15SOD-523Zener diode, 2 pins, Blue RocketZener diodeSOD-5232 pinsBlue Rocket
    What it is
    Zener diode
    Maker
    Blue Rocket
    Package
    SOD-523
    Pins
    2
    Source
    Manufacturer datasheet

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

  • CSFM105-HFSOD-123FRectifier, 2 pins, ComchipRectifierSOD-123F2 pinsComchip
    What it is
    Rectifier
    Maker
    Comchip
    Package
    SOD-123F
    Pins
    2
    Details
    600 V, 1 A rectifier
    Source
    Manufacturer datasheet

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

  • CSFMT108-HFSOD-123FRectifier, 2 pins, ComchipRectifierSOD-123F2 pinsComchip
    What it is
    Rectifier
    Maker
    Comchip
    Package
    SOD-123F
    Pins
    2
    Details
    600 V, 1 A rectifier
    Source
    Manufacturer datasheet

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

  • 2 more parts have no package on record

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.

PIN diode or varicap

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

Working, it reads

About 0.6 to 0.9 V anode to cathode, 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.
  • 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 varicap that has drifted in capacitance reads normal on a meter. Only a capacitance meter or the tuning itself shows 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.

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.

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.

Printed with a code easy to misread as S8s

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 42 more parts.

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