SMD code W3s
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 W3 was searched.
146 parts are printed W3s
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BZT52C3V0-VSOD-1232 pins, VishaySOD-1232 pinsVishay
- What it is
- Zener diode
- Maker
- Vishay
- Package
- SOD-123
- Pins
- 2
- Details
- Zener diode: 3.0V±5%, Izt=5mA, Zzt=95, 500mW
- Source
- Published code list
Is it dead? The meter test is below: Zener diode.
BZT52C3V3-GSOD-1232 pins, Taiwan SemiconductorSOD-1232 pinsTaiwan Semiconductor
- What it is
- Zener diode
- Maker
- Taiwan Semiconductor
- Package
- SOD-123
- Pins
- 2
- Details
- 523.3 V Zener diode
- Source
- Published code list
Is it dead? The meter test is below: Zener diode.
BZT52C3V3TSOD-5232 pins, Diodes IncorporatedSOD-5232 pinsDiodes Incorporated
- What it is
- Zener diode
- Maker
- Diodes Incorporated
- Package
- SOD-523
- Pins
- 2
- Details
- Z-diode: 3.3V±5%, Izt=5mA, Zzt=95Ω, 150mW
- Source
- Published code list
Is it dead? The meter test is below: Zener diode.
BZV49-C2V4SOT-893 pins, InfineonSOT-893 pinsInfineon
- What it is
- Not recorded
- Maker
- Infineon
- Package
- SOT-89
- Pins
- 3
- Details
- Z-diode: 2.4V±5%, Izt=5mA, 1W
- Source
- Published code list
Is it dead? The meter test is below: Silicon diode.
BZX84-A2V4SOT-233 pins, Central SemiconductorSOT-233 pinsCentral Semiconductor
- What it is
- Zener diode
- Maker
- Central Semiconductor
- Package
- SOT-23
- Pins
- 3
- Details
- 2.4 V ±1% voltage regulator (Zener) diode
- Source
- Published code list
Is it dead? The meter test is below: Zener diode.
BZX84-B2V4SOT-233 pins, Central SemiconductorSOT-233 pinsCentral Semiconductor
- What it is
- Zener diode
- Maker
- Central Semiconductor
- Package
- SOT-23
- Pins
- 3
- Details
- 2.4 V ±2% voltage regulator (Zener) diode
- Source
- Published code list
Is it dead? The meter test is below: Zener diode.
BZX84-C2V4SOT-233 pins, Central SemiconductorSOT-233 pinsCentral Semiconductor
- What it is
- Zener diode
- Maker
- Central Semiconductor
- Package
- SOT-23
- Pins
- 3
- Details
- 2.4 V approx. ±5% voltage regulator (Zener) diode
- Source
- Published code list
Is it dead? The meter test is below: Zener diode.
BZX84-C3SOT-233 pins, Won-Top ElectronicsSOT-233 pinsWon-Top Electronics
- What it is
- Not recorded
- Maker
- Won-Top Electronics
- Package
- SOT-23
- Pins
- 3
- Details
- Z-diode: 3V±5%, 300mW
- Source
- Published code list
Is it dead? The meter test is below: Silicon diode.
BZX84-C3WSOT-3233 pins, Micro Commercial ComponentsSOT-3233 pinsMicro Commercial Components
- What it is
- Not recorded
- Maker
- Micro Commercial Components
- Package
- SOT-323
- Pins
- 3
- Details
- Z-diode: 3V±5%, 200mW
- Source
- Published code list
Is it dead? The meter test is below: Silicon diode.
BZX84B3SOT-233 pins, PanjitSOT-233 pinsPanjit
- What it is
- Zener diode
- Maker
- Panjit
- Package
- SOT-23
- Pins
- 3
- Details
- Zener diode: 2.94..3.06V, Zzt=95, Izt=5mA, 410mW
- Source
- Published code list
Is it dead? The meter test is below: Zener diode.
BZX84C2V4SOT-233 pins, Central SemiconductorSOT-233 pinsCentral Semiconductor
- What it is
- Zener diode
- Maker
- Central Semiconductor
- Package
- SOT-23
- Pins
- 3
- Source
- Published code list
Is it dead? The meter test is below: Zener diode.
BZX84C3V0TWSOT-3636 pins, PanjitSOT-3636 pinsPanjit
- What it is
- Zener diode
- Maker
- Panjit
- Package
- SOT-363
- Pins
- 6
- Details
- Zener diode: Triple, 2.94..3.06V, Zzt=95, Izt=5mA, 200mW
- Source
- Published code list
Is it dead? The meter test is below: Zener diode.
BZX384-C3V0SOD-3232 pins, VishaySOD-3232 pinsVishay
- What it is
- Zener diode
- Maker
- Vishay
- Package
- SOD-323
- Pins
- 2
- Source
- Published code list
Is it dead? The meter test is below: Zener diode.
BZX384B3V0SOD-3232 pins, VishaySOD-3232 pinsVishay
- What it is
- Zener diode
- Maker
- Vishay
- Package
- SOD-323
- Pins
- 2
- Source
- An older or alternative marking, from a published code list
Is it dead? The meter test is below: Zener diode.
1 more part has no package on record
BZT52C3V3LPDiodes IncorporatedNot recordedNot recordedDiodes Incorporated
- What it is
- Zener diode
- Maker
- Diodes Incorporated
- Package
- Not recorded
- Pins
- Not recorded
- Details
- Zener diode: 3.1..3.5V, Izt=5mA, Zzt=95, 250mW
- Source
- Published code list
Is it dead? The meter test is below: Zener 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.
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.
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