SMD code W5L
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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The only part printed W5L in our tables
S592TRW
- What it is
- RF amplifier (MMIC)
- Maker
- Vishay
- Package
- Not recorded
- Pins
- Not recorded
- Details
- Monolithic microwave IC: UHF, 8V, 20mA, 160mW, Idss=50..500uA
- Source
- Published code list
Is it dead?
Voltage, board powered, on the output pin that the bias resistor or choke feeds.
Working, it reads
The output pin sits at the device voltage the datasheet gives, a few volts, below the supply.
Dead, it reads
- Output pin at 0 V, or near 0 Ω to ground with the power off: shorted inside.
- Output pin at the full supply voltage: open inside, no current flowing.
- On the board:
- Measured on the board with power on; the bias network is part of the reading.
- 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 figures depend on the part and its bias resistor. The datasheet gives both.
A dead part still carries its marking. A short or an open says it has failed, not that it is a different part.
Was it this one?
Printed with a code easy to misread as W5L
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 W5L
For a marking with its end worn or burnt off. Each code has a page of its own.
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