SMD code XE1
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.
3 parts are printed XE1
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3 pins. What differs:
CHDTA143XEGPSOT-416Digital transistor (PNP, resistors built in), ChenmkoDigital transistor (PNP, resistors built in)SOT-416Chenmko
- What it is
- Digital transistor (PNP, resistors built in)
- Maker
- Chenmko
- Package
- SOT-416
- Pins
- 3
- Details
- PNP Digital Silicon Transistor, 50 V, 100 mA
- Source
- Manufacturer datasheet
Is it dead? The meter test is below: Digital transistor.
CCZ59C22SOT-23Zener diode, Silicon-Based TechnologyZener diodeSOT-23Silicon-Based Technology
- What it is
- Zener diode
- Maker
- Silicon-Based Technology
- Package
- SOT-23
- Pins
- 3
- Details
- Zener diode: Dual, 20.8..23.3V, Zzt=55, Izt=5.0mA, 400mW
- Source
- Published code list
Is it dead? The meter test is below: Zener diode.
CHDTA143XEPTSOT-416Digital transistor (PNP, resistors built in), Chenmko EnterpriseDigital transistor (PNP, resistors built in)SOT-416Chenmko Enterprise
- What it is
- Digital transistor (PNP, resistors built in)
- Maker
- Chenmko Enterprise
- Package
- SOT-416
- Pins
- 3
- Details
- PNP transistor: Sw, 50V, 100mA, 250MHz, R1/R2=4.7k/10k
- Source
- Published code list
Is it dead? The meter test is below: Digital 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.
Digital transistor
Ohms range, part lifted. The datasheet gives the built-in resistors: R1 in series with the base, R2 from base to emitter.
Working, it reads
Base to emitter reads about R1 plus R2 either way round, about 20 kΩ on a 10 k and 10 k part, give or take their wide tolerance. Collector to emitter reads open. A part with no R2 reads a junction behind R1 one way instead.
Dead, it reads
- Collector to emitter the same both ways, near 0 Ω with a continuous beep: shorted.
- From the base, open or far above R1 plus R2: R1 has failed. Static damage shows here most often.
- Base to emitter near 0 Ω: failed short.
- 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:
- The readings depend on the resistor values, so an identical part elsewhere on the board is the surest reference. Measure it the same way.
- Watch for:
- On the diode range a good part with 10 kΩ resistors reads open on every pair, so a good part looks dead there. Use the ohms range.
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.
Printed with a code easy to misread as XE1
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 XE1
For a marking with its end worn or burnt off. Each code has a page of its own.
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