SMD code 120
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.
120 on a chip resistor
12 Ω
12 Ω resistor, 5%
12 followed by 0 zeros. Three digits is normally the 5% series. The same marking also reads as 12 pF on a capacitor or 12 µH on an inductor, and nothing in the code says which; the body of the part does.
Other readings of the same characters, most likely first
- 12 pF capacitor
- 12 µH inductor
Check it with a meter
Lift one end and measure across it. A good one reads 12 Ω within 5%. Measuring it in circuit reads the parallel combination of everything around it, which is almost always lower, never higher: well above 12 Ω on the board is a fault. Open, or well above 12 Ω, means it has failed: burnt, cracked or corroded. That does not change what to fit: the marking still says 12 Ω. A burnt resistor usually means the part it feeds drew too much, so find that before fitting a new one.
On a transistor or diode body (SOT-23-5, SOT-23, SMB), 120 is a part code instead. Those parts are listed below.
57 parts are printed 120
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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.
3.0SMC120SMCTVS diode, 2 pins, YFWTVS diodeSMC2 pinsYFW
- What it is
- TVS diode
- Maker
- YFW
- Package
- SMC
- Pins
- 2
- Source
- Manufacturer datasheet
Is it dead? The meter test is below: TVS or ESD protection diode.
ET5H5120SOT-23-5LDO regulator, 5 pins, ETEKLDO regulatorSOT-23-55 pinsETEK
- What it is
- LDO regulator
- Maker
- ETEK
- Package
- SOT-23-5
- Pins
- 5
- Source
- Manufacturer datasheet
Is it dead? The meter test is below: Voltage regulator.
ET5H7120SOT-23-5LDO regulator, 5 pins, ETEKLDO regulatorSOT-23-55 pinsETEK
- What it is
- LDO regulator
- Maker
- ETEK
- Package
- SOT-23-5
- Pins
- 5
- Source
- Manufacturer datasheet
Is it dead? The meter test is below: Voltage regulator.
FM1200-MSOD-123Schottky diode, 2 pins, Formosa MicrosemiSchottky diodeSOD-1232 pinsFormosa Microsemi
- What it is
- Schottky diode
- Maker
- Formosa Microsemi
- Package
- SOD-123
- Pins
- 2
- Source
- Manufacturer datasheet
Is it dead? The meter test is below: Schottky diode.
FM1200-M-Q1SOD-123Schottky diode, 2 pins, Formosa MicrosemiSchottky diodeSOD-1232 pinsFormosa Microsemi
- What it is
- Schottky diode
- Maker
- Formosa Microsemi
- Package
- SOD-123
- Pins
- 2
- Source
- Manufacturer datasheet
Is it dead? The meter test is below: Schottky diode.
10 more parts have no package on record
ACDBMT1200-HFSchottky diode, ComchipSchottky diodeNot recordedNot recordedComchip
- What it is
- Schottky diode
- Maker
- Comchip
- Package
- Not recorded
- Pins
- Not recorded
- Details
- 200 V, 1 A Schottky barrier diode
- Source
- Manufacturer datasheet
Is it dead? The meter test is below: Schottky diode.
CDBMT1200-HFSchottky diode, ComchipSchottky diodeNot recordedNot recordedComchip
- What it is
- Schottky diode
- Maker
- Comchip
- Package
- Not recorded
- Pins
- Not recorded
- Details
- 200 V, 1 A Schottky barrier diode
- Source
- Manufacturer datasheet
Is it dead? The meter test is below: Schottky diode.
FM1200-MHSchottky diode, Formosa MicrosemiSchottky diodeNot recordedNot recordedFormosa Microsemi
- What it is
- Schottky diode
- Maker
- Formosa Microsemi
- Package
- Not recorded
- Pins
- Not recorded
- Source
- Manufacturer datasheet
Is it dead? The meter test is below: Schottky diode.
FM1200-MH-Q1Schottky diode, Formosa MicrosemiSchottky diodeNot recordedNot recordedFormosa Microsemi
- What it is
- Schottky diode
- Maker
- Formosa Microsemi
- Package
- Not recorded
- Pins
- Not recorded
- Source
- Manufacturer datasheet
Is it dead? The meter test is below: Schottky diode.
FM1200-MHTSchottky diode, Formosa MicrosemiSchottky diodeNot recordedNot recordedFormosa Microsemi
- What it is
- Schottky diode
- Maker
- Formosa Microsemi
- Package
- Not recorded
- Pins
- Not recorded
- Source
- Manufacturer datasheet
Is it dead? The meter test is below: Schottky diode.
FM1200-MHT-Q1Schottky diode, Formosa MicrosemiSchottky diodeNot recordedNot recordedFormosa Microsemi
- What it is
- Schottky diode
- Maker
- Formosa Microsemi
- Package
- Not recorded
- Pins
- Not recorded
- Source
- Manufacturer datasheet
Is it dead? The meter test is below: Schottky diode.
FM1200-MSSchottky diode, Formosa MicrosemiSchottky diodeNot recordedNot recordedFormosa Microsemi
- What it is
- Schottky diode
- Maker
- Formosa Microsemi
- Package
- Not recorded
- Pins
- Not recorded
- Source
- Manufacturer datasheet
Is it dead? The meter test is below: Schottky diode.
FM1200-MS-Q1Schottky diode, Formosa MicrosemiSchottky diodeNot recordedNot recordedFormosa Microsemi
- What it is
- Schottky diode
- Maker
- Formosa Microsemi
- Package
- Not recorded
- Pins
- Not recorded
- Source
- Manufacturer datasheet
Is it dead? The meter test is below: Schottky diode.
FM1200-MSTSchottky diode, Formosa MicrosemiSchottky diodeNot recordedNot recordedFormosa Microsemi
- What it is
- Schottky diode
- Maker
- Formosa Microsemi
- Package
- Not recorded
- Pins
- Not recorded
- Source
- Manufacturer datasheet
Is it dead? The meter test is below: Schottky diode.
FM1200-MST-Q1Schottky diode, Formosa MicrosemiSchottky diodeNot recordedNot recordedFormosa Microsemi
- What it is
- Schottky diode
- Maker
- Formosa Microsemi
- Package
- Not recorded
- Pins
- Not recorded
- Source
- Manufacturer datasheet
Is it dead? The meter test is below: Schottky 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.
TVS or ESD protection diode
Diode range, from the protected line to ground, part lifted if you can.
Working, it reads
A one-way part reads about 0.6 to 0.8 V forward and open in reverse. A two-way part reads open both ways. Arrays with several lines read as the datasheet's diagram draws them.
Dead, it reads
- From the line to ground, the same reading both ways, near 0 V with a continuous beep: shorted.
- A reading both ways on a one-way part: leaky.
- A one-way part open both ways: failed open.
- On the board
- , a line reading shorted to ground can be this part or anything else on that line. Lift it: if the short goes with it, it has failed.
- Compare:
- The same part on the next line or connector pin is the healthy reading to compare with.
- Watch for:
- A two-way part reads open both ways when it is good, exactly like one that has failed open. The meter cannot tell them apart; an identical part on the next line can.
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.
Voltage regulator
Voltage, board powered, black probe on ground. Then ohms with the power off.
Working, it reads
Input pin at the supply, output pin at its rated voltage, and the enable pin high if it has one.
Dead, it reads
- Output equal to the input: the pass element has shorted. Everything after it may have taken the full input.
- Input present, enable high, no output: failed open, or holding itself off into a shorted load. Power off and measure output to ground.
- Power off, input to output near 0 Ω: shorted.
- On the board:
- An output at 0 V is often a shorted load with the regulator in current limit. Lift the output pin: if the short stays on the board, the regulator may be fine.
- Compare:
- The same regulator on another rail or another board shows the right voltages and the right resistances.
- Watch for:
- Makers put input, output and ground on different pins in the same package, so take them from this part's datasheet. Diode or ohms readings between its pins say little; check it powered.
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 120
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 7 more parts.
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