SMD code 459
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.
459 on a chip capacitor
4.5 pF
4.5 pF capacitor
45 followed by the multiplier 9, in picofarads: 4.5 pF. Printed this way on film and larger ceramic capacitors; small chip ceramics are usually not printed at all.
Check it with a meter
Lift one end and measure it on a capacitance range. A good one reads close to 4.5 pF. In circuit the meter also sees everything connected across it, so the reading means little until it is out. A failed one usually reads near 0 Ω, or a steady low resistance, on the ohms range, often from a crack. On the board a shorted capacitor shorts its whole rail. A failed reading does not change what to fit: the marking still says 4.5 pF.
On a transistor or diode body (SOT-23-5, SOT-23, SMA), 459 is a part code instead. Those parts are listed below.
5 parts are printed 459
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Answer up to 4 quick questions and these 5 parts are ranked, with a meter test that settles it. It works on a dead part too.
FMMT459SOT-23Transistor, 3 pins, YFWTransistorSOT-233 pinsYFW
- What it is
- Transistor
- Maker
- YFW
- Package
- SOT-23
- Pins
- 3
- Details
- Bipolar transistor
- Source
- Manufacturer datasheet
Is it dead? The meter test is below: Bipolar transistor.
FMMT459TASOT-233 pins, Diodes IncorporatedNot recordedSOT-233 pinsDiodes Incorporated
- What it is
- Not recorded
- Maker
- Diodes Incorporated
- Package
- SOT-23
- Pins
- 3
- Details
- NPN high voltage switching transistor
- Source
- Published code list
Is it dead? The meter test is below: Bipolar transistor.
R1191N059BSOT-23-5LDO regulator, 5 pins, RicohLDO regulatorSOT-23-55 pinsRicoh
- What it is
- LDO regulator
- Maker
- Ricoh
- Package
- SOT-23-5
- Pins
- 5
- Details
- Linear voltage regulator IC: LDO, 5.9V±1.5%, 300mA, +CE, ECO
- Source
- Published code list
Is it dead? The meter test is below: Voltage regulator.
TMPD459SOT-233 pins, AllNot recordedSOT-233 pinsAll
- What it is
- Not recorded
- Maker
- All
- Package
- SOT-23
- Pins
- 3
- Details
- Si-diode: GP, 200V, 500mA, Cd<6.0pF
- Source
- Published code list
Is it dead? The meter test is below: Silicon diode.
XC6105A640MRSOT-23-5Voltage supervisor, 5 pins, TorexVoltage supervisorSOT-23-55 pinsTorex
- What it is
- Voltage supervisor
- Maker
- Torex
- Package
- SOT-23-5
- Pins
- 5
- Details
- CMOS-IC: VDet 4.0V, 5%, Hst, +Rst PPO, -Rst ODO, Wt=1.6s, Rt=3.13ms
- Source
- Published code list
Is it dead? The meter test is below: Integrated circuit.
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.
Bipolar transistor
Diode range, part lifted or its base leg off the pad.
Working, it reads
From the base, one probe colour reads about 0.6 to 0.75 V to the emitter and to the collector, and open the other way round. Collector to emitter reads open both ways.
Dead, it reads
- Collector to emitter the same both ways, near 0 V with a continuous beep: shorted. The commonest failure.
- The base the same both ways to another pin, near 0 V or a middling value: a shorted junction.
- Only one junction reads, or none: a junction has failed open. It then looks like a diode.
- A reading the wrong way round, where it should be open: 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 pair of diodes with a common pin reads just like a transistor, and some transistors carry a built-in diode or resistor. The datasheet says which.
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.
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.
Integrated circuit
Voltage with the board powered; ohms from each pin to ground with it off.
Working, it reads
Supply pin at its voltage and the output doing what the datasheet says. Readings between pins depend on the part.
Dead, it reads
- A pin near 0 Ω to ground or to the supply pin where an identical part does not read that: failed short.
- Supply present, output stuck: failed, or its load has.
- On the board:
- A pin shorted to ground on the board can be anything on that net. Lift the pin to be sure.
- Compare:
- The surest reference is the same IC on a working board, measured pin by pin.
- Watch for:
- Its protection diodes can read like junctions between pins, even like a transistor. That proves nothing either way.
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 459
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 459
For a marking with its end worn or burnt off. Each code has a page of its own.
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