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SMD code A94

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.

7 parts are printed A94

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  • MMBTA94SISOT-89Transistor, 3 pins, YFWTransistorSOT-893 pinsYFW
    What it is
    Transistor
    Maker
    YFW
    Package
    SOT-89
    Pins
    3
    Details
    Bipolar transistor
    Source
    Manufacturer datasheet

    Is it dead? The meter test is below: Bipolar transistor.

  • PZTA94SOT-223PNP transistor, 4 pins, Galaxy MicroelectronicsPNP transistorSOT-2234 pinsGalaxy Microelectronics
    What it is
    PNP transistor
    Maker
    Galaxy Microelectronics
    Package
    SOT-223
    Pins
    4
    Details
    400V, 0.3A, General Purpose PNP Bipolar Transistor
    Source
    Manufacturer datasheet

    Is it dead? The meter test is below: PNP transistor.

  • TS4994EIJTWLCSP9 pins, STMicroelectronicsNot recordedWLCSP9 pinsSTMicroelectronics
    What it is
    Not recorded
    Maker
    STMicroelectronics
    Package
    WLCSP
    Pins
    9
    Details
    Linear IC: APA, BTL, 2.5..5.5V, 1.2W(5V/8), select shutdown
    Source
    Published code list

    Is it dead? The meter test is below: Integrated circuit.

  • XC6114B535MRSOT-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 3.5V, ±Reset PPO, Wt=400ms, Rt=25ms
    Source
    Published code list

    Is it dead? The meter test is below: Integrated circuit.

  • 3 more parts have no package on record
    • TS4994EIKJTSGS-Thomson MicroelectronicsNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedSGS-Thomson Microelectronics
      What it is
      Not recorded
      Maker
      SGS-Thomson Microelectronics
      Package
      Not recorded
      Pins
      Not recorded
      Details
      Linear IC: APA, BTL, 2.5..5.5V, 1.2W(5V/8), select shutdown
      Source
      Published code list

      Is it dead? The meter test is below: Integrated circuit.

    • TS4994FCSGS-Thomson MicroelectronicsNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedSGS-Thomson Microelectronics
      What it is
      Not recorded
      Maker
      SGS-Thomson Microelectronics
      Package
      Not recorded
      Pins
      Not recorded
      Details
      Linear IC: APA, BTL, 2.5..5.5V, 1.2W(5V/8), select shutdown
      Source
      Published code list

      Is it dead? The meter test is below: Integrated circuit.

    • TS4994IJTSGS-Thomson MicroelectronicsNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedSGS-Thomson Microelectronics
      What it is
      Not recorded
      Maker
      SGS-Thomson Microelectronics
      Package
      Not recorded
      Pins
      Not recorded
      Details
      Lin-IC: AF PA, BTL, 2,5..5,5V, 1.2W(5V/8Ω), shutdown
      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.

PNP transistor

Diode range, part lifted or its base leg off the pad.

Working, it reads

Black probe on the base 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.

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.

Codes that begin with A94

For a marking with its end worn or burnt off. Each code has a page of its own.

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