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SMD code C4-

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.

176 parts are printed C4-

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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.

  • ACDBMS140-HFSOD-123FSchottky diode, 2 pins, ComchipSchottky diodeSOD-123F2 pinsComchip
    What it is
    Schottky diode
    Maker
    Comchip
    Package
    SOD-123F
    Pins
    2
    Details
    40 V, 1 A Schottky barrier diode
    Source
    Manufacturer datasheet

    Is it dead? The meter test is below: Schottky diode.

  • BAT54CDWSOT-363Schottky diode, 6 pins, DiotecSchottky diodeSOT-3636 pinsDiotec
    What it is
    Schottky diode
    Maker
    Diotec
    Package
    SOT-363
    Pins
    6
    Details
    SMD Small Signal Schottky Diode Arrays
    Source
    Manufacturer datasheet

    Is it dead? The meter test is below: Schottky diode.

  • BZT52-C3V3SOD-123Zener diode, 2 pins, NexperiaZener diodeSOD-1232 pinsNexperia
    What it is
    Zener diode
    Maker
    Nexperia
    Package
    SOD-123
    Pins
    2
    Source
    Manufacturer datasheet

    Is it dead? The meter test is below: Zener diode.

  • BZT52B2V4SOD-123Zener diode, 2 pins, YFWZener diodeSOD-1232 pinsYFW
    What it is
    Zener diode
    Maker
    YFW
    Package
    SOD-123
    Pins
    2
    Source
    Manufacturer datasheet

    Is it dead? The meter test is below: Zener diode.

  • BZT52H-C62SOD-123FZener diode, 2 pins, NexperiaZener diodeSOD-123F2 pinsNexperia
    What it is
    Zener diode
    Maker
    Nexperia
    Package
    SOD-123F
    Pins
    2
    Source
    Manufacturer datasheet

    Is it dead? The meter test is below: Zener diode.

  • BZX84-A39SOT-23Zener diode, 3 pins, NexperiaZener diodeSOT-233 pinsNexperia
    What it is
    Zener diode
    Maker
    Nexperia
    Package
    SOT-23
    Pins
    3
    Pinout
    • 1 anode
    • 2 not connected
    • 3 cathode
    Details
    39 V ±1% voltage regulator (Zener) diode
    Source
    Manufacturer datasheet

    Is it dead? The meter test is below: Zener diode.

  • BZX384B3V3SOD-323Zener diode, 2 pins, Formosa MicrosemiZener diodeSOD-3232 pinsFormosa Microsemi
    What it is
    Zener diode
    Maker
    Formosa Microsemi
    Package
    SOD-323
    Pins
    2
    Source
    Manufacturer datasheet

    Is it dead? The meter test is below: Zener diode.

  • BZX384B3V3-Q1SOD-323Zener diode, 2 pins, Formosa MicrosemiZener diodeSOD-3232 pinsFormosa Microsemi
    What it is
    Zener diode
    Maker
    Formosa Microsemi
    Package
    SOD-323
    Pins
    2
    Source
    Manufacturer datasheet

    Is it dead? The meter test is below: Zener diode.

  • BZX585-B3V3SOD-523Zener diode, 2 pins, NexperiaZener diodeSOD-5232 pinsNexperia
    What it is
    Zener diode
    Maker
    Nexperia
    Package
    SOD-523
    Pins
    2
    Pinout
    • 1 cathode
    • 2 anode
    Details
    3.3 V ±2% voltage regulator (Zener) diode
    Source
    Manufacturer datasheet

    Is it dead? The meter test is below: Zener diode.

  • CDBMS140-HFSOD-123FSchottky diode, 2 pins, ComchipSchottky diodeSOD-123F2 pinsComchip
    What it is
    Schottky diode
    Maker
    Comchip
    Package
    SOD-123F
    Pins
    2
    Details
    40 V, 1 A Schottky barrier diode
    Source
    Manufacturer datasheet

    Is it dead? The meter test is below: Schottky diode.

  • LMSZ5224BT1GSOD-123Zener diode, 2 pins, LRCZener diodeSOD-1232 pinsLRC
    What it is
    Zener diode
    Maker
    LRC
    Package
    SOD-123
    Pins
    2
    Details
    Zener diode, VZ Min 2.66 V, VZ Nom 2.8 V, VZ Max 2.94 V
    Source
    Manufacturer datasheet

    Is it dead? The meter test is below: Zener diode.

  • MM1Z2V4BWSOD-123Zener diode, 2 pins, YFWZener diodeSOD-1232 pinsYFW
    What it is
    Zener diode
    Maker
    YFW
    Package
    SOD-123
    Pins
    2
    Source
    Manufacturer datasheet

    Is it dead? The meter test is below: Zener diode.

  • 3 more parts have no package on record
    • BZX884B22Zener diode, Good-ArkZener diodeNot recordedNot recordedGood-Ark
      What it is
      Zener diode
      Maker
      Good-Ark
      Package
      Not recorded
      Pins
      Not recorded
      Details
      Zener diode, VZ 22 V, 0.25 W
      Source
      Manufacturer datasheet

      Is it dead? The meter test is below: Zener diode.

    • BZX884B22VZener diode, RectronZener diodeNot recordedNot recordedRectron
      What it is
      Zener diode
      Maker
      Rectron
      Package
      Not recorded
      Pins
      Not recorded
      Source
      Manufacturer datasheet

      Is it dead? The meter test is below: Zener diode.

    • LL24BT0603ESD protection diode, Formosa MicrosemiESD protection diodeNot recordedNot recordedFormosa Microsemi
      What it is
      ESD protection diode
      Maker
      Formosa Microsemi
      Package
      Not recorded
      Pins
      Not recorded
      Source
      Manufacturer datasheet

      Is it dead? The meter test is below: TVS or ESD protection 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.

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.

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.

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.

Printed with a code easy to misread as C4-

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 5 more parts.

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