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SMD code CP

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.

10 parts are printed CP

Not sure which one you have?

Answer up to 4 quick questions and these 10 parts are ranked, with a meter test that settles it. It works on a dead part too.

  • BZT52-C20SOD-123Zener diode, 2 pins, Nexperia
    What it is
    Zener diode
    Maker
    Nexperia
    Package
    SOD-123
    Pins
    2
    Source
    From the manufacturer's datasheet

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

  • MMSZ4687SOD-123Zener diode, 2 pins, Taiwan Semiconductor
    What it is
    Zener diode
    Maker
    Taiwan Semiconductor
    Package
    SOD-123
    Pins
    2
    Source
    From the manufacturer's datasheet

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

  • SMAJ36ASMATVS diode, 2 pins, Vishay
    What it is
    TVS diode
    Maker
    Vishay
    Package
    SMA
    Pins
    2
    Details
    400 W TVS diode, unidirectional
    Source
    From the manufacturer's datasheet

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

  • SMBJ36CASMBTVS diode, 2 pins, Vishay
    What it is
    TVS diode
    Maker
    Vishay
    Package
    SMB
    Pins
    2
    Details
    600 W TVS diode, bidirectional
    Source
    From the manufacturer's datasheet

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

  • SMF36ASOD-123FTVS diode, 2 pins, Vishay
    What it is
    TVS diode
    Maker
    Vishay
    Package
    SOD-123F
    Pins
    2
    Details
    SMD Transient Voltage Suppressor Diodes
    Source
    From the manufacturer's datasheet

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

  • SN74LVC1G58DRYSONLogic gate, 6 pins, Texas Instruments
    What it is
    Logic gate
    Maker
    Texas Instruments
    Package
    SON
    Pins
    6
    Details
    Configurable Multiple-Function Gate
    Source
    From the manufacturer's datasheet

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

  • SN74LVC1G58DSFSONLogic gate, 6 pins, Texas Instruments
    What it is
    Logic gate
    Maker
    Texas Instruments
    Package
    SON
    Pins
    6
    Details
    Configurable Multiple-Function Gate
    Source
    From the manufacturer's datasheet

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

  • 3 more parts have no package on record
    • PMEG3020EPASSchottky diode, Nexperia
      What it is
      Schottky diode
      Maker
      Nexperia
      Package
      Not recorded
      Pins
      Not recorded
      Details
      30 V, 2 A low VF Schottky barrier rectifier
      Source
      From the manufacturer's datasheet

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

    • SMBG36ATVS diode, Vishay
      What it is
      TVS diode
      Maker
      Vishay
      Package
      Not recorded
      Pins
      Not recorded
      Details
      600 W TVS diode, unidirectional
      Source
      From the manufacturer's datasheet

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

    • SMP36ATVS diode, Vishay
      What it is
      TVS diode
      Maker
      Vishay
      Package
      Not recorded
      Pins
      Not recorded
      Details
      400 W TVS diode, unidirectional
      Source
      From the manufacturer's 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.

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.

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.

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.

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 CP

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 CP

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

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