SMD code DN
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.
11 parts are printed DN
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Answer up to 4 quick questions and these 11 parts are ranked, with a meter test that settles it. It works on a dead part too.
2SD2153SOT-89NPN transistor, 3 pins, JSCJNPN transistorSOT-893 pinsJSCJ
- What it is
- NPN transistor
- Maker
- JSCJ
- Package
- SOT-89
- Pins
- 3
- Details
- Bipolar transistor, NPN, 25 V, 2 A
- Source
- From the manufacturer's datasheet
Is it dead? The meter test is below: NPN transistor.
AO6420SOT-23-6MOSFET, 6 pins, Alpha & Omega SemiconductorMOSFETSOT-23-66 pinsAlpha & Omega Semiconductor
- What it is
- MOSFET
- Maker
- Alpha & Omega Semiconductor
- Package
- SOT-23-6
- Pins
- 6
- Details
- Medium-voltage (40-400 V) MOSFET
- Source
- From the manufacturer's datasheet
Is it dead? The meter test is below: MOSFET.
AO6420LSOT-23-6MOSFET, 6 pins, Alpha & Omega SemiconductorMOSFETSOT-23-66 pinsAlpha & Omega Semiconductor
- What it is
- MOSFET
- Maker
- Alpha & Omega Semiconductor
- Package
- SOT-23-6
- Pins
- 6
- Details
- Medium-voltage (40-400 V) MOSFET
- Source
- From the manufacturer's datasheet
Is it dead? The meter test is below: MOSFET.
BAV99BDWSOT-363Switching diode, 6 pins, JSCJSwitching diodeSOT-3636 pinsJSCJ
- What it is
- Switching diode
- Maker
- JSCJ
- Package
- SOT-363
- Pins
- 6
- Details
- Switching diode, 75 V, 215 mA
- Source
- From the manufacturer's datasheet
Is it dead? The meter test is below: Silicon diode.
BZT52-B10SOD-123Zener diode, 2 pins, NexperiaZener diodeSOD-1232 pinsNexperia
- 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.
BZT52H-B6V2SOD-123FZener diode, 2 pins, NexperiaZener diodeSOD-123F2 pinsNexperia
- What it is
- Zener diode
- Maker
- Nexperia
- Package
- SOD-123F
- Pins
- 2
- Source
- From the manufacturer's datasheet
Is it dead? The meter test is below: Zener diode.
BZX84B9V1SOT-23Zener diode, 3 pins, DiotecZener diodeSOT-233 pinsDiotec
- What it is
- Zener diode
- Maker
- Diotec
- Package
- SOT-23
- Pins
- 3
- Details
- SMD Planar Zener Diodes
- Source
- From the manufacturer's datasheet
Is it dead? The meter test is below: Zener diode.
BZX384-C36SOD-323Zener diode, 2 pins, NexperiaZener diodeSOD-3232 pinsNexperia
- What it is
- Zener diode
- Maker
- Nexperia
- Package
- SOD-323
- Pins
- 2
- Source
- From the manufacturer's datasheet
Is it dead? The meter test is below: Zener diode.
MM3Z2B4SOD-323Zener diode, 2 pins, DiotecZener diodeSOD-3232 pinsDiotec
- What it is
- Zener diode
- Maker
- Diotec
- Package
- SOD-323
- Pins
- 2
- Details
- SMD Planar Zener Diodes
- Source
- From the manufacturer's datasheet
Is it dead? The meter test is below: Zener diode.
MMSZ4703SOD-123Zener diode, 2 pins, Taiwan SemiconductorZener diodeSOD-1232 pinsTaiwan 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.
UDZS27BSOD-323Zener diode, 2 pins, Taiwan SemiconductorZener diodeSOD-3232 pinsTaiwan Semiconductor
- What it is
- Zener diode
- Maker
- Taiwan Semiconductor
- Package
- SOD-323
- Pins
- 2
- Source
- From the manufacturer's datasheet
Is it dead? The meter test is below: Zener 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.
NPN transistor
Diode range, part lifted or its base leg off the pad.
Working, it reads
Red 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.
MOSFET
Diode range, part lifted. Test drain to source first, then short gate to source and test again.
Working, it reads
One way between drain and source reads about 0.4 to 0.9 V, the body diode, and the other way open. The gate reads open to both other pins.
Dead, it reads
- Drain to source the same both ways, near 0 V with a continuous beep, and still so after shorting gate to source: shorted. The classic failure.
- The gate reads low to source or drain: gate shorted.
- No body diode at all: failed open.
- On the board
- the gate usually has a resistor to the source, which reads as that resistor and is not a fault. Lift a leg to be sure.
- Compare:
- If an identical part sits elsewhere on the board, measure it the same way: that is what this one should read.
- Watch for:
- The diode range can charge the gate enough to turn the part on, and then drain to source reads near 0 both ways on a good part. Short gate to source and test again before you condemn it.
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.
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.
Printed with a code easy to misread as DN
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 DN
For a marking with its end worn or burnt off. Each code has a page of its own.
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