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SMD code JS4

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.

12 parts are printed JS4

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Answer up to 4 quick questions and these 12 parts are ranked, with a meter test that settles it. It works on a dead part too.

  • ABAS21S-HFSOT-233 pins, ComchipSOT-233 pinsComchip
    What it is
    Switching diode
    Maker
    Comchip
    Package
    SOT-23
    Pins
    3
    Details
    250 V, 200 mA switching diode
    Source
    Manufacturer datasheet

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

  • BAS21SSOT-233 pins, Galaxy MicroelectronicsSOT-233 pinsGalaxy Microelectronics
    What it is
    Switching diode
    Maker
    Galaxy Microelectronics
    Package
    SOT-23
    Pins
    3
    Details
    0.2A, 200V, Surface Mount Small Signal Switching Diodes
    Source
    Manufacturer datasheet

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

  • BAS21S-CSOT-233 pins, SeCoSSOT-233 pinsSeCoS
    What it is
    Switching diode
    Maker
    SeCoS
    Package
    SOT-23
    Pins
    3
    Source
    Manufacturer datasheet

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

  • BAS21S-HFSOT-233 pins, ComchipSOT-233 pinsComchip
    What it is
    Switching diode
    Maker
    Comchip
    Package
    SOT-23
    Pins
    3
    Details
    250 V, 400 mA switching diode
    Source
    Manufacturer datasheet

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

  • BAS21S-P2-HFSOT-233 pins, ComchipSOT-233 pinsComchip
    What it is
    Switching diode
    Maker
    Comchip
    Package
    SOT-23
    Pins
    3
    Details
    250 V, 400 mA switching diode
    Source
    Manufacturer datasheet

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

  • BAS21SLT1GSOT-233 pins, HXYSOT-233 pinsHXY
    What it is
    Switching diode
    Maker
    HXY
    Package
    SOT-23
    Pins
    3
    Details
    Switching diode, 250 V, 0.4 A
    Source
    Manufacturer datasheet

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

  • BAS21SN3SOT-233 pins, CYStekSOT-233 pinsCYStek
    What it is
    Switching diode
    Maker
    CYStek
    Package
    SOT-23
    Pins
    3
    Details
    250 V switching diode
    Source
    Manufacturer datasheet

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

  • BAV23SN3SOT-233 pins, CYStekSOT-233 pinsCYStek
    What it is
    Switching diode
    Maker
    CYStek
    Package
    SOT-23
    Pins
    3
    Details
    250 V switching diode
    Source
    Manufacturer datasheet

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

  • TBAS21SSOT-233 pins, Galaxy MicroelectronicsSOT-233 pinsGalaxy Microelectronics
    What it is
    Switching diode
    Maker
    Galaxy Microelectronics
    Package
    SOT-23
    Pins
    3
    Details
    0.2A, 250V, Surface Mount Small Signal Switching Diodes
    Source
    Manufacturer datasheet

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

  • 2SA1815-4SOT-233 pins, Sanyo ElectricSOT-233 pinsSanyo Electric
    What it is
    Not recorded
    Maker
    Sanyo Electric
    Package
    SOT-23
    Pins
    3
    Details
    pnp fm mix/amp Ft 750MHz hfe 90-180
    Source
    Published code list

    Is it dead? The meter test is below: This part.

  • KAS21SSOT-233 pins, KEXIN GroupSOT-233 pinsKEXIN Group
    What it is
    Not recorded
    Maker
    KEXIN Group
    Package
    SOT-23
    Pins
    3
    Details
    Diode: Dual, Sw, Fast, 200V, 250mA, Vf=1V(0.1A), 250mW, <50ns
    Source
    Published code list

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

  • 1 more part has no package on record
    • 2SA1857-4Sanyo ElectricNot recordedNot recordedSanyo Electric
      What it is
      Not recorded
      Maker
      Sanyo Electric
      Package
      Not recorded
      Pins
      Not recorded
      Details
      Si-pnp: RF, FM, IF-Amp, 15V, 50mA, 150mW, B=90..180, 750MHz
      Source
      Published code list

      Is it dead? The meter test is below: This part.

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.

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.

This part

Diode range and ohms range, part lifted.

Working, it reads

Depends on what it is. The datasheet, or an identical part, says.

Dead, it reads

  • Between two pins, the same reading both ways, near 0 V with a continuous beep: shorted.
  • Open between every pair of pins: failed open, or a part that reads open when working.
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.

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 JS4

One character differs, and it is one that is easy to confuse under a lamp. Each code has a page of its own.

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