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SMD code LA

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.

3 parts are printed LA

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Answer up to 4 quick questions and these 3 parts are ranked, with a meter test that settles it. It works on a dead part too.

  • PESD5V0U1UBSOD-523ESD protection diode, 2 pins, Nexperia
    What it is
    ESD protection diode
    Maker
    Nexperia
    Package
    SOD-523
    Pins
    2
    Details
    Ultra low capacitance unidirectional ESD protection diodes
    Source
    From the manufacturer's datasheet

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

    Datasheetfor PESD5V0U1UB, opens in a new tab
  • 2 more parts have no package on record
    • BSR202NN-channel MOSFET, Infineon
      What it is
      N-channel MOSFET
      Maker
      Infineon
      Package
      Not recorded
      Pins
      Not recorded
      Details
      N-Channel Small Signal MOSFET 20 V in SC-59 package
      Source
      From the manufacturer's datasheet

      Is it dead? The meter test is below: N-channel MOSFET.

      Datasheetfor BSR202N, opens in a new tab
    • ESDBL3V3AE1ESD protection diode, JSCJ
      What it is
      ESD protection diode
      Maker
      JSCJ
      Package
      Not recorded
      Pins
      Not recorded
      Details
      ESD protection diode, VRWM 3.3 V
      Source
      From the manufacturer's datasheet

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

      Datasheetfor ESDBL3V3AE1, opens in a new tab

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.

N-channel MOSFET

Diode range, part lifted. Test drain to source first, then short gate to source and test again.

Working, it reads

Red probe on the source, black on the drain: about 0.4 to 0.9 V, the body diode. Open the other way. The gate reads open to both other pins, both ways.

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. Often all three pins end up shorted together.
  • No body diode at all: failed open.
On the board
the gate usually has a resistor to the source, so gate to source reads that resistor, which is not a fault. A drain short can be the load. 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.

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 LA

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 LA

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

Codes not listed here are printed on 3 more parts.

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