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SMD code Z

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.

9 parts are printed Z

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Answer up to 4 quick questions and these 9 parts are ranked, with a meter test that settles it. It works on a dead part too.

  • ESDBL7V0D3SOD-323ESD protection diode, 2 pins, JSCJ
    What it is
    ESD protection diode
    Maker
    JSCJ
    Package
    SOD-323
    Pins
    2
    Details
    ESD protection diode, VRWM 7 V
    Source
    From the manufacturer's datasheet

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

    Datasheetfor ESDBL7V0D3, opens in a new tab
  • PJQ1938SOT-883MOSFET, 3 pins, Panjit
    What it is
    MOSFET
    Maker
    Panjit
    Package
    SOT-883
    Pins
    3
    Source
    From the manufacturer's datasheet

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

    Datasheetfor PJQ1938, opens in a new tab
  • 7 more parts have no package on record
    • AOC2804BDual N-channel MOSFET, Alpha & Omega Semiconductor
      What it is
      Dual N-channel MOSFET
      Maker
      Alpha & Omega Semiconductor
      Package
      Not recorded
      Pins
      Not recorded
      Details
      Common-drain dual N-channel battery MOSFET
      Source
      From the manufacturer's datasheet

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

      Datasheetfor AOC2804B, opens in a new tab
    • AOZ8S327UD4-05ESD protection diode, Alpha & Omega Semiconductor
      What it is
      ESD protection diode
      Maker
      Alpha & Omega Semiconductor
      Package
      Not recorded
      Pins
      Not recorded
      Details
      ESD protection for high-speed interfaces
      Source
      From the manufacturer's datasheet

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

      Datasheetfor AOZ8S327UD4-05, opens in a new tab
    • AOZ8858DI-03ESD protection diode, Alpha & Omega Semiconductor
      What it is
      ESD protection diode
      Maker
      Alpha & Omega Semiconductor
      Package
      Not recorded
      Pins
      Not recorded
      Details
      ESD protection for high-speed interfaces
      Source
      From the manufacturer's datasheet

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

      Datasheetfor AOZ8858DI-03, opens in a new tab
    • ESDBL7V0A1ESD protection diode, JSCJ
      What it is
      ESD protection diode
      Maker
      JSCJ
      Package
      Not recorded
      Pins
      Not recorded
      Details
      ESD protection diode, VRWM 7 V
      Source
      From the manufacturer's datasheet

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

      Datasheetfor ESDBL7V0A1, opens in a new tab
    • ESDBL7V0AE1ESD protection diode, JSCJ
      What it is
      ESD protection diode
      Maker
      JSCJ
      Package
      Not recorded
      Pins
      Not recorded
      Details
      ESD protection diode, VRWM 7.5 V
      Source
      From the manufacturer's datasheet

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

      Datasheetfor ESDBL7V0AE1, opens in a new tab
    • ESDBL7V0AH1ESD protection diode, JSCJ
      What it is
      ESD protection diode
      Maker
      JSCJ
      Package
      Not recorded
      Pins
      Not recorded
      Details
      ESD protection diode, VRWM 7 V
      Source
      From the manufacturer's datasheet

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

      Datasheetfor ESDBL7V0AH1, opens in a new tab
    • PMEG4005AESFSchottky diode, 2 pins, Nexperia
      What it is
      Schottky diode
      Maker
      Nexperia
      Package
      Not recorded
      Pins
      2
      Details
      40 V, 0.5 A low VF MEGA Schottky barrier rectifier
      Source
      From the manufacturer's datasheet

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

      Datasheetfor PMEG4005AESF, 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 pair

Diode range, part lifted. Test drain to source first, then short gate to source and test again. Test each MOSFET on its own pins, as the datasheet's pinout gives them.

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.

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.

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.

Printed with a code easy to misread as Z

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 Z

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 917 more parts.

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