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SMD Resistor Coding

SMD resistors are coded numerically similar to traditional resistors, with the first two or three digits indicating the resistance value and the third or fourth digit being the multiplier. New coding schemes have been introduced for 1%, 2%, 5%, and 10% tolerance resistors. The 1% EIA-96 scheme uses a three letter code where the first two letters indicate the value and the third is the multiplier. Other schemes put the multiplier letter before the value code. These codes allow identifying the resistance value and tolerance of SMD resistors from their markings.

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SMD Resistor Coding

SMD resistors are coded numerically similar to traditional resistors, with the first two or three digits indicating the resistance value and the third or fourth digit being the multiplier. New coding schemes have been introduced for 1%, 2%, 5%, and 10% tolerance resistors. The 1% EIA-96 scheme uses a three letter code where the first two letters indicate the value and the third is the multiplier. Other schemes put the multiplier letter before the value code. These codes allow identifying the resistance value and tolerance of SMD resistors from their markings.

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SMD Resistor Coding

SMD Resistors are usually coded with a numerical equivalent of the familiar
three band colour code. In the same way as wire ended components, precision
resistors (1% or better) may be marked with a four digit code.
The first two (or 3) digits are the first two (or 3) digits of the resistance in ohms,
and the third(or 4th) is the number of zeros to follow - the 'multiplier'.
Resistances of less than 10 ohms have a 'R' to indicate the position of the
decimal point.

Some examples will meake this clearer:

Three Digit Examples Four Digit Examples


330 is 33 ohms - not 330 1000 is 100 ohms - not
ohms 1000 ohms
4992 is 49 900 ohms, or
221 is 220 ohms
49.9 kohm
683 is 68 000 ohms, or 68 16234 is 162 000 ohms, or
kohm 162 kohm
105 is 1 000 000 ohms, or 1
0R56 or R56 is 0.56 ohms
Mohm
8R2 is 8.2 ohms  

But just to make life more interesting, a new coding system has appeared on
1% types. This is known as the EIA-96 marking method. It consists of a three-
character code. The first two digits signify the 3 significant digits of the resistor
value, using the lookup table below. The third character - a letter - signifies the
multiplier.

code value   code value   code value   code value   code value   code value
01 100 17 147 33 215 49 316 65 464 81 681
02 102 18 150 34 221 50 324 66 475 82 698
03 105 19 154 35 226 51 332 67 487 83 715
04 107 20 158 36 232 52 340 68 499 84 732
05 110 21 162 37 237 53 348 69 511 85 750
06 113 22 165 38 243 54 357 70 523 86 768
07 115 23 169 39 249 55 365 71 536 87 787
08 118 24 174 40 255 56 374 72 549 88 806
09 121 25 178 41 261 57 383 73 562 89 825
10 124 26 182 42 237 58 392 74 576 90 845
11 127 27 187 43 274 59 402 75 590 91 866
12 130 28 191 44 280 60 412 76 604 92 887
13 133 29 196 45 287 61 422 77 619 93 909
14 137 30 200 46 294 62 432 78 634 94 931
15 140 31 205 47 301 63 442 79 649 95 953
16 143 32 210 48 309 64 453 80 665 96 976

The multiplier letters are as follows:

lette lette mul


mult
r r t
10000
F B 10
0
E 10000   A 1
X or
D 1000 0.1
S
Y or
C 100 0.01
R

22A is a 165 ohm resistor, 68C is a 49900 ohm (49.9 k) and 43E a 2740000
(2.74 M). This marking scheme applies to 1% resistors only.

A similar scheme can be used for 2, 5 and 10% tolerance types. The multiplier
letters are identical to the 1% ones, but occur before the number code. Just to
make it even more fun, a different coding scheme is used. Here it is:

2% 5% 10%
co val co val co val co val co val
de ue de ue de ue de ue de ue
01 100 13 330 25 100 37 330 49 100
02 110 14 360 26 110 38 360 50 120
03 120 15 390 27 120 39 390 51 150
04 130 16 430 28 130 40 430 52 180
05 150 17 470   29 150 41 470   53 220
06
 
160 18 510 30
 
160 42 510 54 270
07 180 19 560 31 180 43 560 55 330
08 200 20 620 32 200 44 620 56 390
09 220 21 680 33 220 45 680 57 470
10 240 22 750 34 240 46 750 58 560
11 270 23 820 35 270 47 820 59 680
12 300 24 910 36 300 48 910 60 820

So with this scheme, A55 is a 330 ohm, 10% tolerance resistor, C31 a 5%,
18000 ohm (18 kilohm) unit, and D18 510000 ohms (510 kohm) 2% tolerance.

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