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 ohms |
1000 is 100 ohms - not 1000 ohms |
221 is 220 ohms |
4992 is 49 900 ohms, or 49.9 kohm |
683 is 68 000 ohms, or 68 kohm |
16234 is 162 000 ohms, or 162 kohm |
105 is 1 000 000 ohms, or 1 Mohm |
0R56 or R56 is 0.56 ohms |
8R2 is 8.2 ohms |
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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 |
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code |
value |
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code |
value |
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code |
value |
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code |
value |
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code |
value |
01 |
100 |
17 |
147 |
33 |
215 |
49 |
316 |
65 |
464 |
81 |
681 |
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02 |
102 |
18 |
150 |
34 |
221 |
50 |
324 |
66 |
475 |
82 |
698 |
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03 |
105 |
19 |
154 |
35 |
226 |
51 |
332 |
67 |
487 |
83 |
715 |
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04 |
107 |
20 |
158 |
36 |
232 |
52 |
340 |
68 |
499 |
84 |
732 |
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05 |
110 |
21 |
162 |
37 |
237 |
53 |
348 |
69 |
511 |
85 |
750 |
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06 |
113 |
22 |
165 |
38 |
243 |
54 |
357 |
70 |
523 |
86 |
768 |
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07 |
115 |
23 |
169 |
39 |
249 |
55 |
365 |
71 |
536 |
87 |
787 |
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08 |
118 |
24 |
174 |
40 |
255 |
56 |
374 |
72 |
549 |
88 |
806 |
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09 |
121 |
25 |
178 |
41 |
261 |
57 |
383 |
73 |
562 |
89 |
825 |
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10 |
124 |
26 |
182 |
42 |
237 |
58 |
392 |
74 |
576 |
90 |
845 |
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11 |
127 |
27 |
187 |
43 |
274 |
59 |
402 |
75 |
590 |
91 |
866 |
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12 |
130 |
28 |
191 |
44 |
280 |
60 |
412 |
76 |
604 |
92 |
887 |
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13 |
133 |
29 |
196 |
45 |
287 |
61 |
422 |
77 |
619 |
93 |
909 |
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14 |
137 |
30 |
200 |
46 |
294 |
62 |
432 |
78 |
634 |
94 |
931 |
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15 |
140 |
31 |
205 |
47 |
301 |
63 |
442 |
79 |
649 |
95 |
953 |
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16 |
143 |
32 |
210 |
48 |
309 |
64 |
453 |
80 |
665 |
96 |
976 |
The multiplier letters are as follows:
letter |
mult |
|
letter |
mult |
F |
100000 |
B |
10 |
|
E |
10000 |
A |
1 |
|
D |
1000 |
X or S |
0.1 |
|
C |
100 |
Y or R |
0.01 |
22Ais 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% |
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5% |
|
10% |
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code |
value |
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code |
value |
code |
value |
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code |
value |
code |
value |
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01 |
100 |
13 |
330 |
25 |
100 |
37 |
330 |
49 |
100 |
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02 |
110 |
14 |
360 |
26 |
110 |
38 |
360 |
50 |
120 |
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03 |
120 |
15 |
390 |
27 |
120 |
39 |
390 |
51 |
150 |
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04 |
130 |
16 |
430 |
28 |
130 |
40 |
430 |
52 |
180 |
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05 |
150 |
17 |
470 |
29 |
150 |
41 |
470 |
53 |
220 |
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06 |
160 |
18 |
510 |
30 |
160 |
42 |
510 |
54 |
270 |
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07 |
180 |
19 |
560 |
31 |
180 |
43 |
560 |
55 |
330 |
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08 |
200 |
20 |
620 |
32 |
200 |
44 |
620 |
56 |
390 |
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09 |
220 |
21 |
680 |
33 |
220 |
45 |
680 |
57 |
470 |
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10 |
240 |
22 |
750 |
34 |
240 |
46 |
750 |
58 |
560 |
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11 |
270 |
23 |
820 |
35 |
270 |
47 |
820 |
59 |
680 |
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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.