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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 1988
Filed:
Dec. 03, 1986
Applicant:
Inventor:
John S Shier, Apple Valley, MN (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
338309 ; 21912169 ; 338195 ; 338320 ; 338333 ;
Abstract
A distributed wye resistor network fabricated on an integrated circuit substrate includes a resistive body coupled between two terminal elements. The resistive body includes a plurality of slots extending therethrough between the terminal elements to form a plurality of discrete resistive links. The resistive body therefore has characteristics of an artificial anisotropically conducting medium. The resistive links have a parabolic length profile. The links can be continuously cut, starting with the shortest link, until parameters of the integrated circuit are brought within desired specifications.