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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 1988
Filed:
Nov. 03, 1986
Applicant:
Inventor:
John S Shier, Apple Valley, MN (US);
Assignee:
VTC Incorporated, Bloomington, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
338295 ; 296101 ;
Abstract
A resistor network coupling two terminal leads and adapted to be fabricated on an integrated circuit. A plurality of N-sided meshes are each formed by N resistor elements linked at network nodes. Some of the resistor elements can be cut by a laser under computer control to select a desired resistance value of the network.