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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:
Feb. 08, 2000
Filed:
Jan. 07, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
338309 ; 338307 ; 338308 ; 338328 ; 338313 ;
Abstract
A resistor comprising a substrate, a pair of first top electrode layers disposed at least on the top face of the substrate, a resistance layer disposed so as to electrically connect with the first top electrode layers, a protective layer disposed so as to cover at least the resistance layer, and a pair of second top electrode layers disposed at least on the top faces of the pair of first top electrode layers. At least one of the pairs of first top electrode layers or second top electrode layers partially extends to the substrate side faces.