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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 16, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
George V. Gerber, Bonita, CA (US);
Joel J. Smejkal, Columbus, NE (US);
Assignee:
Vishay Sprague, Inc., Malvern, PA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01C 1/000 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01C 1/000 ;
Abstract
An improved surface mount resistor and method for making the same includes a body comprised of an elongated strip of electrically resistive material and a resistor terminal formed at each end of the resistive material. The resistive material is machined with a laser beam to create a current path having a desired resistance. The pattern cut is determined by partitioning the resistive material into a plurality of squares forming a current path through the resistive material with the correct resistivity. The resistive material is cut primarily with axial cuts so that the beam strength of the resistive material is maintained.