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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8098127 | Resistor for microwave applications A resistor assembly for use at microwave frequencies, has a substrate with first and second contacts or metalizations at either end of the substrate. A third contact or metallization is provided on one side of the substrate generally in the middle thereof. First and... | 01/17/2012 |
| 7372127 | Low cost and versatile resistors manufactured from conductive loaded resin-based materials Resistor devices are formed of a conductive loaded resin-based material. The conductive loaded resin-based material comprises micron conductive powder(s), conductive fiber(s), or a combination of conductive powder and conductive fibers in a base resin host. The cond... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7355504 | Electrical devices An electrical device which comprises first and second laminar electrodes and a laminar PTC resistive element sandwiched between them, the device comprising (a) a main portion which comprises a main part of the first electrode, a ma... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7343671 | Process for manufacturing a composite polymeric circuit protection device A process for manufacturing a composite polymeric circuit protection device in which a polymeric assembly is provided and is then subdivided into individual devices. The assembly is made by providing first and second laminates, each of which includes a laminar polym... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7292022 | Current detection resistor, mounting structure thereof and method of measuring effective inductance A mounting structure for current detection resistor device has a feature that voltage detection terminal wiring is configured so as to extend along a current path in the resistor body first, and then, to bend at right angles to the current path, while maintaining el... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7292133 | Resistance circuit, and voltage detection and constant voltage generating circuits incorporating such resistance circuit A resistance circuit included in a semiconductor apparatus, which is formed of a plurality of thin film metal resistors connected in series, capable of achieving a precise resistance adjustment over a wide range by disconnecting or changing the resistors by laser be... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7283033 | Axial leaded over-current protection device An axial leaded over-current protection device comprised of a plurality of PTC devices, a first terminal metal strip, and a second terminal metal strip. One end of the first terminal metal strip diverges into a plurality of electrode strips, and the plurality electr... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7279977 | Integrated circuit with resistive network having reduced mismatch An integrated circuit includes a resistive circuit with reduced mismatch that includes a primary resistive network with several main resistances (Rp) each having the same theoretical main value. It also includes an auxiliary resistance (Rau) having an auxiliary theo... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7277006 | Chip resistor Chip resistor includes the rectangular first substrate made of ceramics and having surfaces, the rectangular second substrate made of ceramics and having surfaces, and a joint layer interposed between the surfaces, and electrodes are formed on two opposing sides of ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7253074 | Temperature-compensated resistor and fabrication method therefor A method for forming a temperature-compensated resistor on a semiconductor substrate is provided. A resistor element is formed on the semiconductor substrate. Terminal contacts are formed on the ends of the resistor element. A temperature-compensating configuration ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7249409 | Method for trimming resistors There is provided a method and circuit for trimming a functional resistor on a thermally isolated micro-platform such that a second functional resistor on the same micro-platform remains substantially untrimmed; a method and circuit for providing and trimming a circ... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7237324 | Method for manufacturing chip resistor A multiple chip resistor is manufactured in the following method. First electrode layers are formed on a first surface of a substrate. Resistor elements electrically connected to the first electrode layers, respectively, are formed on the first surface of the substr... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7227443 | Fixed network resistor A fixed resistor network has an insulating substrate, a plurality of film resistors arranged on a top surface of the insulating substrate, terminal electrodes formed for the film resistors on each lengthwise sidewall of the insulating substrate at a given pitch alon... | 06/05/2007 |
| RE39660 | Surface mounted four terminal resistor An electrical resistor has a surface mounted four terminal current sensor of a very low resistance value and capable of handling short pulses of high power. It comprises a flat metal late, 1 to 50 mils thick, of an alloy of high electrical resistivity, to which are ... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7215023 | Power module A power module includes at least one carrier body for mounting at least one power component thereon, and at least one energy storage component. For this purpose, a hybrid circuit is arranged as a thick film circuit on at least one of the carrier bodies, and the hybr... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7208065 | Structure for measuring the etching speed The specification discloses a structure and method for measuring the etching speed. A test layer is connected with several resistors. Etching the metal layer disconnects in order the resistors from the circuit. The equivalent resistance of the sensing resistor syste... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7208931 | Constant current generating circuit using resistor formed of metal thin film A circuit for generating a constant current includes a reference voltage generating circuit configured to generate a reference voltage and a constant current circuit including one or more resistors configured to determine an amount of an electric current generated i... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7183892 | Chip PTC thermistor and method for manufacturing the same Chip PTC thermistors that can easily be inspected the soldered portions after it is mounted on a printed circuit board and that can be used in a flow soldering process, and methods of making same. A chip PTC thermistor of the present invention includes: a first main... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7154370 | High precision power resistors A high precision power resistor having the improved property of reduced resistance change due to power is disclosed. The resistor includes a substrate having first and second flat surfaces and having a shape and a composition; a resistive foil having a low TCR of ab... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7154373 | Surface mounting chip network component A surface mounting chip network component in which a network having three or more odd number of terminals are formed on the surface of an insulating substrate and Tomb Stone Phenomenon is suppressed. Even number of network circuits are formed on the surface of the i... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7145432 | Flexible switching devices An electronic resistor user interface comprises flexible conductive materials and a flexible variably resistive element capable of exhibiting a change in electrical resistance on mechanical deformation and is characterised by textile-form electrodes (10,12) a... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7130367 | Digital delay lock loop for setup and hold time enhancement A digital delay lock loop (DLL) circuit for receiving parallel data and clock signals, deserializing the high speed parallel data to low speed data, and for improving setup and hold times. A DLL circuit for an N-bit datapath, includes a clock DLL configured to provi... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7129814 | Chip resistor and method of making the same A chip resistor includes a metal resistor element having a flat lower surface. The lower surface is formed with two electrodes spaced from each other, and an insulating resin film is formed between these electrodes. Each of the electrodes partially overlaps the insu... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7126353 | Method and circuit arrangement for determining an electric measurement value for a resistance element, preferably for determining an electric current that flows through the said resistance element The invention relates to a method and a circuit arrangement for determining an electric measurement value for a resistance element (R22), preferably for determining an electric current that flows through said resistance element (R22), whereby the resis... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7119656 | Method for trimming resistors There is provided a method and circuit for trimming a functional resistor on a thermally isolated micro-platform such that a second functional resistor on the same micro-platform remains substantially untrimmed; a method and circuit for providing and trimming a circ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7102484 | High power resistor having an improved operating temperature range A high power resistor includes a resistance element with first and second leads extending out from the opposite ends thereof. A heat sink of dielectric material is in heat conducting relation to the resistance element. The heat conducting relationship of the resista... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7081805 | Constant-power constant-temperature resistive network A thermally stabilized device is described. Single or multiple input ports are accommodated and single and multiple power ports are described. The variation of resistance of a resistor subject to varying power dissipations is minimized by injecting complementary pow... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7079004 | Precision thin film AC voltage divider A precision AC input voltage divider on a substrate is printed as a serpentine pattern for a thin line of resistive material. Bothersome original “bad” stray capacitances to a ground, particularly those to or from the middle of the serpentine, are effectively re... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7057491 | Impedance network with minimum contact impedance An impedance network configuration in the form of a snake-like or ladder structure is provided. The ladder configuration enables the provision of tabs extending outwardly from the normal conducting path, the tabs providing a location for the provision of contact lay... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7053751 | Resistance hybrid, and voltage detection and constant voltage generating circuits incorporating such resistance hybrid A resistance hybrid is disclosed including m+1 unit resistors connected in series, to further be connected in series between two resistance elements, one Rbottom and the other Rtop. Each unit resistor SBn includes an error correction resistance element R1dn a... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7053748 | Electrical devices A composite circuit protection device includes a laminar insulating member and first and second laminar circuit protection devices. Each of the first and second laminar circuit protection devices includes (1) a first laminar electrode, (2) a second laminar electrode... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7049928 | Resistor and method of manufacturing the same The resistor of the present invention comprises a substrate, a pair of electrodes, and a resistor element comprising rectangular sections connected to the pair of electrodes and a S-shaped section disposed between the rectangular sections and is free of trimming por... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7049929 | Resistor process Circuit panels are provided with resistors in vias extending between the top and bottom surfaces of the panels. The resistors may be formed by depositing a composite in each via, as by depositing a dispersion of a conductive material and a dielectric or by depositin... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7049179 | Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof A source electrode, a gate electrode, and a drain electrode formed on a front face active region of a semiconductor substrate in a shape of teeth of a comb are covered with an insulating film such as polyimede etc., as well as all of the upper surface and the side s... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7049930 | Arrangement of several resistors jointly positioned in a well of a semiconductor device, and a semiconductor device including at least one such arrangement An arrangement of several resistors jointly positioned in one and the same well of a semiconductor device, as well as to a semiconductor device including at least one such arrangement of resistors, wherein the resistors, when viewed in a longitudinal direction of th... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7042330 | Low resistance value resistor The low resistance value resistor 11 has two electrodes 12,13 of metal strips having a high electrical conductivity. The metal strips are affixed on the resistor body by means of rolling and/or thermal diffusion bonding. A fused solder layer is formed ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7037758 | Semiconductor device, method of manufacturing the same, circuit board and electronic apparatus The invention provides a method of manufacturing a semiconductor that improves the productivity and the yield of a product, and grinds a semiconductor substrate so that it has almost uniform thickness. The method can include forming a protrusion on a semiconductor s... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7038571 | Polymer thick film resistor, layout cell, and method A printed circuit polymer thick film (PTF) resistor includes tolerance control material that substantially surrounds the resistor body and significantly improves the linearity of resistance vs. resistor length, and significantly reduces resistor-to-resistor and boar... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7034653 | Semiconductor resistor A semiconductor resistor comprises a resistor body formed on a semiconductor substrate and first and second conductive terminals electrically connected to the resistor body at opposite ends thereof. The semiconductor resistor further includes at least first and seco... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7030728 | Layout and method to improve mixed-mode resistor performance A resistor layout and method of forming the resistor are described which achieves improved resistor characteristics, such as resistor stability and voltage coefficient of resistance. A resistor is formed from a conducting material such as doped silicon or polysilico... | 04/18/2006 |
