Electrical resistance device
First Claim
1. An electrical resistance device including a conductive metal pattern carried on an insulating surface, said device being characterized in thata portion of said conductive metal pattern includes a two-dimensional array of substantially identical areas of said substrate devoid of conductive material ("voids") within a mesh of conductive material on said substrate, said voids being arranged such that the centers of sets of three adjacent voids are positioned at the corners of triangles and the overall direction of current flow in said device is generally not parallel to sides of said triangles.
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Abstract
An electrical resistance device includes a conductive metal pattern carried on an insulating surface. A portion of the conductive metal pattern includes a two-dimensional array of areas devoid of conductive material ("voids") within a mesh of conductive material. Typically, the voids are hexagonal and are arranged such that the adjacent edges of adjacent hexagons are parallel to each other and spaced apart a distance not more than about 0.10 in. The hexagonal voids typically are arranged so that the centers of sets of three adjacent voids lie on the corners of equilateral triangles.
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1. An electrical resistance device including a conductive metal pattern carried on an insulating surface, said device being characterized in that
a portion of said conductive metal pattern includes a two-dimensional array of substantially identical areas of said substrate devoid of conductive material ("voids") within a mesh of conductive material on said substrate, said voids being arranged such that the centers of sets of three adjacent voids are positioned at the corners of triangles and the overall direction of current flow in said device is generally not parallel to sides of said triangles.
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