Fine-line thick film resistors and resistor networks and method of making same
First Claim
1. A method for providing a resistor and a resistor network, comprising the steps of:
- furnishing an insulative substrate;
forming designated conductive terminations on the substrate;
selecting a directly writeable heterogeneous resistive composition having a sheet resistivity ρ
sheet ;
choosing a line pattern, a line width w and a total line length l of a resistive line to be deposited on said substrate between at least two of said terminations; and
writing directly and continuously between and onto at least two of said terminations an electrically resistive line of said chosen pattern, line width and total line length from said selected composition so as to achieve a desired value of resistance R of a resistor and a resistor of a resistor network in accordance with the relationship R=ρ
sheet ×
l/w.
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Abstract
Electrical resistors and resistor networks are provided on an insulative substrate with designated conductive terminations by direct and continuous writing of resistive lines in fine-line patterns between and over each two of neighboring terminations from heterogeneous resistive thick film compositions. The resistive lines of line width w and total length l between conductive terminations can be directly written by suitable writing apparatus to have a high aspect ratio n=l/w, thereby providing resistors and resistor networks of high resistance values on an overall substrate area significantly smaller than required for conventional thick film resistors of comparable resistance value and comparable operational characteristics.
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4 Claims
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1. A method for providing a resistor and a resistor network, comprising the steps of:
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furnishing an insulative substrate; forming designated conductive terminations on the substrate; selecting a directly writeable heterogeneous resistive composition having a sheet resistivity ρ
sheet ;choosing a line pattern, a line width w and a total line length l of a resistive line to be deposited on said substrate between at least two of said terminations; and writing directly and continuously between and onto at least two of said terminations an electrically resistive line of said chosen pattern, line width and total line length from said selected composition so as to achieve a desired value of resistance R of a resistor and a resistor of a resistor network in accordance with the relationship R=ρ
sheet ×
l/w. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A method for providing a multiplicity of identical resistors, comprising the steps of:
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furnishing an insulative substrate; forming a multiplicity of designated conductive terminations on the substrate; selecting a directly writeable heterogeneous resistive composition having a sheet resistivity ρ
sheet ;choosing a line pattern, a line width w and a total line length l of a resistive line to be deposited on said substrate between each of two neighboring ones of said terminations; and writing directly and continuously between and over each of said two neighboring ones of said terminations an electrically resistive line of said chosen pattern, width and total length from said selected composition so as to achieve a multitude of resistors each of which having a desired value of resistance R in accordance with the relationship R=ρ
sheet ×
l/w.
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