Patent ID: 6510605
Filing Date: 2003-01-28
Classification: H01C,Y10T

Abstract:
A method for making a plurality of surface mount resistors comprising:taking an elongated unitary ribbon of only electrically resistive material having upper and lower ribbon edges; partially separating said elongated ribbon into a plurality of individual body members, each having opposite side edges and first and second terminal ends with a central portion there between, said ribbon having a carrier portion interconnecting said plurality of said body members, each of said body members comprising only said resistive material; forming a plurality of slots in said opposite side edges of said body members so as to create a serpentine current path from said first terminal end through said central portion to said second terminal end in each of said body members; forming the cross sectional shape of said body members by roll forming said resistive material before said separating step so that said central portion of each of said body members is raised above said first and second terminal ends; encapsulating said raised central portion of resistive material within a dielectric material; coating said first and second terminal ends of resistive material with an electrically conductive material.