Patent ID: 7038571
Filing Date: 2006-05-02
Classification: H01C,H05K

Abstract:
1. A polymer thick film resistor, comprising: a resistor body fanned of a polymer based material disposed on a printed circuit substrate and electrically coupled to two termination pads located at opposite ends of the resistor body on a longitudinal axis of the resistor body, wherein the resistor has a body length parallel to the longitudinal axis and a body width perpendicular to the longitudinal axis; and an electrically conductive tolerance control material formed of the same material from which the two termination pads are formed, that forms an extension of at least one of the two termination pads, that is essentially parallel to the longitudinal axis, that has a separation from the resistor body that is in a range of 1 to 250 microns, and that terminates within 100 microns of the oilier of the two termination pads.