Patent ID: 7278202
Filing Date: 2007-10-09
Classification: H01C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of forming a surface mount resistor comprising: taking a metal resistance strip that is not deposited on a ceramic substrate, the resistance strip having a first edge, a second edge opposite from the first edge, a front resistance strip surface and a rear resistance strip surface opposite from the first resistance strip surface; taking a first terminal and a second terminal, each having a first terminal edge, a second terminal edge opposite from the first terminal edge, a front terminal surface and a standoff surface opposite from the front terminal surface; making the resistance strip of a metal different from the metal of the first and second terminals; using a cladding process through the application of high pressure without braising alloys or adhesives to attach the front terminal surfaces of both of the first and second terminals in spaced relation across the front resistance strip surface so as to create a first combined thickness of the resistance strip and the first terminal and a second combined thickness of the second terminal; leaving a central portion of the first surface of the resistive strip between and interconnecting the spaced apart first and second terminals whereby the central portion of the resistance strip provides electrical connection between the first and second terminals; placing the standoffs of the first and second terminals on a circuit board so that the first and second combined thicknesses cause the resistance strip to be spaced above the surface of the circuit board.