Patent ID: 7030728

Claim:
A resistor, comprising: a substrate; a rectangular first resistor element having a width, a length, a first end, and a second end formed of a first conducting material on or within said substrate; a second resistor element having a first edge and a second edge formed of said first conducting material on said substrate wherein said first edge of said second resistor element is wider than said first end of said first resistor and said first edge of said second resistor element contacts the entire width of said first end of said first resistor element; a third resistor element having a first edge and a second edge formed of said first conducting material on said substrate wherein said first edge of said third resistor element contacts the entire width of said second end of said first resistor element; a protective dielectric formed over said first, second, and third resistor elements; a fourth resistor element having a contact edge formed of a second conducting material, which is different from the first conducting material on said substrate wherein said contact edge of said fourth resistor element contacts the entire said second edge of said second resistor element and said second conducting material has a higher conductivity than said first conducting material; a fifth resistor element having a contact edge formed of a second conducting material on said substrate wherein said contact edge of said fifth resistor element contacts the entire said second edge of said third resistor element; and dummy resistor elements adjacent to said rectangular first resistor element wherein said dummy resistor elements do not contact said first, second, third, fourth, or fifth resistor elements.