Patent ID: 7907046

Claim:
A chip resistor comprising: a chip-shaped insulating substrate; a pair of terminal electrodes formed on both ends of the insulating substrate; a plurality of resistor films formed on an obverse surface of the insulating substrate in parallel with each other between the paired terminal electrodes; and a cover coat formed on the obverse surface of the insulating substrate to cover the resistor films; wherein one of the paired terminal electrodes comprises individual upper electrodes and a side electrode, each of the individual upper electrodes being formed on the obverse surface of the insulating substrate to be independently connected to a respective one of the resistor films, the side electrode being formed on a side surface of the insulating substrate to be connected to all the individual upper electrodes; and wherein the other one of the paired terminal electrodes comprises a common upper electrode formed on the obverse surface of the insulating substrate to be connected to all the resistor films and a side electrode formed on a side surface opposite from said side surface of the insulating substrate to be connected to the common upper electrode.