Patent ID: 7394344

Claim:
A chip resistor comprising: a chip substrate having an upper surface, a first end, a second end opposite to the first end, a first side edge extending between the first and second ends, and a second side edge opposite to the first side edge and extending between the first and second ends; first and second terminal electrodes formed on the upper surface of the chip substrate close to the first and second ends, respectively; and a resistant film formed in a zigzag pattern on the upper surface of the chip substrate between the first and second terminal electrodes; wherein at least the first terminal electrode includes a protrusion integrally formed to project from a portion close to the first side edge of the chip substrate toward the second terminal electrode for electrical connection with the resistant film; and wherein the protrusion includes a non-oblique side edge, an oblique side edge and a connection edge, the non-oblique side edge being adjacent and parallel to the first side edge of the chip substrate, the oblique side edge facing inward away from the first side edge of the chip substrate and, being inclined such that the protrusion has progressively narrower width toward the second terminal electrode, the connection edge connecting the non-oblique side edge and the oblique side edge to each other and being parallel to the first and second ends of the substrate.