Abstract:
Objects contacted by mechanical fingers cause shunts that are touched at a position to contact resistance strips. Sensing resistance remaining between the shunt contact and one end of the resistance strip indicates position of contact along the finger. Shapes and alignments of objects are sensed by comparing positional information along several fingers.
Abstract:
AN ELECTRICAL COMPONENT INCLUDING A CIRCUIT MODULE COMPRISING A PAIR OF FIXED RESISTORS, A RESISTANCE PATH FOR A VARIABLE RESISTANCE CONTROL, AND A PAIR OF COLLECTORS IN SPACED RELATIONSHIP TO THE RESISTANCE PATH DISPOSED ON A SINGLE SUBSTRATE. ONE OF THE FIXED RESISTORS IS ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED BETWEEN ONE END OF THE RESISTANCE PATH AND ONE OF THE COLLECTORS AND THE OTHER FIXED RESISTOR IS ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED BETWEEN THE TWO COLLECTORS. CONTACTOR MEANS WIPABLY ENGAGE THE RESISTANCE PATH. SINCE THE PAIR OF FIXED RESISTORS AND THE RESISTANCE PATH ARE SIMULTANEOUS-
LY FORMED ON THE SAME SUBSTRATE THEY HAVE THE SAME RELATIVE ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND, THEREFORE, ARE INTRINCIALLY EQUALIZED.
Abstract:
An integrated circuit system, and a method of manufacture thereof, includes: an integrated circuit substrate; and a discretized tunable precision resistor having a total resistance including: a resistor body over the integrated circuit substrate, interconnects directly on the resistor body, metal taps directly on the interconnects and at opposing sides of the resistor body, and conductive metal strips over the interconnects, wherein the total resistance is a function of an active resistor length of the resistor body between a pair of the metal taps in contact with two of the conductive metal strips.
Abstract:
A ceramic resistor card assembly for a fuel sensor includes a card portion made of a ceramic material. The ceramic resistor card assembly also includes a first conductive ink disposed on the card portion to form a fuel level portion. The ceramic resistor card assembly further includes a second conductive ink disposed on the card portion to form at least one contact for the fuel level portion. The first conductive ink is void of Silver and the second conductive ink contains Silver.
Abstract:
Thin or thick film resistor devices (e.g., electronic resistors and thermistors) are trimmable without disturbing the active resistor film or necessarily requiring temperature control during trimming by providing a plurality of electrically conductive fingers having one end integral with one of the electrodes and a terminal end which extends at least substantially across the cross-wise dimension of the resistance film. The electrode fingers thereby electrically bridge a respective surface region of the substrate on which the electrodes and film are disposed. One or more of these fingers may thus be severed from the electrodes at the bridged respective surface region of the substrate so that the resistance value of the device can be controllably selected. By providing various finger-to-finger separation dimensions (to thereby establish various widths of segments of the active resistor film), a large number of resistance trimming combinations can be provided so that virtually any desired resistance value for the device can be obtained in dependence upon the particular finger(s) which is(are) severed. The resistance of very high resistance thermistors may also easily be reduced (e.g., by factors of 100 or more) to an extent where impedance loading measuring errors are minimized (if not eliminated entirely), or low TCR circuit resistors are varied in resistance as desired over a wide range without having to change the formulation of the resistor body material.
Abstract:
A variable electric resistor device comprises a block of electrical insulating material. An elongated member of current resistive metal is removably positioned in the insulating material. A pair of electrically conductive terminal leads are each electrically connected to a corresponding end of the current resistive member. An elongated ancillary member of electrically conductive material is embedded in the insulating material in spaced parallel relation with the current resistive member. A plurality of spaced transverse internally threaded bores are formed through the ancillary member. A plurality of spaced bores are formed through the block extending from both sides of the internally threaded bores from the current resistive member to a surface of the block. A plurality of electrically conductive screws are each threadedly coupled to a corresponding one of the threaded bores and extend in the corresponding bore thereof in a manner whereby selected screws are movable into electrical contact with the current resistive member.