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Article #4130Re: Resistor types
From: kenny
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 1990 01:39
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 1990 01:39
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In article <1990Jan12.231715.28296@phri.nyu.edu> roy@phri.nyu.edu (Roy Smith) writes: > > What are the significant differences between the various resistor >technologies for "typical" resistors, say 1/4, 1/2, or 1W in 1-ohm through 10 >Megohm values? whit@milton.acs.washington.edu (John Whitmore) gives a fine discussion of the materials, but omits one point that I consider important. Film type resistors generally have the resistive material deposited on an insulating rod, and then cut in a helical pattern using either screw machinery or a laser. These, and wirewounds, both are quite inductive. If low inductance is essential, composition types are preferable. Kevin Kenny KE9TV
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!snorkelwacker!usc!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!m.cs.uiuc.edu!kenny From: kenny@m.cs.uiuc.edu Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: Resistor types Message-ID: <21000055@m.cs.uiuc.edu> Date: 15 Jan 90 01:39:34 GMT References: <231715@<1990Jan12> Lines: 17 Nf-ID: #R:<1990Jan12:231715:m.cs.uiuc.edu:21000055:000:692 Nf-From: m.cs.uiuc.edu!kenny Jan 14 16:14:00 1990