摘要 |
A precision resistor using a resistance metal film etched into a long serpentine strip cemented to a substrate. This substrate is a composite of rigid materials and plastics. The composite thermal coefficient of expansion of the substrate is given a non-linearity which in turn induces a stress related non-linear resistance change in the cemented film when the temperature changes. This stress-induced non-linear change is of approximately the same shape as the inherent non-linearity of the resistance versus temperature of the metal film, but opposite in polarity, over a wide range of resistor operating temperatures. Over that range, a much closer approximation to complete temperature compensation is obtained than previously. |