by Riedon | Apr 2, 2019 | Caddock, Resistors, vishay
What is a TO Package? The increase of power capabilities for transistor technology lead to the development of device packages capable of dissipating much greater amounts of heat. These specialized packages are referred to as transistor outline, or TO package. The...
by Riedon | Mar 10, 2017 | Caddock, Resistors, Wirewound resistors
Thick Film Resistors Thick film resistors have many carbon resistor characteristics; they can be made small and are very low cost in high quantities. Their resistance tolerance, TCR and stability over time is not as favorable as wirewound or foil types, but they have...
by Riedon | Feb 6, 2017 | Caddock, Resistors
Resistors are often designated as precision or power. Precision resistors are designed for applications where tight resistance tolerance and stability are primary considerations, and they generally have restricted operating temperature limits and power dissipation...
by Riedon | Feb 1, 2017 | Caddock, Digikey, Resistors, vishay, Wirewound resistors
Bleed Resistors – Maintaining a Charge Bleed resistors are placed in parallel with a power supply’s load and are used to discharge the smoothing capacitors in linear AC-DC converters and also the reservoir capacitors utilized by DC-DC converters. These...
by Frida Hovsepian | Jul 13, 2016 | Caddock, Current Shunt, DC Ammeter Shunts, Digikey, Ohmite, Resistors, Ultronix, vishay, Wirewound resistors
Resistor Tables Standard Resistor Tables (Based on EIA Preferred Values)
by Riedon | May 10, 2016 | Caddock, Resistors, vishay
Bleeder Resistor Bleeder Resistors are used as a safety feature to discharge capacitors to safe voltage levels after power is removed. A bleed resistor may be either connected permanently for cost effectiveness and high reliability or switched across a capacitor for...
