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Non-magnetic Chip Resistors and Chip Capacitors
Chip Resistors for High Temperature Applications The special technological aspects of these components produced by Riedon, Inc. are the materials of the contact areas, which contains no Nickel, so they are nonmagnetic. The contact areas are made by noble metal alloys...
Resistor comparison between precision Wirewound & Foil
A quick comparison of our high precision (0.005%) offering: When you need precision resistors, we have many solutions for you. Here are few of the choices, you can find many more on our precision resistors page.
Wirewound Temperature Sensing
Wirewound Temperature Sensing Resisors Many of Riedon’s Temperature sensing Wirewound products are available in special high Temperature Coefficients of Resistance (TCR), ideal for use in temperature sensing applications. Wirewound temperature sensors provide the most...
Thin Film Resistor Construction and Properties
Thin Film Resistors Thin film resistors are built on a ceramic base, with the resistive layer sputtered on top using vacuum deposition to create a chip resistor. The material used is commonly an alloy of nickel and chrome called Nichrome. The thickness of the film...
Thick Film Construction and Properties
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...
Most reliable; Wirewound Power Resistors
Wirewound Power Resistors Wirewound power resistors are rugged, reliable, small, and compatible with modern PCB and surface mount manufacturing systems. Although they have been around for a while, newer technologies still fall short in many power applications. The...
Precision or Power?
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...
Custom Designs? We build to order!
Custom Resistors For Your Next Project Riedon can modify existing power resistor designs to fit many special applications. For example, it is relatively easy to imbed one of our standard wirewound power resistors into a custom case. Our custom capability is somewhat...
Oh, my bleeding heart!
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 capacitors can...
Divide and Conquer!
High Voltage Dividers High voltage dividers are used to scale down a high voltage for any number of reasons including: feedback for power regulation, or simplified monitoring. Potentiometric ratios as high as 1000:1 or even higher are not uncommon. Voltage divider...