by Riedon | Mar 16, 2021 | Low TCR, power resistors, Precision Resistors, Resistors, Shunts, Uncategorized, Wirewound resistors
What is TCR? The resistance value of a resistor changes with temperature and TCR stands for Temperature Coefficient of Resistance, which indicates that when the temperature changes by 1℃, there will be a relative change of resistance value in ppm/℃. The resistance...
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 | Feb 4, 2019 | Resistors
Inverter Power Resistor Applications The image below shows a typical inverter topology with the various resistor requirements highlighted. These requirements may include filter resistors, snubbers, gate resistors, bleeders, balancing resistors, voltage dividers,...
by Riedon | Apr 30, 2018 | Precision Resistors
Temperature Coefficient of Resistance refers to how the resistance value varies due to changes in temperature. One of a foil resistor’s most important properties is Low Temperature Coefficient of Resistance, or TCR. This is especially true for applications like...
by Riedon | Nov 30, 2017 | Resistors
Precision shunts are very precise resistors inserted into a circuit in order to measure the current flowing through that circuit. The shunt does this by providing a very small voltage drop across its resistance proportional to the current flowing through the shunt. ...
