Universal trimming of polymer thick film resistors
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to study high-voltage interactions in polymer thick-film resistors, namely, polyvinyl chloride (PVC)-graphite thick-film resistors, and their applications in universal trimming of these resistors.
Design/methodology/approach
The authors applied high voltages in the form of pulses and impulses of various pulse durations and with different amplitudes to polymer thick-film resistors and observed the variation of resistance of these resistors with high voltages.
Findings
The paper finds that high voltages can be used for trimming of polymer thick-film resistors in both directions, i.e. upwards and downwards.
Research limitations/implications
The research implication of this paper is that polymer thick-film resistors can be trimmed downwards or upwards practically using this method.
Practical implications
The practical implications of this paper is that one can trim the polymer thick-film resistors, namely, PVC–graphite thick-film resistors, in both directions, i.e. upwards and downwards, by using this method.
Originality/value
The value of the paper is in showing that high voltages can be used to trim downwards and also upwards in the case of polymer thick-film resistors. This type of trimming is called universal trimming, developed first time for polymer thick-film resistors.
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Acknowledgements
The authors would like to express their deep sense of gratitude to Kamalakar, Director, and Lakshmi Prasad, Group Director of Laboratory For Optics and Electronics Systems, Bangalore, India, for permitting us to work in their laboratories.
Citation
Rambabu, B. and Rao, Y.S. (2015), "Universal trimming of polymer thick film resistors", Microelectronics International, Vol. 32 No. 2, pp. 45-51. https://doi.org/10.1108/MI-09-2014-0038
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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