Electrical resistors inventions 10/06

20060238289 - Variable resistance cord connector: A wearable garment having a pair of conductive cords incorporates an easily operated manual interconnect device, which enables a user wearing the garment to operate different interconnect devices requiring different input voltage levels using a common power source. Through a releasable locking action by the user, the electronic device is...

20060238290 - Capacitive humidity sensor and method for manufacturing the same: A capacitive humidity sensor includes: a humidity sensing element; a substrate; and an insulation film. The humidity sensing element includes a pair of comb-shape electrodes and a humidity sensitive film. The comb-shape electrodes are surrounded by a dam provided by a part of the insulation film. The insulation film on...

20060238291 - Bi-directional deflectable resistor: A system and method for a bi-directional deflectable resistor. The bi-directional deflectable resistor has a first layer of conductive material on a top surface of a substrate and a second layer of conductive material on a bottom surface of a substrate, each layer having a resistance that changes predictably when...

20060238292 - Thin film resistor and dummy fill structure and method to improve stability and reduce self-heating: An integrated circuit thin film resistor structure includes a first dielectric layer (18A) disposed on a semiconductor layer (16), a first dummy fill layer (9A) disposed on the first dielectric layer (18B), a second dielectric layer (18C) disposed on the first dummy fill layer (9A), the second dielectric layer (18B)...

20060232373 - Light emitting device: A light emitting device has a semiconductor light emitting element and a multilayer chip varistor. The multilayer chip varistor has a multilayer body with a varistor portion therein, and a plurality of external electrodes disposed on an outer surface of the multilayer body. The varistor portion has a varistor layer...

20060232374 - Tear-resistant thin film methods of fabrication: A thin film device and fabrication method providing optimum tear resistance. A thin film layer is formed with a first and second of rows of holes. The holes in each row are spaced-apart along an axis which extends along an edge of the layer. The holes in one row are...

20060220780 - Varistor and method of producing the same: A varistor has a varistor element body, and an external electrode disposed on the varistor element body. The varistor element body contains ZnO as a principal component, and a rare-earth metal. The external electrode has an electrode layer. The electrode layer is formed on an external surface of the varistor...

20060220781 - Tunneling effect element and physical quantity to electrical quantity transducer: The disclosed tunneling effect element 1 comprises: an insulating layer 11 that forms a tunneling barrier, a lower electrode 12 that is conductive and is formed on the bottom surface of the insulating layer 11, an upper electrode 13 that is conductive and is formed on the top surface of...

20060220782 - Constant-power constant-temperature resistive network: A thermally stabilized device is described. Single or multiple input ports are accommodated and single and multiple power ports are described. The variation of resistance of a resistor subject to varying power dissipations is minimized by injecting complementary power dissipation and thermally linking it to the resistor. In this manner...

20060220783 - Mounting structure of double-path chip resistor: A mounting structure includes a printed circuit board and a dual-element chip resistor fixed to the circuit board. The chip resistor includes a rectangular insulating substrate and two resistor elements arranged in parallel to each other on the circuit board. Each resistor element includes an elongated resistor film formed on...