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    Suitable for automotive electronic applications, which are used under the hard environmental conditions

    Announcing the start of full-scale mass production of the metal film chip resistor (high reliability type and multi-array type)

    Contributing to improving the precision and reliability of a variety of equipment.




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    February 28, 2006, Osaka, Japan - Panasonic Electronic Devices Co., Ltd. has succeeded in commercializing the metal film chip resistors, rectangular type with high-reliability and the metal film chip resistor array suitable for automotive electronic applications, which are used under the hard environmental conditions.

    [High reliability type]

    [Multi-array type]

    Product name

    Metal film chip resistors, rectangular type with high reliability

    Metal film chip resistor array

    Series name

    ERA3A series
    ERA6A series

    ERA38V series

    Production start

    March 2006

    Sample price

    6 yen/piece

    20 yen/piece

    Production capacity

    10 million pieces/month

    500,000 pieces/month

    Chip resistors with high-precision as well as high-reliability and multi-array chip resistors with high-precision as well as high-reliability have been required in the automotive electronic applications, which are used under the harder environmental conditions compared with electronic equipment for general-use. To meet the market demand, Panasonic Electronic Devices Co., Ltd. has developed the ERA3A series/ERA6A series [High reliability type] and ERA38V series[Multi-array type], and will commence mass production.


    [Features]


    1. High-reliability under the hard environmental conditions (all series)
      Guaranteed for a loading life of 1000 hours at 85, 85 % (relative humidity)
      Our current models: 1,000 hours at 40, 85 % (relative humidity)
      Operating temperature range: -55 to +155
      Our current models:-55 to +125.
    2. High precision and low TCR (Temperature coefficient of resistance),(ERA3A/6A series [High-reliability type]
      Resistance tolerance: 0.1 %, TCR: 25 10-6/
    3. Excellent relative precision and relative TCR (ERA38V series [Multi-array type]
      Relative resistance tolerance: 0.1 %, Relative TCR: 1010-6/


    [Applications]

    Precision resistors used in high-precision circuits with high-reliability