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Suitable for high precision circuits used in automotive electronic applications

Announcing the start of full-scale mass production of the 1005(0402) size Metal Film Chip Resistor (High Reliability Type)

Contributing to improving the accuracy and reliability as well as compactness of a variety of devices


New Product
October 16, 2007, Osaka, Japan-Panasonic Electronic Devices Co., Ltd. has succeeded in commercializing the Metal Film Chip Resistor with 1005 size (High Reliability Type) suitable for automotive electronic applications.
Product name 1005(0402) size Metal Film Chip Resistor (High Reliability Type)
Series name ERA2A series
Production start November 2007
Sample price 10 yen/piece
Production capacity 10 million pieces/month
High precision rectangular chip resistors with 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 been mass-producing Metal Film Chip Resistors with 1608(0603) size and 2012(0805) size featuring high-reliability as well as high-precision, and furthermore has developed the 1005(0402) size(ERA2A series), and will commence mass production.

[Features]

1.Achieves high-reliability under the hard environmental test

Rated load (1/16W), at 85 & 85% (relative humidity)
: Resistance change rate after 1000 hours loaded within ±0.1%
Category temperature range: -55 to+155

2.Achieves high-precision and low TCR (Temperature Coefficient of Resistance)

Resistance tolerance: ±0.1 % (Resistance value less than 47Ω: ±0.5%)
TCR: ±25×10-6 / (Resistance value less than 47Ω: ±100×10-6/)
 
[Applications]
  • Automotive electronic applications: Precision resistors in high-precision circuits with high-reliability
  • Sensor-output amplification, Inverter power supplies, Audio circuits, etc.