AC–DC Disk Resistors Made of Surface Mount Components

Disk resistors are widely used in micropotentiometers up to frequencies in the radio frequency range. They offer very small AC-DC differences but the permissible power dissipation is quite small. Also, the resistance value is poorly defined due to the lack of four-terminal connections. This can be overcome by newly designed disk resistors made of surface mount device components [1]. They are also well suited as AC-DC current shunts for currents up to several amperes.