Monday, June 22, 2009

Terms used with Resistors


A dictionary of Resistor Terms was started back in 4/08 and consisted of 10 pages [Blog entree; Resistor Definitions] A few months later the 'B/C' page was broken into two separate pages 2/09 [Blog entree; Dictionary of Resistor Terms]. Some time later the 'O' page was added.

Yesterday, yet another page was added by separating the 'F-M' into 'F-L' and 'M' pages. Here are the current pages, listed by the first definition on each page:
Active Resistor. 'A' Terms
Ballast Resistor. 'B' Terms
Carbon Film Resistor. 'C' Terms
Damping Resistor. 'D-E' Terms
Ferrule-terminal Resistor. 'F-L' Terms
Maximum Voltage Rating. 'M' Terms ......... This is the new page that was added
Network. 'N' Terms
Ohm. 'O' Terms
Phenolic Molded Resistor. 'P' Terms
Rated Continuous Working Voltage. 'R' Terms
Semiconductor Resistor. 'S' Terms
Tab Mounted Resistor. 'T' Terms
Variable Resistor. 'V-Z' Terms

There are also a number of side pages detailing Resistor design;
Resistor Tolerance definition.
Resistor Values - Package Sizes.
How to Derate a Resistor.

There are a number of others, but this off-site pages lists many of them: Resistor Products.
Hits to the resistor dictionary really didn't start to pick up until January of this year.