Thin Film
Characteristics
Resistance 0.1
Range
1
(Ω)
10
100
1K
10K
100K
1M
10M
Volume Size
High Frequency
Cost
Noise
Stability
Carbon
Film
Selecting The Optimum Resistors
Thick Film
Metal
Metal
Oxide
Glaze
Film
Film
Wire Wound
Standard
Alloy Strip
Non-
Inductive
Metal
Film
Standard
Available
Fair
Good
Excellent
Standard
Available
Cheap
Fair
Fair
Standard
Available
Fair
Fair
Good
Standard
Available
Fair
Fair
Good
Standard
None
High
Fair
Excellent
Bigger
Available
High
Good
Good
Compact
Available
Fair
Good
Excellent
Comparision of Axial Lead Resistor Functions Table
Class
Advantage
Carbon Resistors
Cheap, General Purposes
Metal Film Resistors Low TCR, Tight Tolerance, High Stabililty
Metal Oxide Resistors
Replace high resistance wire wound
resistor, Good withstanding voltage
Wirewound Resistors
High Pulse Load, Anti-Surge,High
Stabililty
Non-Inductive Resis- High Pulse Load, Anti-Surge, High
tors
Stabililty
Ceramic Housed Ce- Rugged, excellent heat dissipation, with-
ment Resistors
standing high temperature
Metal Glaze Resistors High Pulse Load, Anti-Surge, High Sta-
bililty
Alloy Strip
Low TCR, Low Ohmic
Disadvantage
High TCR,
Fair Withstanding Voltage
Resistance Range Limitation,Fair
Tolerance
High Inductance, Resistance Range
Limitation
Resistance Range Limitation, High
Cost
Heavy Weight, Big Volume
High TCR, Fair Tolerance
Fair Tolerance
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