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Cermet resistor and method of making same
Assignee: Spectrol Electronics Corp
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Filing: 1980-01-21
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Granted: 1981-07-14
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Expires: 2000-01-21
Abstract
Abstract A cermet resistor element utilizing a silver-gold alloy to improve the contact resistance variations and the method of making the element are disclosed. A gold resinate and a silver resinate are mixed with the noble metal resinates and glass frit to make a cermet material. The mixture is heated to drive off the organic resinate materials and to alloy the silver and gold. The resultant material is ground to a powder, reheated and reground. The powder is mixed with a volatile material to form a paste which can be applied to a substrate to form the resistance element. The element is heated to drive off the volatile material and fuse the glass into a solid mass. The silver and gold form a silver-gold alloy during the process and settle on the top surface of the element in globules and improve the contact resistance variations of the element.
Inventors
- 👤 Richard E. Riley
- 👤 Bradley D. Turner
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01C; H01C7/00; H01C7/003; H01C17/00; H01C17/06; H01C17/065; H01C17/06506; H01C17/06513; H01C17/06526; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T29/00; Y10T29/49; Y10T29/49002; Y10T29/49082; Y10T29/49099; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/24; Y10T428/24802; Y10T428/24893; Y10T428/24909; Y10T428/25
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
47 words
A resistance element comprising an electrically nonconductive base having a layer of resistance material thereon, said resistance material comprised of a glass having a noble metal in finely divided form dispersed throughout the glass and minute particles of a gold-silver alloy on the surface of the glass.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
47 words
A resistance element comprising an electrically nonconductive base having a layer of resistance material thereon, said resistance material comprised of a glass having a noble metal in finely divided form dispersed throughout the glass and minute particles of a gold-silver alloy on the surface of the glass.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
46 words
A resistance element comprising an electrically nonconductive base having a layer of resistance material thereon said resistance material comprised of a cermet material having particles of gold-silver alloy containing between approximately 90% silver and 10% gold to 10% silver and 90% gold on the surface thereof.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
46 words
A resistance element comprising an electrically nonconductive base having a layer of resistance material thereon said resistance material comprised of a cermet material having particles of gold-silver alloy containing between approximately 90% silver and 10% gold to 10% silver and 90% gold on the surface thereof.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
23 words
The resistance element of claim 2 wherein the gold-silver alloy is composed of between 1% to 99% gold and 99% to 1% silver.
Claim 6
Independent Claim
161 words
A method of producing a film type material having generally spherical globular particles of a gold-silver alloy embedded in the surface comprising the steps of: mixing a gold resinate and a silver resinate in the preparation of the desired alloy to a mixture of glass powder and noble metal resinates, heating the mixture to drive off the organic materials in the resinates and to allow the gold and silver to form an alloy, cooling the resultant material, grinding the resultant material to powder, mixing the powder with a volatile compound to form a paste and applying the paste to an electrically nonconductive surface in the configuration desired, heating the paste to a temperature sufficient to drive off the volatile compound and melt the glass, holding the material in the moltant state for a time sufficient to allow the gold-silver alloy to rise to the surface, and cooling the material to solidify the glass with the gold-silver alloy embedded in the surface.
Claim 7
Independent Claim
161 words
A method of producing a film type material having generally spherical globular particles of a gold-silver alloy embedded in the surface comprising the steps of: mixing a gold resinate and a silver resinate in the preparation of the desired alloy to a mixture of glass powder and noble metal resinates, heating the mixture to drive off the organic materials in the resinates and to allow the gold and silver to form an alloy, cooling the resultant material, grinding the resultant material to powder, mixing the powder with a volatile compound to form a paste and applying the paste to an electrically nonconductive surface in the configuration desired, heating the paste to a temperature sufficient to drive off the volatile compound and melt the glass, holding the material in the moltant state for a time sufficient to allow the gold-silver alloy to rise to the surface, and cooling the material to solidify the glass with the gold-silver alloy embedded in the surface.
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