Chains of conducting particles that determine the resistivity of thick resistive films

Critical behaviour of the piezoresistive response in RuO2–glass composites

“…As shown by Refs. [3,4,5], this enhanced segregation effect is reflected in a reduction of x c . Note that, however, the SA vs x c data of Ref.…”

“…[20,22]. K 0 and B values are the corresponding fits of the piezoresistance data to equation (4). The bracketed values are only indicative since they have been obtained by fitting a set of only two points.…”

Analytical Quantification and Effect of Microstructure Development in Thick Film Resistor Processing

“…For decades, the contributions of each process to the microstructure development have been studied. [2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9] These studies developed the kinetic equations pertinent to the above listed processes and determined the dominant parameters for these important stages in microstructure development. Among these Sarma…”

The Influence of Conductor Particle Size Distribution on the Blending Curve of Epoxy‐Based Thick Film Resistors

“…The effect of particle size distribution on the electrical characteristics of any class of TFR has not been studied in much depth and most published results have concentrated on the temperature characteristics of cermet TFR's. 4,s Present theories dealing with the conductivity of metal insulator composites [6][7][8][9] do not take into account the size distribution of the conducting particles and so are not applicable to epoxy-based TFR's. In addition, a number of these theories s'9 have been developed for systems made from powder mixtures and are not valid for the case of conducting particles dispersed at random in a continuous insulating medium.…”